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Building Review

5249 Dundas St W

Toronto, Ontario

A 41-storey, 333-unit private rental building built in 2021.

Living score
42/100
Built
2021
Units
333
Storeys
41
City inspection
100/100

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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

2 bylaw investigations at this address since Jun 2026; 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 1
  • Repairs and upkeep 1
  • Jun 2026

    Not enough heatBylaw· Rescheduled

    Case 26 172043 000 00 IR

  • Jun 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Rescheduled

    Case 26 172042 000 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.

From City of Toronto open data

Neighbourhood

Living score

42/ 100

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

  • Transit100

    185 departures an hour at the morning peak within 500 m, on 15 routes. Nearest subway or LRT: Kipling (2 Bloor-Danforth Line), 200 m.

  • Parks & trees30

    10.5 ha of parkland within 800 m; nearest park 180 m. 316 street trees within 300 m.

  • Cycling34

    Within 1 km: 2.2 km of protected lanes, 0 km of bike lanes and trails, 0 km of shared routes. 0 Bike Share stations within 500 m.

  • Schools nearby4

    1 public or Catholic school within 1 km (nearest: Our Lady Of Peace Catholic Elementary School, 930 m), plus 3 private. Distance only: being near a school does not mean being in its catchment.

  • Daily amenities2

    Within 1 km: 0 libraries, 0 community centres, 4 licensed child care centres.

  • Road safety19

    6 collisions with serious injury or death within 500 m, 2021–2025, 1 fatal. Fewer scores higher.

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Also worth knowing

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Safety

Etobicoke City Centre

  • AssaultAbout typical

    Higher than 74 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.4× the city median).

  • Break and enterAbout typical

    Higher than 74 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.3× the city median).

  • RobberyHigher than most

    Higher than 86 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.8× the city median).

  • Auto theftAmong the highest

    Higher than 97 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (3.3× the city median).

  • Theft from vehiclesAmong the highest

    Higher than 94 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (2.0× the city median).

  • Theft over $5,000Among the highest

    Higher than 96 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (4.6× the city median).

  • Bicycle theftAbout typical

    Higher than 56 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.3× the city median).

  • ShootingsAbout typical

    Higher than 56 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.1× the city median).

  • HomicideHigher than most

    Higher than 79 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.6× 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

Highway 427, 1.7 km away

Industrial releases within 1 kmHigh

18 tonnes a year from 4 facilities, mostly Dimpflmeier Bakery Ltd

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, 11.0 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

Commercial Residential

Category
Mixed use
Zone label
CR 3.5 (c1.0; r3.0) SS1 (x838)
Height limit
24 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
25
Registered short-term rentals at this address
0
  • 970 Kipling Ave · 290 m away

    Rezoning · Under Review · submitted 2026-08-27

    An application to amend the Zoning By-law to Lift the "(H)" Holding Symbol, applied by Zoning By-law 492-2026.

    City record
  • 970 Kipling Ave · 290 m away

    Site plan · Under Review · submitted 2026-06-02

    Proposed 43-storey tower and a 28-storey tower. The Subject Site will include 839 purpose-built rental apartments comprised of 198 affordable units and 641 market units as well as approximately 13,560 SF of retail space.

    City record
  • 970 Kipling Ave · 290 m away

    Rezoning · Council Approved · submitted 2026-03-24

    Proposed amendments to the site-specific zoning by-law for the Bloor-Kipling lands to permit a modified version of the approved mixed use building on Block 5 consisting of a 43-storey tower and a 28-storey tower with a common 5-storey podiu

    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
BedroomsIslington/City Centre SouthEtobicoke (South) zoneToronto region
Studio-$1,502$1,491
1 bed-$1,493$1,761
2 beds$2,110$1,762$2,045
3+ beds--$2,294
All units$2,032$1,630$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. Not resident reviews.

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

Type
Private rental
Storeys
41
Units
333
Built
2021
Elevators
4
Heating
Hot water
Air conditioning
Central air
Laundry
None on site
Pets
Allowed - medium size dogs
Parking
Underground garage, garage accessible thru buildg
Visitor parking
Paid
Bike parking
233 indoor
Amenities
Outdoor pool, indoor recreation room, outdoor rec facilities, indoor exercise room, child play area
Balconies
Yes
Smoke-free building
Yes
Sprinklers
Yes
Cooling room
No
Ward
3

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

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