5 Benlamond Ave
Toronto, Ontario M4E
A 5-storey, 55-unit private rental building built in 1960.
- Property manager
- Signet Group Inc.
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Issues & maintenance
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City bylaw and health cases
13 bylaw investigations at this address since Jan 2025; 3 notices or orders to comply; 2 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.
- Not enough heat 5
- Repairs and upkeep 4
- Garbage 2
- Snow and ice 2
- Oct 2026
Not enough heatBylaw· Rescheduled
Case 26 248087 HEA 00 IR
- Feb 2026
GarbageBylawNotice to comply · Feb 2026· Closed
- Owner of land failed to clean and clear refuse that has been thrown, placed, dumped or deposited, including but not limited to the rear of the building.Namely, the recycling at the rear of the building must be cleaned, maintained and remov… (open)
Case 26 113908 WST 00 IV
- Feb 2026
GarbageBylaw· Closed
Case 26 113699 WST 00 IR
- Feb 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 26 113273 PRS 00 IR
- Feb 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 26 113075 PRS 00 IR
- Dec 2025
Snow and iceBylawNotice to comply · Dec 2025· Closed
- Exterior: Exterior areas including: steps, landings, walks, driveways, parking spaces, ramps have not been cleared of snow and ice within twenty four (24) hours of a snow fall. (open)
Case 25 265784 SNI 00 IV
Show 7 older cases
- Dec 2025
Snow and iceBylaw· Closed
Case 25 265465 SNI 00 IR
- Oct 2025
Not enough heatBylaw· Closed
Case 25 238133 HEA 00 IR
- Oct 2025
Not enough heatBylaw· Request Received
Case 25 237615 HEA 00 IR
- Sep 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylawOrder to comply · Sep 2025· Closed
- Interior of Building – Exit Stairway: The location and size of openings present a hazard as they are designed with members or attachments between 140 millimetres and 900 millimetres above the level protected by the guard which facilitate climbing. (closed)
- Interior of Building – Exit Stairway: Height of the guard for the exit stairs are less than 1,070 millimetres around landings. (closed)
- Interior of Building – Exit Stairway: Height of the guard for the exit stairs are less than 920 millimetres measured vertically to the top of the guard from a line drawn through the outside edges of the stair nosings. (closed)
- Interior of Building – Exit Stairway: Required guard does not prevent the passage of a sphere having a diameter more than 100 millimetres. (closed)
Case 25 221889 PRS 00 IV
- Sep 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 25 220980 PRS 00 IR
- Apr 2025
Not enough heatBylaw· Closed
Case 25 148399 HEA 00 IR
- Jan 2025
Not enough heatBylaw· Closed
Case 25 106244 HEA 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
4 permits the City has issued at this address since 2000 - repairs, alterations and system work that needed one. Official records, not resident reports.
- Balcony repair 1
- Plumbing and drains 1
- Alterations 1
- Fire and life safety 1
- Jun 2020
Balcony repair · Balcony/Guard Repairs · Closed
Repairs to 8 balconies.
Permit 20 156932 BLD
- Jan 2018
Plumbing and drains · Backflow Prevention Devices (Water only) · Permit Issued
Install a premise isolation backflorw assembly at water meter c/w stainer and thermal expansion tank.
Permit 18 104935 PSA
- Sep 2007
Alterations · Other(BA) · Closed
Construction of barrier free access ramp.
Permit 07 259367 BLD
- May 2003
Fire and life safety · Multiple Projects · Closed
Retrofit fire alarm and emergency/lighting throughout building.
Permit 03 136374 FSU · est. $45,000
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
60/ 100
Each category is ranked against every other Toronto building on this site: 70 means better than 70% of them.
- Transit32
24.7 departures an hour at the morning peak within 500 m, on 5 routes. Nearest subway or LRT: Main Street (2 Bloor-Danforth Line), 970 m.
- Parks & trees60
16.8 ha of parkland within 800 m; nearest park 360 m. 391 street trees within 300 m.
- Cycling47
Within 1 km: 2.2 km of protected lanes, 0.45 km of bike lanes and trails, 2.95 km of shared routes. 2 Bike Share stations within 500 m.
- Schools nearby68
10 public or Catholic schools within 1 km (nearest: Beaches Alternative Jr & Kimberley Jr, 250 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, 23 licensed child care centres.
- Road safety95
0 collisions with serious injury or death within 500 m, 2021–2025. Fewer scores higher.
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Also worth knowing
Shown for context. None of this is part of the living score.
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, 6.2 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
- Category
- General residential
- Zone label
R (u4; d0.6) (x267)- Height limit
- 11 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
- 0
- Registered short-term rentals at this address
- 0
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.
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.
93 / 100City inspection score, August 2025. How buildings are scored
- Type
- Private rental
- Storeys
- 5
- Units
- 55
- Built
- 1960
- Elevators
- 1
- Managed by
- Signet Group Inc.
- Heating
- Hot water
- Air conditioning
- None
- Laundry
- Basement, 2nd floor, 4th floor, 7AM-10PM
- Pets
- Allowed - as listed on lease
- Parking
- Surface parking
- Visitor parking
- Unavailable
- Bike parking
- 8 outdoor
- Balconies
- Yes
- Smoke-free building
- No
- Sprinklers
- Yes
- Cooling room
- No
- Ward
- 19
Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Toronto. Source dataset.
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