2526 Danforth Ave
Toronto, Ontario M4C
A 7-storey, 48-unit social housing building built in 1988.
- Property manager
- Community First Development Inc
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Issues & maintenance
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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 1
- Fire and life safety 1
- Balcony repair 1
- Plumbing and drains 1
- Oct 2025
Heating, cooling and ventilation · Alter: Add on /Ductwork · Permit Issued
Proposed installation of heat pumps for space heating and cooling
Permit 25 244481 MSA · est. $350,000
- May 2025
Fire and life safety · Fire Alarm · Closed
Fire alarm control panel retrofit replacement, per plans and specifications to include addition of smoke detectors in elevator lobbies. Verification and Testing per CAN/ULC-S536-04 as required to include existing and new devices. This is a…
Permit 25 156611 FSU · est. $75,000
- Jun 2020
Balcony repair · Balcony/Guard Repairs · Closed
Balcony repairs - 48 balconies slab repairs
Permit 20 159886 BLD · est. $130,000
- Sep 2012
Plumbing and drains · Backflow Prevention Devices (Water only) · Closed
Proposal to install two backflow prevention devices in existing mixed-use building.
Permit 12 251393 PSA · est. $10,000
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
67/ 100
Each category is ranked against every other Toronto building on this site: 70 means better than 70% of them.
- Transit97
99.6 departures an hour at the morning peak within 500 m, on 9 routes. Nearest subway or LRT: Main Street (2 Bloor-Danforth Line), 110 m.
- Parks & trees32
10.5 ha of parkland within 800 m; nearest park 230 m. 355 street trees within 300 m.
- Cycling66
Within 1 km: 3.3 km of protected lanes, 1.3 km of bike lanes and trails, 3.5 km of shared routes. 1 Bike Share station within 500 m.
- Schools nearby68
6 public or Catholic schools within 1 km (nearest: Danforth Linc, 100 m), plus 1 private. Distance only: being near a school does not mean being in its catchment.
- Daily amenities91
Within 1 km: 1 library, 4 community centres, 19 licensed child care centres.
- Road safety10
8 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
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, 6.3 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
Commercial Residential
- Category
- Mixed use
- Zone label
CR 3.0 (c2.0; r2.5) SS2 (x2219)- Height limit
- 14 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
- 2
- Registered short-term rentals at this address
- 0
2681 Danforth Ave · 300 m away
Rezoning · OMB Appeal · submitted 2022-12-21
Rezoning and Official Plan Amendment applications for a 33 storey residential tower (Tower A) and a 48 storey residential tower (Tower B) connected by a 2-8 storey base which together contains 1,050 new residential dwelling units, a total
City record2575 Danforth Ave · 180 m away
Rezoning · OMB Appeal · submitted 2022-08-26
Rezoning application to redevelop certain portions of this large 3.18-hectare property with five new buildings (Buildings E to I) ranging in height from 15 to 55-storeys and accommodating approximately 1,543 new residential units, with a di
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 | 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.
- 2019
- 0.76% lower rent · tenants notified
- 2020
- 0.65% lower rent · tenants notified
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 2020). Not resident reviews.
92 / 100City inspection score, September 2025. How buildings are scored
- Type
- Social housing
- Storeys
- 7
- Units
- 48
- Built
- 1988
- Elevators
- 2
- Managed by
- Community First Development Inc
- Heating
- Electric
- Air conditioning
- None
- Laundry
- 2,4,6 floor, 8AM-10PM
- Pets
- Allowed
- Visitor parking
- Free
- Amenities
- Indoor recreation room
- Balconies
- Yes
- Smoke-free building
- No
- Sprinklers
- Yes
- Cooling room
- Yes
- Ward
- 19
Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Toronto. Source dataset.
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