69 Baldwin St
Toronto, Ontario M5T
A 3-storey, 17-unit private rental building built in 1927.
- Property manager
- DPM2 Ltd
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Issues & maintenance
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City bylaw and health cases
18 bylaw investigations at this address since Sep 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.
- Repairs and upkeep 12
- Garbage 2
- Fences 1
- Graffiti 1
- Not enough heat 1
- Zoning 1
- Jul 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 26 208536 PRS 00 IR
- Jun 2026
Not enough heatBylaw· Closed
Case 26 191717 HEA 00 IR
- Jun 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 26 191716 PRS 00 IR
- Apr 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 26 145786 PRS 00 IR
- Mar 2026
GraffitiBylaw· Closed
Case 26 126256 GRA 00 IR
- Feb 2026
GarbageBylawNotice to comply · Apr 2026· Closed
- Exterior Of Building – North: Owner of land failed to clean and clear refuse that has been thrown, placed, dumped or deposited, including but not limited to direlect bicycles. (open)
Case 26 143961 WST 00 IV
Show 12 older cases
- Feb 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylawOrder to comply · Apr 2026· Order Issued
- Exterior – Throughout Building: The exterior walls and their components are not being maintained in good repair.Namely, mortar is deteriorating and is not free of damage. (closed)
- Exterior Of Building – Throughout Building: The exterior walls and their components are not being maintained in good repair.Namely, paint around window sills is peeling. (closed)
- Exterior Of Building – Entranceway: Dwelling unit is not connected by two way voice communication system and security locking release mechanism to the principle entrance of the building. (open)
Case 26 143939 PRS 00 IV
- Feb 2026
ZoningBylaw· Closed
Case 26 122812 ZON 00 IR
- Feb 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 26 122811 PRS 00 IR
- Feb 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 26 122810 PRS 00 IR
- Feb 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 26 122809 PRS 00 IR
- Feb 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Order Issued
Case 26 122808 PRS 00 IR
- Feb 2026
FencesBylaw· Closed
Case 26 122807 FEN 00 IR
- Feb 2026
GarbageBylaw· Closed
Case 26 122806 WST 00 IR
- Oct 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylawOrder to comply · Oct 2025· Closed
- Stairwell Landing: Guard is less than 1,070 millimetres high. (closed)
Case 25 236289 PRS 00 IV
- Oct 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 25 234346 PRS 00 IR
- Sep 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 25 231535 PRS 00 IR
- Sep 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 25 220531 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.
- Alterations 1
- Jun 2017
Alterations · Interior Alterations · Inspection
Proposal for interior alterations to a residential unit in the basement of an existing apartment building - Unit 3
Permit 17 173642 BLD
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
63/ 100
Each category is ranked against every other Toronto building on this site: 70 means better than 70% of them.
- Transit75
33.6 departures an hour at the morning peak within 500 m, on 3 routes. Nearest subway or LRT: St Patrick (1 Yonge-University Line), 580 m.
- Parks & trees8
3.8 ha of parkland within 800 m; nearest park 220 m. 482 street trees within 300 m.
- Cycling97
Within 1 km: 7.7 km of protected lanes, 4.95 km of bike lanes and trails, 0.65 km of shared routes. 16 Bike Share stations within 500 m.
- Schools nearby93
8 public or Catholic schools within 1 km (nearest: Beverley & Subway Academy Two, 50 m), plus 4 private. Distance only: being near a school does not mean being in its catchment.
- Daily amenities98
Within 1 km: 3 libraries, 3 community centres, 22 licensed child care centres.
- Road safety4
13 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
Kensington-Chinatown
- AssaultAmong the highest
Higher than 97 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (3.3× the city median).
- Break and enterAmong the highest
Higher than 97 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (3.1× the city median).
- RobberyAmong the highest
Higher than 97 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (2.8× the city median).
- Auto theftLower than most
Lower than 80 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (62% of the city median).
- Theft from vehiclesAmong the highest
Higher than 99 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (4.2× the city median).
- Theft over $5,000Among the highest
Higher than 97 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (4.8× the city median).
- Bicycle theftAmong the highest
Higher than 97 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (14× the city median).
- ShootingsHigher than most
Higher than 88 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (2.3× the city median).
- HomicideLower than most
Lower than 76 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (69% 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
Gardiner Expressway, 1.8 km away
192.4 tonnes a year from 11 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
- Kensington Market Overdose Prevention Service, 640 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 (f4.5; d1.0) (x835)- Height limit
- 13 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 | Kensington-Chinatown | Toronto (Central) zone | Toronto region |
|---|---|---|---|
| Studio | - | $1,606 | $1,491 |
| 1 bed | - | $2,042 | $1,761 |
| 2 beds | - | $2,776 | $2,045 |
| 3+ beds | - | $3,580* | $2,294 |
| All units | $1,497* | $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 2018). Not resident reviews.
98 / 100City inspection score, July 2026. How buildings are scored
- Type
- Private rental
- Storeys
- 3
- Units
- 17
- Built
- 1927
- Elevators
- 0
- Managed by
- DPM2 Ltd
- Heating
- Electric
- Air conditioning
- None
- Laundry
- None on site
- Pets
- Not allowed
- Visitor parking
- Unavailable
- Bike parking
- 22 outdoor
- Balconies
- Yes
- Smoke-free building
- Yes
- Sprinklers
- Yes
- Cooling room
- No
- Ward
- 11
Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Toronto. Source dataset.
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