51 Donlands Ave
Toronto, Ontario M4J
A 5-storey, 53-unit social housing building built in 1985.
- Property manager
- DMS Property Management Ltd.
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Issues & maintenance
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City building permits
5 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 2
- Balcony repair 1
- Plumbing and drains 1
- Alterations 1
- Jun 2024
Balcony repair · Balcony/Guard Repairs · Permit Issued
Proposal to construct balcony concrete roof slab repairs
Permit 24 170872 BLD · est. $600,000
- Dec 2020
Fire and life safety · Other(FS) · Closed
Proposal to install a new fire alarm control panel and smoke detectors for elevator upgrades in an existing apartment building.
Permit 20 234923 FSU
- Feb 2019
Plumbing and drains · Backflow Prevention Devices (Water only) · Closed
Proposal to install a backflow prevention device in the mechanical room
Permit 19 112574 PSA · est. $5,000
- Sep 2004
Alterations · Other(BA) · Inspection
Install roof anchors.
Permit 04 177063 BLD · est. $80,000
- Apr 2003
Fire and life safety · Fire Alarm · Inspection
Upgrade fire alarm system audibility throughout suites.
Permit 03 127975 FSU · est. $30,000
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
52/ 100
Each category is ranked against every other Toronto building on this site: 70 means better than 70% of them.
- Transit82
48.3 departures an hour at the morning peak within 500 m, on 4 routes. Nearest subway or LRT: Donlands (2 Bloor-Danforth Line), 40 m.
- Parks & trees9
5.3 ha of parkland within 800 m; nearest park 300 m. 362 street trees within 300 m.
- Cycling70
Within 1 km: 2.25 km of protected lanes, 2.85 km of bike lanes and trails, 3.4 km of shared routes. 4 Bike Share stations within 500 m.
- Schools nearby52
11 public or Catholic schools within 1 km (nearest: Wilkinson Jr Public School, 100 m). Distance only: being near a school does not mean being in its catchment.
- Daily amenities31
Within 1 km: 1 library, 0 community centres, 14 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
Danforth
- AssaultAmong the highest
Higher than 94 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (2.1× the city median).
- Break and enterAbout typical
Lower than 55 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).
- RobberyAmong the highest
Higher than 92 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (2.1× the city median).
- Auto theftAbout typical
Lower than 51 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).
- Theft from vehiclesHigher than most
Higher than 80 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.4× the city median).
- Theft over $5,000About typical
Lower than 70 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (75% of the city median).
- Bicycle theftHigher than most
Higher than 79 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (2.8× the city median).
- ShootingsHigher than most
Higher than 76 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.8× the city median).
- HomicideHigher than most
Higher than 78 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.5× 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
Don Valley Parkway, 1.8 km away
1.8 tonnes a year from 2 facilities, mostly Toronto Transit Commission Greenwood Complex
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, 3.6 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 (d0.6) (x322)- 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
- 6
- Registered short-term rentals at this address
- 0
1117 Danforth Ave · 260 m away
Site plan · NOAC Issued · submitted 2024-10-01
Site Plan Amendment for a 14-storey mixed use, purpose-built rental building. The proposed development contemplates the replacement of the existing 27 rental units and addition of 81 new rental units.
City record184 Chatham Ave · 260 m away
Site plan · NOAC Issued · submitted 2024-06-25
Site Plan Approval for a 4-storey residential building with a height of 12.3 meters (excluding stair and elevator overruns) and 42 condominium dwelling units, seven vehicular parking spaces and 41 bicycle parking spaces.
City record975 Danforth Ave · 110 m away
Site plan · Under Review · submitted 2022-05-12
Site Plan Approval for proposed 10-storey mixed-use building having a non-residential gross floor area of 3,985.89 square metres, and a residential gross floor area of 3,273 square metres. 57 rental residential dwelling units are proposed.
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 | Playter Estates-Danforth | Toronto (East) zone | Toronto region |
|---|---|---|---|
| Studio | $1,267 | $1,213 | $1,491 |
| 1 bed | $1,599 | $1,692 | $1,761 |
| 2 beds | $1,926 | $1,869 | $2,045 |
| 3+ beds | - | $1,876* | $2,294 |
| All units | $1,633 | $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.
94 / 100City inspection score, July 2024. How buildings are scored
- Type
- Social housing
- Storeys
- 5
- Units
- 53
- Built
- 1985
- Elevators
- 1
- Managed by
- DMS Property Management Ltd.
- Heating
- Electric
- Air conditioning
- None
- Laundry
- Basement, 24
- Pets
- Allowed
- Parking
- Underground garage, garage accessible thru buildg
- Visitor parking
- Free
- Bike parking
- 10 indoor
- Amenities
- Indoor recreation room
- Balconies
- Yes
- Smoke-free building
- No
- Sprinklers
- Yes
- Cooling room
- Yes
- Ward
- 14
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