4875 Dundas St W
Toronto, Ontario M9A
A 10-storey, 56-unit private rental building built in 1968.
- Property manager
- Forest Gate
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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
56 bylaw investigations at this address since Oct 2024; 1 notice or order to comply.
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 24
- Not enough heat 19
- Zoning 12
- Garbage 1
- Sep 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 26 230844 PRS 00 IR
- Jun 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylawOrder to comply · Jun 2026· Closed
- 3rd Floor: Garbage chute system originally installed in the multiple-dwelling is not maintained operative.Namely: 3rd Floor garbage chute door broken (open)
Case 26 192117 PRS 00 IV
- Jun 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 26 190380 PRS 00 IR
- Apr 2026
Not enough heatBylaw· Closed
Case 26 138854 HEA 00 IR
- Apr 2026
Not enough heatBylaw· Closed
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- Mar 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 26 125644 PRS 00 IR
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- Feb 2026
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- Feb 2026
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- Oct 2025
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- Oct 2025
Not enough heatBylaw· Closed
Case 25 237581 HEA 00 IR
- Sep 2025
ZoningBylaw· Closed
Case 25 231008 ZON 00 IR
- Aug 2025
GarbageBylaw· Closed
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- Jun 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
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- May 2025
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- May 2025
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- Apr 2025
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- Mar 2025
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- Mar 2025
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- Mar 2025
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- Mar 2025
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- Mar 2025
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- Feb 2025
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- Dec 2024
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- Dec 2024
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- Dec 2024
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- Dec 2024
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- Dec 2024
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- Dec 2024
Not enough heatBylaw· Closed
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- Dec 2024
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 24 245502 PRS 00 IR
- Nov 2024
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- Nov 2024
ZoningBylaw· Closed
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- Nov 2024
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- Nov 2024
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- Oct 2024
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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.
- Alterations 2
- Plumbing and drains 1
- Balcony repair 1
- Jun 2022
Alterations · Interior Alterations · Closed
Add new fire rated door and partition at the existing corridor from 2nd to 10th floor
Permit 22 160173 BLD
- Feb 2020
Alterations · Multiple Projects · Closed
Balcony repairs, brick repair and painting
Permit 20 116820 BLD · est. $350,000
- Dec 2018
Plumbing and drains · Backflow Prevention Devices (Water only) · Closed
Proposal to install a backflow prevention device and expansion tank
Permit 18 264488 PSA · est. $2,000
- Aug 2007
Balcony repair · Balcony/Guard Repairs · Closed
54 balcony repairs and 365.85 lm of balcony guards to 10 storey apartment building
Permit 07 249447 BLD · est. $80,000
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
55/ 100
Each category is ranked against every other Toronto building on this site: 70 means better than 70% of them.
- Transit65
17.4 departures an hour at the morning peak within 500 m, on 4 routes. Nearest subway or LRT: Islington (2 Bloor-Danforth Line), 560 m.
- Parks & trees61
17.3 ha of parkland within 800 m; nearest park 170 m. 387 street trees within 300 m.
- Cycling53
Within 1 km: 2.15 km of protected lanes, 2.05 km of bike lanes and trails, 0 km of shared routes. 1 Bike Share station within 500 m.
- Schools nearby22
3 public or Catholic schools within 1 km (nearest: Islington Jr Mdl School , 230 m), plus 3 private. Distance only: being near a school does not mean being in its catchment.
- Daily amenities53
Within 1 km: 0 libraries, 5 community centres, 6 licensed child care centres.
- Road safety64
2 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
Islington
- AssaultAbout typical
Lower than 75 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (72% of the city median).
- Break and enterHigher than most
Higher than 79 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.5× the city median).
- RobberyLower than most
Lower than 78 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (61% of the city median).
- Auto theftHigher than most
Higher than 78 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.4× the city median).
- Theft from vehiclesLower than most
Lower than 82 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (77% of the city median).
- Theft over $5,000About typical
Higher than 61 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.2× the city median).
- Bicycle theftAbout typical
Lower than 54 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).
- ShootingsAmong the lowest
Lower than 100 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (32% of the city median).
- HomicideAmong the lowest
Lower than 94 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (54% 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
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
- Kensington Market Overdose Prevention Service, 10.0 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
Not in the city-wide by-law
This site is still governed by a former municipality’s zoning by-law, which the city-wide data does not cover.
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
- 14
- Registered short-term rentals at this address
- 0
1276 Islington Ave · 240 m away
Site plan · Under Review · submitted 2026-01-09
Proposed infill development of a 35-storey, 25,700.63 square-metre, purpose-built rental building containing 375 residential units, and 262 parking spaces provided between four levels of underground parking. The existing 12-storey residenti
City record4875 Dundas St W · 0 m away
Rezoning · OMB Appeal · submitted 2024-05-02
Official Plan Amendment and Zoning By-law Amendment application to permit a 45-storey mixed use building with a 4-storey podium. The proposal includes a total gross floor area of 33,919 square metres, of which 33,458 square metres would be
City record4888 Dundas St W · 60 m away
Site plan · Under Review · submitted 2022-04-28
Site Plan Application reflecting Settlement Proposal to permit a 25-storey residential tower with at-grade retail use for OZ/OPA File No. 22 139836 WET 03 OZ.
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 | Islington/City Centre North | Etobicoke (Central) zone | Toronto region |
|---|---|---|---|
| Studio | $1,724 | $1,693 | $1,491 |
| 1 bed | $1,867 | $1,874 | $1,761 |
| 2 beds | $2,074 | $2,200 | $2,045 |
| 3+ beds | $2,199 | $2,529 | $2,294 |
| All units | $1,979 | $2,162 | $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.
98 / 100City inspection score, November 2025. How buildings are scored
- Type
- Private rental
- Storeys
- 10
- Units
- 56
- Built
- 1968
- Elevators
- 2
- Managed by
- Forest Gate
- Heating
- Hot water
- Air conditioning
- None
- Laundry
- Main floor, 8 AM TO 10 PM
- Pets
- Allowed - controlled and cleaned after
- Parking
- Underground garage, garage accessible thru buildg, surface parking
- Visitor parking
- Free
- Balconies
- Yes
- Smoke-free building
- No
- Sprinklers
- Yes
- Cooling room
- No
- Ward
- 3
Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Toronto. Source dataset.
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