345 Dufferin St
Toronto, Ontario M6K
A 8-storey, 200-unit social housing building built in 1984.
- Property manager
- DMS Property Management Ltd.
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Issues & maintenance
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City bylaw and health cases
3 bylaw investigations at this address since Jan 2026.
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
- Zoning 1
- Jun 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 26 192750 PRS 00 IR
- Apr 2026
ZoningBylaw· Closed
Case 26 139662 ZON 00 IR
- Jan 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 26 110243 PRS 00 IR
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City building permits
7 permits the City has issued at this address since 2000 - repairs, alterations and system work that needed one. Official records, not resident reports.
- Plumbing and drains 3
- Alterations 2
- Heating, cooling and ventilation 1
- Parking garage repair 1
- Apr 2019
Plumbing and drains · Building Permit Related(PS) · Closed
Plumbing - Proposal to enclose rear outdoor space at existing apartment building ground floor level, add four new residential suites, and convert existing storage room to new amenity gym at ground floor level.
Permit 19 138169 PLB
- Apr 2019
Heating, cooling and ventilation · Building Permit Related(MS) · Closed
HVAC - Proposal to enclose rear outdoor space at existing apartment building ground floor level, add four new residential suites, and convert existing storage room to new amenity gym at ground floor level.
Permit 19 138169 HVA
- Apr 2019
Alterations · Multiple Projects · Closed
Proposal to enclose rear outdoor space at existing apartment building ground floor level, add four new residential suites, and convert existing storage room to new amenity gym at ground floor level.
Permit 19 138169 BLD · est. $600,000
- May 2016
Parking garage repair · Garage Repair/Reconstruction · Permit Issued
Proposal to repair concrete within all levels of below grade parking and waterproofing in existing apartment building.
Permit 16 153894 BLD
- Apr 2012
Plumbing and drains · Other(PS) · Closed
permit to replace horizontal mains and verticle risers (all pipes) to 8 storey apartment building.
Permit 12 160998 PSA · est. $250,000
- Jan 2012
Alterations · Other(BA) · Closed
Permit to replace dammaged bricks, mortar joint repairs and caulk all windows in existing apartment building.
Permit 12 103736 BLD · est. $460,000
Show 1 older permit
- Aug 2009
Plumbing and drains · Backflow Prevention Devices (Water only) · Closed
Proposal to install 1 backflow prevention device on the water line in an existing apartment building.
Permit 09 162062 PSA · est. $8,000
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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.
- Transit51
41.7 departures an hour at the morning peak within 500 m, on 5 routes. Nearest subway or LRT: Dufferin (2 Bloor-Danforth Line), 2.2 km.
- Parks & trees27
7.3 ha of parkland within 800 m; nearest park 130 m. 564 street trees within 300 m.
- Cycling60
Within 1 km: 0.6 km of protected lanes, 2.8 km of bike lanes and trails, 2.05 km of shared routes. 14 Bike Share stations within 500 m.
- Schools nearby52
6 public or Catholic schools within 1 km (nearest: Alexander Muir Gladstone Ave & The Grove, 560 m). Distance only: being near a school does not mean being in its catchment.
- Daily amenities91
Within 1 km: 1 library, 6 community centres, 12 licensed child care centres.
- Road safety31
5 collisions with serious injury or death within 500 m, 2021–2025. Fewer scores higher.
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About 1.2 km around the building. Select anything on the map for details. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Also worth knowing
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Safety
South Parkdale
- AssaultHigher than most
Higher than 88 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.8× the city median).
- Break and enterAbout typical
Higher than 66 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.2× the city median).
- RobberyAbout typical
Lower than 58 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).
- Auto theftLower than most
Lower than 86 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (56% of the city median).
- Theft from vehiclesLower than most
Lower than 80 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (77% of the city median).
- Theft over $5,000About typical
Higher than 70 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.3× the city median).
- Bicycle theftHigher than most
Higher than 83 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (3.2× the city median).
- ShootingsAbout typical
Lower than 60 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (86% of the city median).
- HomicideAmong the lowest
Lower than 91 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (57% 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
Gardiner Expressway, 790 m away
781 kg a year from 2 facilities, mostly Autosonic Service Station Inc
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, 2.6 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 4.0 (c3.0; r2.0) SS2 (x2459)- Height limit
- 23 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
- 9
- Registered short-term rentals at this address
- 1
1179 King St W · 300 m away
Rezoning · Under Review · submitted 2026-06-12
The proposed development consists of a 37-storey mixed-use building containing hotel and residential uses. Office and commercial uses will be maintained on Site, and 100 Liberty Street will be rebuilt with new retail, office, and commercial
City record1153 Queen St W · 290 m away
Rezoning · OMB Appeal · submitted 2024-11-13
Zoning By-law Amendment for a 27-storey mixed-use building with retail at-grade. There will be 367 dwelling units, including 10 rental replacement units.
City record121 Sudbury St · 280 m away
Site plan · Under Review · submitted 2023-11-09
Construction of the King-Liberty SmartTrack station, including three station entrances outside the rail corridor, two pedestrian bridges and an island platform to serve Kitchener Corridor tracks inside the rail corridor
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 | South Parkdale/King West | Toronto (West) zone | Toronto region |
|---|---|---|---|
| Studio | $1,436 | $1,410 | $1,491 |
| 1 bed | $1,826 | $1,798 | $1,761 |
| 2 beds | $2,436 | $2,252 | $2,045 |
| 3+ beds | $3,747 | $3,238 | $2,294 |
| All units | $1,931 | $1,945 | $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.
- 2017
- 0.70% lower rent · 1 of 2 units notified
Where several units are listed, the cut shown is the median. 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.
83 / 100City inspection score, July 2025. How buildings are scored
- Type
- Social housing
- Storeys
- 8
- Units
- 200
- Built
- 1984
- Elevators
- 2
- Managed by
- DMS Property Management Ltd.
- Heating
- Hot water
- Air conditioning
- Central air
- Laundry
- 1st floor, 24
- Pets
- Allowed
- Parking
- Underground garage, garage accessible thru buildg
- Visitor parking
- Free
- Bike parking
- 48 outdoor
- Amenities
- Indoor recreation room
- Balconies
- No
- Smoke-free building
- Yes
- Sprinklers
- Yes
- Cooling room
- Yes
- Ward
- 10
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