2353 Dufferin St
Toronto, Ontario M6E
A 16-storey, 144-unit social housing building built in 1997.
- Property manager
- Lewis Garnsworthy Residence
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Issues & maintenance
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City bylaw and health cases
14 bylaw investigations at this address since Jun 2025; 1 notice or order to comply; 2 still open.
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 9
- Not enough heat 4
- Graffiti 1
- Jul 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylawOrder to comply · Aug 2026· Closed
- The garage door that is equipped with an automatic closing mechanism is not equipped with a sensing device that does not allow the door to close when any person, animal or object is crossing its path. (open)
Case 26 203257 PRS 00 IV
- Jul 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 26 199676 PRS 00 IR
- Jul 2026
Not enough heatBylaw· Closed
Case 26 199340 HEA 00 IR
- Jun 2026
Not enough heatBylaw· Rescheduled
Case 26 172500 000 00 IR
- Jun 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Rescheduled
Case 26 172499 000 00 IR
- Feb 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 26 113557 PRS 00 IR
Show 8 older cases
- Feb 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 26 113554 PRS 00 IR
- Dec 2025
Not enough heatBylaw· Closed
Case 25 267691 HEA 00 IR
- Nov 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 25 254305 PRS 00 IR
- Nov 2025
Not enough heatBylaw· Closed
Case 25 254303 HEA 00 IR
- Oct 2025
GraffitiBylaw· Closed
Case 25 242113 GRA 00 IR
- Aug 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 25 215138 PRS 00 IR
- Jul 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 25 202092 PRS 00 IR
- Jun 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 25 182845 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
3 permits the City has issued at this address since 2000 - repairs, alterations and system work that needed one. Official records, not resident reports.
- Alterations 1
- Fire and life safety 1
- Plumbing and drains 1
- Jul 2026
Alterations · Interior Alterations · Permit Issued
Interior renovation to remove existing non bearing drywall partition including metal stud framing to enlarge existing fan coil unit opening to facilitate the removal and reinstallation of fan coil elements. Work also includes the removal o…
Permit 26 208086 BLD · est. $25,000
- Mar 2023
Fire and life safety · Fire Alarm · Permit Issued
Replacement of fire alarm control panel and devices
Permit 23 124677 FSU
- Dec 2009
Plumbing and drains · Backflow Prevention Devices (Water only) · Closed
Install backflow preventer
Permit 09 198332 PSA · est. $9,000
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
51/ 100
Each category is ranked against every other Toronto building on this site: 70 means better than 70% of them.
- Transit75
33.7 departures an hour at the morning peak within 500 m, on 4 routes. Nearest subway or LRT: Fairbank (5 Eglinton Line), 50 m.
- Parks & trees24
8.5 ha of parkland within 800 m; nearest park 230 m. 368 street trees within 300 m.
- Cycling38
Within 1 km: 0 km of protected lanes, 3.25 km of bike lanes and trails, 0.25 km of shared routes. 3 Bike Share stations within 500 m.
- Schools nearby79
5 public or Catholic schools within 1 km (nearest: Fairbank Public School , 110 m), plus 2 private. Distance only: being near a school does not mean being in its catchment.
- Daily amenities31
Within 1 km: 1 library, 1 community centre, 6 licensed child care centres.
- Road safety31
4 collisions with serious injury or death within 500 m, 2021–2025, 1 fatal. Fewer scores higher.
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Also worth knowing
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Safety
Oakwood Village
- AssaultAbout typical
Lower than 60 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (88% of the city median).
- Break and enterAbout typical
Lower than 67 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (81% of the city median).
- RobberyLower than most
Lower than 85 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (54% of the city median).
- Auto theftAbout typical
Lower than 63 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (86% of the city median).
- Theft from vehiclesLower than most
Lower than 85 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (71% of the city median).
- Theft over $5,000Among the lowest
Lower than 96 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (49% of the city median).
- Bicycle theftAbout typical
Higher than 53 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.2× the city median).
- ShootingsAbout typical
Lower than 59 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).
- HomicideAbout typical
Higher than 69 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.3× 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
Allen Road, 1.1 km away
1.2 tonnes a year from 3 facilities, mostly Ryding Auto Body
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
- Kensington Market Overdose Prevention Service, 5.7 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 Apartment
- Category
- Apartment
- Zone label
RA (x529)- Height limit
- 24 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
- 79
- Registered short-term rentals at this address
- 0
1901 Eglinton Ave W · 190 m away
Rezoning · Council Approved · submitted 2024-08-27
Combined Official Plan & Zoning By-law Amendments for a 34-storey mixed-use building (excluding mechanical penthouse) with 446 residential dwelling units. The total Gross Floor Area is 33, 237 square metres, including 910 square metres of r
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 | Oakwood-Vaughan | York zone | Toronto region |
|---|---|---|---|
| Studio | $1,354 | $1,381 | $1,491 |
| 1 bed | $1,757 | $1,706 | $1,761 |
| 2 beds | - | $2,067 | $2,045 |
| 3+ beds | - | $2,547 | $2,294 |
| All units | $1,788 | $1,864 | $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 2017). Not resident reviews.
75 / 100City inspection score, September 2024. How buildings are scored
- Type
- Social housing
- Storeys
- 16
- Units
- 144
- Built
- 1997
- Elevators
- 2
- Managed by
- Lewis Garnsworthy Residence
- Heating
- Hot water
- Air conditioning
- Central air
- Laundry
- 2nd floor, 7AM TO 9 PM
- Pets
- Allowed
- Parking
- Underground garage, garage accessible thru buildg
- Visitor parking
- Paid
- Amenities
- Indoor recreation room
- Balconies
- No
- Smoke-free building
- Yes
- Sprinklers
- Yes
- Cooling room
- Yes
- Ward
- 12
Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Toronto. Source dataset.
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