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Building Review

4 The Donway E

Toronto, Ontario M3C

A 4-storey, 40-unit private rental building built in 1950.

Living score
44/100
Built
1950
Units
40
Storeys
4
City inspection
88/100
Property manager
Signet Group Inc.

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Issues & maintenance

Leaks, outages, repairs: dated reports from residents. None filed yet.

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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.

  • Fire and life safety 1
  • Plumbing and drains 1
  • Balcony repair 1
  • Oct 2014

    Fire and life safety · Fire Alarm · Closed

    Fire alarm audibility upgrade

    Permit 14 240286 FSU

  • Jun 2014

    Plumbing and drains · Backflow Prevention Devices (Water only) · Closed

    To install a backflow prevention device.

    Permit 14 175350 PSA · est. $5,700

  • May 2012

    Balcony repair · Balcony/Guard Repairs · Closed

    Berkley property management Balcony/Guard Repairs to 18 balcony repairs

    Permit 12 180797 BLD

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

44/ 100

Each category is ranked against every other Toronto building on this site: 70 means better than 70% of them.

  • Transit53

    43.7 departures an hour at the morning peak within 500 m, on 8 routes. Nearest subway or LRT: Don Valley (5 Eglinton Line), 1.3 km.

  • Parks & trees51

    14 ha of parkland within 800 m; nearest park 220 m. 384 street trees within 300 m.

  • Cycling37

    Within 1 km: 0 km of protected lanes, 3.65 km of bike lanes and trails, 0 km of shared routes. 0 Bike Share stations within 500 m.

  • Schools nearby37

    4 public or Catholic schools within 1 km (nearest: Greenland Public School, 200 m), plus 1 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 safety40

    3 collisions with serious injury or death within 500 m, 2021–2025, 1 fatal. Fewer scores higher.

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Safety

Banbury-Don Mills

  • AssaultLower than most

    Lower than 80 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (65% of the city median).

  • Break and enterHigher than most

    Higher than 78 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.5× the city median).

  • RobberyAbout typical

    Higher than 51 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).

  • Auto theftAbout typical

    Higher than 72 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.3× the city median).

  • Theft from vehiclesAbout typical

    Higher than 51 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).

  • Theft over $5,000About typical

    Higher than 66 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.2× the city median).

  • Bicycle theftLower than most

    Lower than 78 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (53% of the city median).

  • ShootingsAbout typical

    Lower than 56 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).

  • HomicideAbout typical

    Lower than 74 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (70% 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

Traffic pollutionLow

Don Valley Parkway, 730 m away

Industrial releases within 1 kmHigh

1.2 tonnes a year from 1 facility, mostly L3Harris Wescam Don Mills

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, 7.7 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 Multiple Dwelling

Category
Low-rise residential
Zone label
RM (f21.0; a835; d1.0)
Height limit
Set by the zone

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
15
Registered short-term rentals at this address
0
  • 2 The Donway E · 80 m away

    Site plan · Under Review · submitted 2023-04-28

    City record
  • 6 The Donway E · 60 m away

    Site plan · Under Review · submitted 2023-04-28

    City record
  • 4 The Donway E · 20 m away

    Site plan · Under Review · submitted 2023-04-28

    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.

Average monthly rent by bedroom type
BedroomsBanbury-Don Mills/York MillsNorth York (Southeast) zoneToronto region
Studio-$1,188*$1,491
1 bed$1,628$1,638$1,761
2 beds$1,834$1,890$2,045
3+ beds$2,262$2,238$2,294
All units$1,789$1,842$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.

88 / 100City inspection score, June 2025. How buildings are scored

Type
Private rental
Storeys
4
Units
40
Built
1950
Elevators
1
Heating
Hot water
Air conditioning
None
Laundry
Basement, 8AM-10PM
Pets
Allowed
Parking
Ground level garage, surface parking
Visitor parking
Free
Balconies
Yes
Smoke-free building
No
Sprinklers
Yes
Cooling room
No
Ward
16

Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Toronto. Source dataset.

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