18 Davenport Rd
Toronto, Ontario M5R
A 16-storey, 128-unit Toronto Community Housing building built in 1980.
- Property manager
- Toronto Community Housing Corporation
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Issues & maintenance
Leaks, outages, repairs: dated reports from residents. None filed yet.
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City bylaw and health cases
3 bylaw investigations at this address since Nov 2024.
A case starts with a complaint or an officer’s visit, so it is not a finding against the building. In a condo, a complaint about one unit is filed under the building’s address.
- Repairs and upkeep 2
- Not enough heat 1
- Jun 2026
Not enough heatBylaw· Closed
Case 26 172644 000 00 IR
- Jun 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 26 172643 000 00 IR
- Nov 2024
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 24 237223 PRS 00 IR
Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Toronto. Bylaw investigation activity (open cases, and those closed in the last two years) and residential health hazards.
City building permits
4 permits the City has issued at this address since 2000 - repairs, alterations and system work that needed one. Official records, not resident reports.
- Fire and life safety 2
- Heating, cooling and ventilation 1
- Plumbing and drains 1
- Dec 2017
Fire and life safety · Fire Alarm · Closed
Replace existing fire alarm control panel and annunciator panel
Permit 17 272011 FSU
- May 2017
Heating, cooling and ventilation · Alter: Boiler/Furnace/AC Replacement · Inspection
Proposed boiler plant retrofit to existing apartment building penthouse floor.
Permit 17 167026 MSA · est. $470,000
- Dec 2009
Plumbing and drains · Backflow Prevention Devices (Water only) · Closed
Proposal to install 1 back flow preventor in existing apartment building.
Permit 09 197487 PSA · est. $5,000
- Aug 1997
Fire and life safety · Unknown · Closed
CARRY OUT REMEDIAL WORK TO COMPLY WITH THE RETROFIT PROVISIONS OF TH FIRE CODE.(NO INFORMATION LETTER RECEIVED) GN
Permit 97 020491 FSU · est. $50,000
Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Toronto. Cleared permits and active permits. Contractors are named only on permits filed since 2017.
From City of Toronto open data
Neighbourhood
Living score
66/ 100
Each category is ranked against every other Toronto building on this site: 70 means better than 70% of them.
- Transit86
58.7 departures an hour at the morning peak within 500 m, on 5 routes. Nearest subway or LRT: Bloor-Yonge (1 Yonge-University Line), 330 m.
- Parks & trees40
11.8 ha of parkland within 800 m; nearest park 200 m. 374 street trees within 300 m.
- Cycling89
Within 1 km: 6.9 km of protected lanes, 2.85 km of bike lanes and trails, 1 km of shared routes. 10 Bike Share stations within 500 m.
- Schools nearby93
5 public or Catholic schools within 1 km (nearest: Jesse Ketchum Jr & Sr Public School, 280 m), plus 6 private. Distance only: being near a school does not mean being in its catchment.
- Daily amenities53
Within 1 km: 2 libraries, 0 community centres, 12 licensed child care centres.
- Road safety12
9 collisions with serious injury or death within 500 m, 2021–2025. Fewer scores higher.
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Also worth knowing
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Safety
Annex
- AssaultHigher than most
Higher than 85 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.8× the city median).
- Break and enterAmong the highest
Higher than 90 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (2.0× the city median).
- RobberyHigher than most
Higher than 80 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.6× the city median).
- Auto theftLower than most
Lower than 76 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (68% of the city median).
- Theft from vehiclesHigher than most
Higher than 77 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.3× the city median).
- Theft over $5,000Among the highest
Higher than 96 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (3.8× the city median).
- Bicycle theftAmong the highest
Higher than 92 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (6.2× the city median).
- ShootingsAmong the lowest
Lower than 91 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (48% of the city median).
- HomicideAbout typical
Lower than 69 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (78% of the city median).
How often police recorded each crime for every resident of the whole neighbourhood, averaged over 2023–2025. Places many people visit but few live in, like downtown, rank high for that reason alone, so this is not part of the living score.
Air
No expressway within 2 km
None reported
Bands: traffic is high within 150 m of an expressway and moderate within 500 m; industrial is moderate under a tonne a year and high above. The industrial bands are ours, for orientation only: ChemTRAC totals mix substances of very different toxicity. Releases are self-reported to the City’s ChemTRAC program. For today’s readings see Air Quality Ontario.
Supervised consumption services
- Nearest site
- Casey House Inpatient Supervised Consumption Services, 960 m
- Sites within 1 km
- 1
Sites currently offering services, from Health Canada, updated 2026-09-15. Sites open and close; check the list for current status.
Zoning
Commercial Residential
- Category
- Mixed use
- Zone label
CR 4.0 (c1.75; r4.0) SS1 (x2403)- Height limit
- 30 m
Zoning By-law 569-2013, from City of Toronto open data. Exceptions (“x” numbers) and site-specific amendments can change what is allowed; check the City’s zoning map before relying on it.
Nearby change
- Open planning applications within 300 m
- 39
- Registered short-term rentals at this address
- 0
8 Cumberland St · 240 m away
Site plan · Under Review · submitted 2026-07-22
834 Yonge St · 220 m away
Site plan · Under Review · submitted 2026-07-22
832 Yonge St · 230 m away
Site plan · Under Review · submitted 2026-07-22
Rezonings, site plans and subdivisions submitted in the last five years and still open.
Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Toronto. Data as of 2026-10-03. Transit from TTC weekday schedules; parks, trees, cycling, schools, libraries, community centres, child care, collisions, crime, expressways, ChemTRAC releases, planning applications and short-term rental registrations from open.toronto.ca; Bike Share stations from Bike Share Toronto; supervised consumption sites from Health Canada.
From CMHC and the City of Toronto
Rent
Average rents nearby
Monthly rent in purpose-built rental apartments, October 2025.
| Bedrooms | University/Annex | Toronto (Central) zone | Toronto region |
|---|---|---|---|
| Studio | $1,553 | $1,606 | $1,491 |
| 1 bed | $2,050 | $2,042 | $1,761 |
| 2 beds | - | $2,776 | $2,045 |
| 3+ beds | - | $3,580* | $2,294 |
| All units | $2,199* | $2,163 | $1,917 |
Averages over every unit, including long tenancies under rent control, so they run below what a new lease costs today. Condominium units rented out by their owners are not included. “-” means too few units were surveyed to publish; * marks an estimate CMHC rates poor. Source: CMHC Rental Market Survey, under the Open Government Licence – Canada.
Rent reductions after property-tax cuts
When a rental property’s tax falls by more than 2.49%, Ontario law cuts its rents by a matching share, and the City writes to the tenants.
The City’s lists for 2014–2025 have no rent-reduction notices for this address.
Source: City of Toronto, Tenant Notification for Rent Reduction, 2014–2025.
Building facts
From the City of Toronto’s RentSafeTO registry, as reported by the landlord (registered 2017). Not resident reviews.
98 / 100City inspection score, September 2026. How buildings are scored
- Type
- Toronto Community Housing
- Storeys
- 16
- Units
- 128
- Built
- 1980
- Elevators
- 2
- Managed by
- Toronto Community Housing Corporation
- Heating
- Hot water
- Air conditioning
- None
- Laundry
- Basement level
- Pets
- Allowed
- Parking
- Underground garage, garage accessible thru buildg, surface parking
- Visitor parking
- Both
- Amenities
- Indoor recreation room, child play area
- Balconies
- Yes
- Smoke-free building
- Yes
- Sprinklers
- Yes
- Cooling room
- Yes
- Ward
- 11
Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Toronto. Source dataset.
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