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Building Review

49 Dundonald St

Toronto, Ontario M4Y

A 5-storey, 32-unit private rental building built in 1917.

Living score
67/100
Built
1917
Units
32
Storeys
5
City inspection
85/100

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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

5 bylaw investigations at this address since Feb 2026; 1 notice or order to comply; 1 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 4
  • Not enough heat 1
  • Sep 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Rescheduled

    Case 26 235248 PRS 00 IR

  • Jun 2026

    Not enough heatBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 172119 000 00 IR

  • Jun 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 172118 000 00 IR

  • Feb 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylawOrder to comply · Apr 2026· Closed

    • Bathroom: Interior door hardware not maintained in good repair, specifically, bathroom door latch pin not functioning. (closed)
    • Entranceway – Apartment #43: Interior door hardware not maintained in good repair, specifically, unit entrance door not latching in closed position. (closed)
    • Kitchen: The kitchen fixture, namely the sink tap, is not maintained in good repair and good working order, specifically, tap cannot be fully opened due to wooden shelf immediately above obstructing tap handle. (closed)
    • Kitchen: The supplied appliance, specifically the stove, is not maintained in good repair and good working order. Namely: plug for electric stove top burner damaged appears partially melted. (closed)

    Case 26 144810 PRS 00 IV

  • Feb 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 122787 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

2 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
  • Plumbing and drains 1
  • Aug 2019

    Alterations · Interior Alterations · Revocation Pending

    To construct egress window for basement unit to existing residential building

    Permit 19 214044 BLD · est. $5,000

  • Oct 2018

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

    Installation of Backflow Prevention Device

    Permit 18 240954 PSA · est. $2,000

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.

  • Transit80

    45 departures an hour at the morning peak within 500 m, on 5 routes. Nearest subway or LRT: Wellesley (1 Yonge-University Line), 170 m.

  • Parks & trees37

    10.5 ha of parkland within 800 m; nearest park 110 m. 436 street trees within 300 m.

  • Cycling97

    Within 1 km: 9.4 km of protected lanes, 2.5 km of bike lanes and trails, 1.1 km of shared routes. 18 Bike Share stations within 500 m.

  • Schools nearby93

    8 public or Catholic schools within 1 km (nearest: Jarvis Collegiate Institute, 330 m), plus 11 private. Distance only: being near a school does not mean being in its catchment.

  • Daily amenities74

    Within 1 km: 3 libraries, 1 community centre, 13 licensed child care centres.

  • Road safety10

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

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Safety

Church-Wellesley

  • AssaultAmong the highest

    Higher than 90 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.9× the city median).

  • Break and enterAbout typical

    Higher than 61 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.1× the city median).

  • RobberyHigher than most

    Higher than 87 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.9× the city median).

  • Auto theftAmong the lowest

    Lower than 95 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (34% of the city median).

  • Theft from vehiclesAbout typical

    Higher than 68 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.2× the city median).

  • Theft over $5,000Among the highest

    Higher than 92 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (2.1× the city median).

  • Bicycle theftAmong the highest

    Higher than 96 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (7.2× the city median).

  • ShootingsAmong the lowest

    Lower than 99 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (33% of the city median).

  • HomicideAmong the lowest

    Lower than 95 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (52% 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, 1.9 km away

Industrial releases within 1 kmHigh

144.7 tonnes a year from 2 facilities, mostly Walton Street Steam Plant

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, 410 m
Sites within 1 km
1

Sites currently offering services, from Health Canada, updated 2026-09-15. Sites open and close; check the list for current status.

Zoning

Residential

Category
General residential
Zone label
R (d2.5) (x878)
Height limit
30 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
84
Registered short-term rentals at this address
0
  • 94 Isabella St · 300 m away

    Rezoning · Council Approved · submitted 2026-04-10

    This application proposes to amend the Zoning By-law to permit a residential building with a height of 228.5 metres (69 storeys, inclusive of the mechanical penthouse), reflecting changes to the built from the original application (File No.

    City record
  • 55 Isabella St · 190 m away

    Rezoning · Under Review · submitted 2026-03-17

    The application proposes to amend the Zoning By-law to permit a 75-storey mixed-use building (250.5 metres including mechanical penthouse) containing 92 square metres of ground floor retail space, 1,064 square metres of office space, and 84

    City record
  • 568 Church St · 60 m away

    Rezoning · Council Approved · submitted 2026-02-20

    Combined Official Plan & Zoning By-law amendment for a 36-storey purpose built rental mixed-use tower atop a 5-storey podium with 409 residential rental units and retail at grade.

    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
BedroomsChurch-Yonge CorridorToronto (Central) zoneToronto region
Studio$1,698$1,606$1,491
1 bed$1,922$2,042$1,761
2 beds$2,536$2,776$2,045
3+ beds-$3,580*$2,294
All units$2,008$2,163$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.

85 / 100City inspection score, September 2026. How buildings are scored

Type
Private rental
Storeys
5
Units
32
Built
1917
Elevators
1
Heating
Hot water
Air conditioning
None
Laundry
Basement, 24/7
Pets
Not allowed
Visitor parking
Unavailable
Bike parking
15 indoor
Balconies
No
Smoke-free building
No
Sprinklers
No
Cooling room
No
Ward
13

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

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