21 Durnford Rd
Toronto, Ontario M1B
A 4-storey, 21-unit social housing building built in 1992.
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From City of Toronto open data
Neighbourhood
Living score
32/ 100
Each category is ranked against every other Toronto building on this site: 70 means better than 70% of them.
- Transit18
15.4 departures an hour at the morning peak within 500 m, on 2 routes.
- Parks & trees91
45.3 ha of parkland within 800 m; nearest park 80 m. 222 street trees within 300 m.
- Cycling29
Within 1 km: 0.45 km of protected lanes, 2.05 km of bike lanes and trails, 0 km of shared routes. 0 Bike Share stations within 500 m.
- Schools nearby5
2 public or Catholic schools within 1 km (nearest: Rouge Valley Public School, 130 m). Distance only: being near a school does not mean being in its catchment.
- Daily amenities7
Within 1 km: 0 libraries, 1 community centre, 3 licensed child care centres.
- Road safety40
2 collisions with serious injury or death within 500 m, 2021–2025, 2 fatal. Fewer scores higher.
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Also worth knowing
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Safety
West Rouge
- AssaultAmong the lowest
Lower than 94 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (49% of the city median).
- Break and enterAmong the lowest
Lower than 91 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (50% of the city median).
- RobberyAbout typical
Lower than 56 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).
- Auto theftHigher than most
Higher than 85 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.7× the city median).
- Theft from vehiclesAbout typical
Lower than 70 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (86% of the city median).
- Theft over $5,000Lower than most
Lower than 88 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (61% of the city median).
- Bicycle theftLower than most
Lower than 87 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (41% of the city median).
- ShootingsAbout typical
Lower than 74 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (67% of the city median).
- HomicideLower than most
Lower than 80 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (66% 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
Highway 401, 320 m away
740 kg a year from 2 facilities, mostly CK Collision Centres
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, 23.4 km
- Sites within 1 km
- 0
Sites currently offering services, from Health Canada, updated 2026-09-15. Sites open and close; check the list for current status.
Zoning
Residential Apartment
- Category
- Apartment
- Zone label
RA (au67.0) (x360)- Height limit
- 54 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
- 1
- Registered short-term rentals at this address
- 0
6780 Kingston Rd · 210 m away
Site plan · Under Review · submitted 2025-05-01
Site plan application for the expansion of the existing convenience store building by approximately 44 m2, and minor changes to the existing parking area.
City record
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 | Rouge | Scarborough (East) zone | Toronto region |
|---|---|---|---|
| Studio | - | $1,460 | $1,491 |
| 1 bed | - | $1,633 | $1,761 |
| 2 beds | $1,635 | $1,852 | $2,045 |
| 3+ beds | - | $2,072 | $2,294 |
| All units | $1,649 | $1,816 | $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. 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 2018). Not resident reviews.
86 / 100City inspection score, September 2025. How buildings are scored
- Type
- Social housing
- Storeys
- 4
- Units
- 21
- Built
- 1992
- Elevators
- 0
- Heating
- Forced air gas
- Air conditioning
- None
- Laundry
- Admin bldg #33 and 1st floor #19, 9:00 AM TO 9:00 PM
- Pets
- Not allowed
- Parking
- Ground level garage, surface parking
- Visitor parking
- Free
- Balconies
- Yes
- Smoke-free building
- No
- Sprinklers
- Yes
- Cooling room
- Yes
- Ward
- 25
Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Toronto. Source dataset.
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