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Building Review

506 Danforth Rd

Toronto, Ontario M1K

A 3-storey, 22-unit private rental building built in 1965.

Living score
23/100
Built
1965
Units
22
Storeys
3
City inspection
88/100

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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

17 bylaw investigations at this address since Jan 2025; 6 notices or orders to comply; 6 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 12
  • Garbage 5
  • Sep 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylawOrder to comply · Oct 2026· Order Issued

    • Throughout Building: In a dwelling unit, a window located more than 2,000 millimetres above grade opens within 1,500 millimetres of the floor not leading to a balcony does not employ a controlled sash operation to restrict, when engaged, the opening of the ope… (open)

    Case 26 247431 PRS 00 IV

  • Sep 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Order Issued

    Case 26 247250 PRS 00 IR

  • Sep 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylawOrder to comply · Sep 2026· Order Issued

    • Bathroom: The ventilation system or unit is not kept in good repair and maintained in good working condition at all times. (open)
    • Bedroom: Previously finished surface(s) have marks, stains, and/or other defacements. Namely; stains / mould damage. (open)
    • Bathroom: Previously finished surface(s) have marks, stains, and/or other defacements. Namely; stains / mould damage (open)

    Case 26 244451 PRS 00 IV

  • Sep 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Order Issued

    Case 26 233049 PRS 00 IR

  • Sep 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 232575 PRS 00 IR

  • May 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylawOrder to comply · Jun 2026· Order Issued

    • Living Room: Floor and/or floor covering not kept free from holes,stains, damage. Namely; damaged flooring (open)
    • Bedroom – next to bathroom: Floor and/or floor covering not kept free from holes, stains, damaged. Namely; damaged flooring (open)
    • Living Room: The electrical receptacle are not maintained in good working order. Namely; water damaged and capped (open)
    • Living Room: Ceiling not maintained free of holes, cracks, damaged and deteriorated materials. Namely; damaged ceiling (open)
    • Living Room: Wall(s) not maintained free of holes, cracks, damaged and deteriorated materials. Namely; Damaged Wall (open)

    Case 26 186152 PRS 00 IV

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  • May 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Order Issued

    Case 26 166156 PRS 00 IR

  • May 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 160787 PRS 00 IR

  • Nov 2025

    GarbageBylaw· Closed

    Case 25 248851 WST 00 IR

  • Oct 2025

    GarbageBylawNotice to comply · Oct 2025· Closed

    Case 25 242871 WST 00 IV

  • Oct 2025

    GarbageBylaw· Closed

    Case 25 238801 WST 00 IR

  • Oct 2025

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 25 238491 PRS 00 IR

  • Aug 2025

    Repairs and upkeepBylawOrder to comply · Aug 2025· Closed

    • The garbage containers are not water tight.Namely: Waste receptacles found in a state of disrepair (Lidless and cracked ) (open)

    Case 25 215848 PRS 00 IV

  • Aug 2025

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 25 214721 PRS 00 IR

  • Aug 2025

    GarbageBylawNotice to comply · Aug 2025· Closed

    Case 25 214931 WST 00 IV

  • Aug 2025

    GarbageBylaw· Closed

    Case 25 213063 WST 00 IR

  • Jan 2025

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 25 108402 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

1 permit 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
  • May 2009

    Balcony repair · Balcony/Guard Repairs · Closed

    Localized concrete repairs on balconies, waterproofing, railing replacement.

    Permit 09 137291 BLD · est. $120,000

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

23/ 100

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

  • Transit23

    18 departures an hour at the morning peak within 500 m, on 4 routes. Nearest subway or LRT: Warden (2 Bloor-Danforth Line), 1.0 km.

  • Parks & trees8

    6.8 ha of parkland within 800 m; nearest park 20 m. 157 street trees within 300 m.

  • Cycling16

    Within 1 km: 0 km of protected lanes, 1 km of bike lanes and trails, 0 km of shared routes. 2 Bike Share stations within 500 m.

  • Schools nearby14

    3 public or Catholic schools within 1 km (nearest: J G Workman Public School, 200 m). Distance only: being near a school does not mean being in its catchment.

  • Daily amenities18

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

  • Road safety80

    1 collision 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

Clairlea-Birchmount

  • AssaultHigher than most

    Higher than 87 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.8× the city median).

  • Break and enterAbout typical

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

  • RobberyAbout typical

    Lower than 70 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (68% of the city median).

  • Auto theftHigher than most

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

  • Theft from vehiclesHigher than most

    Higher than 78 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.4× the city median).

  • Theft over $5,000About typical

    Higher than 57 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).

  • Bicycle theftLower than most

    Lower than 77 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (55% of the city median).

  • ShootingsAbout typical

    Higher than 60 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

Traffic pollutionLow

No expressway within 2 km

Industrial releases within 1 kmModerate

113 kg a year from 1 facility, mostly Toronto Transit Commission Birchmount Garage

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, 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

Residential Apartment

Category
Apartment
Zone label
RA (au99.0) (x521)
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
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.

Average monthly rent by bedroom type
BedroomsClairlea-BirchmountScarborough (Central) zoneToronto region
Studio-$1,520$1,491
1 bed$1,484$1,610$1,761
2 beds$1,771$1,843$2,045
3+ beds-$1,932$2,294
All units$1,630$1,754$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.

88 / 100City inspection score, July 2024. How buildings are scored

Type
Private rental
Storeys
3
Units
22
Built
1965
Elevators
0
Heating
Hot water
Air conditioning
None
Laundry
Ground floor, 9-9 MONDAY-SAT
Pets
Allowed
Parking
Surface parking
Visitor parking
Unavailable
Bike parking
None
Balconies
Yes
Smoke-free building
Yes
Sprinklers
Yes
Cooling room
No
Ward
20

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

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