2287 Gerrard St E
Toronto, Ontario M4E
A 5-storey, 38-unit Toronto Community Housing building built in 1967.
- 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
1 bylaw investigation and 1 public health case at this address since Jul 2025.
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.
- Bedbugs 1
- Repairs and upkeep 1
- Feb 2026
BedbugsPublic health· Under Investigation
Case 10868839
- Jul 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 25 194312 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.
- Heating, cooling and ventilation 2
- Fire and life safety 1
- Plumbing and drains 1
- Feb 2020
Fire and life safety · Fire Alarm · Closed
Proposed fire alarm upgrade for notification devices
Permit 20 118887 FSU · est. $10,000
- Jul 2015
Heating, cooling and ventilation · Alter: Boiler/Furnace/AC Replacement · Closed
Proposal to replace one makeup air unit on rooftop of existing TCHC Building with associated ductwork.
Permit 15 184742 MSA · est. $65,000
- Jul 2014
Heating, cooling and ventilation · Alter: Boiler/Furnace/AC Replacement · Permit Issued
Space heating and domestic hot water boilers replacement
Permit 14 198781 MSA
- Mar 2012
Plumbing and drains · Backflow Prevention Devices (Water only) · Closed
permit to install one backflow device in basement of existing apartment building.
Permit 12 143588 PSA · est. $5,000
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
68/ 100
Each category is ranked against every other Toronto building on this site: 70 means better than 70% of them.
- Transit63
15 departures an hour at the morning peak within 500 m, on 3 routes. Nearest subway or LRT: Main Street (2 Bloor-Danforth Line), 680 m.
- Parks & trees56
14 ha of parkland within 800 m; nearest park 210 m. 517 street trees within 300 m.
- Cycling42
Within 1 km: 1.8 km of protected lanes, 0.5 km of bike lanes and trails, 2.85 km of shared routes. 2 Bike Share stations within 500 m.
- Schools nearby68
9 public or Catholic schools within 1 km (nearest: Malvern Collegiate Institute, 290 m), plus 1 private. Distance only: being near a school does not mean being in its catchment.
- Daily amenities91
Within 1 km: 1 library, 5 community centres, 23 licensed child care centres.
- Road safety95
0 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
East End-Danforth
- AssaultAbout typical
Higher than 68 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.3× the city median).
- Break and enterAbout typical
Higher than 57 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).
- RobberyAbout typical
Lower than 53 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).
- Auto theftAbout typical
Lower than 75 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (69% of the city median).
- Theft from vehiclesAbout typical
Higher than 53 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).
- Theft over $5,000About typical
Lower than 63 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (80% of the city median).
- Bicycle theftHigher than most
Higher than 78 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (2.4× the city median).
- ShootingsAmong the lowest
Lower than 95 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (36% of the city median).
- HomicideAbout typical
Higher than 66 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.2× 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
- Street Health, 6.7 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
- Category
- General residential
- Zone label
R (d1.0) (x815)- Height limit
- 13 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
- 0
- Registered short-term rentals at this address
- 0
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 | East End-Danforth | Toronto (East) zone | Toronto region |
|---|---|---|---|
| Studio | $1,124 | $1,213 | $1,491 |
| 1 bed | $1,885 | $1,692 | $1,761 |
| 2 beds | $1,770 | $1,869 | $2,045 |
| 3+ beds | - | $1,876* | $2,294 |
| All units | $1,698 | $1,685 | $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.
96 / 100City inspection score, July 2025. How buildings are scored
- Type
- Toronto Community Housing
- Storeys
- 5
- Units
- 38
- Built
- 1967
- Elevators
- 1
- Managed by
- Toronto Community Housing Corporation
- Heating
- Hot water
- Air conditioning
- None
- Laundry
- On site
- Pets
- Allowed
- Parking
- Surface parking
- Visitor parking
- Paid
- Amenities
- Indoor recreation room
- Balconies
- No
- Smoke-free building
- Yes
- Sprinklers
- Yes
- Cooling room
- No
- Ward
- 19
Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Toronto. Source dataset.
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