70 Cambridge Ave
Toronto, Ontario M4K
A 21-storey, 275-unit private rental building built in 1967.
- Property manager
- Westdale Properties
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Issues & maintenance
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City bylaw and health cases
1 bylaw investigation at this address since Jul 2025.
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 1
- Jul 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 25 199027 PRS 00 IR
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City building permits
8 permits the City has issued at this address since 2000 - repairs, alterations and system work that needed one. Official records, not resident reports.
- Heating, cooling and ventilation 2
- Alterations 2
- Fire and life safety 1
- Plumbing and drains 1
- Parking garage repair 1
- Balcony repair 1
- Apr 2024
Heating, cooling and ventilation · Building Permit Related(MS) · Permit Issued
HVAC - Proposal for electrical distribution upgrade including new electrical room build-out.
Permit 24 133370 HVA
- Apr 2024
Alterations · Interior Alterations · Permit Issued
Proposal for electrical distribution upgrade including new electrical room build-out.
Permit 24 133370 BLD · est. $250,000
- Sep 2022
Fire and life safety · Fire Alarm · Inspection
Fire alarm panel replacement
Permit 22 201215 FSU · est. $14,000
- Apr 2022
Plumbing and drains · Building Permit Related(PS) · Inspection
Plumbing - To construct a new structural infill floor slab. Install new mechanical ducting, electrical circuits & plumbing in the basement and ground floor area.
Permit 22 133731 PLB
- Apr 2022
Heating, cooling and ventilation · Building Permit Related(MS) · Inspection
HVAC - To construct a new structural infill floor slab. Install new mechanical ducting, electrical circuits & plumbing in the basement and ground floor area.
Permit 22 133731 HVA
- Apr 2022
Alterations · Interior Alterations · Inspection
To construct a new structural infill floor slab. Install new mechanical ducting, electrical circuits & plumbing in the basement and ground floor area.
Permit 22 133731 BLD
Show 2 older permits
- Mar 2018
Parking garage repair · Garage Repair/Reconstruction · Closed
Proposal for parking garage repairs including garage roof slab and other miscellaneous repairs.
Permit 18 126472 BLD
- May 2007
Balcony repair · Balcony/Guard Repairs · Closed
Permit for balcony slab and guard replacement - north and south elevation
Permit 07 223475 BLD · est. $1,400,000
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From City of Toronto open data
Neighbourhood
Living score
71/ 100
Each category is ranked against every other Toronto building on this site: 70 means better than 70% of them.
- Transit98
116.7 departures an hour at the morning peak within 500 m, on 8 routes. Nearest subway or LRT: Broadview (2 Bloor-Danforth Line), 230 m.
- Parks & trees94
51.5 ha of parkland within 800 m; nearest park 150 m. 232 street trees within 300 m.
- Cycling87
Within 1 km: 2.15 km of protected lanes, 9.45 km of bike lanes and trails, 3.2 km of shared routes. 4 Bike Share stations within 500 m.
- Schools nearby37
4 public or Catholic schools within 1 km (nearest: City Adult Learning Centre, 360 m), plus 1 private. Distance only: being near a school does not mean being in its catchment.
- Daily amenities15
Within 1 km: 0 libraries, 1 community centre, 6 licensed child care centres.
- Road safety64
1 collision 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
Playter Estates-Danforth
- AssaultAmong the highest
Higher than 92 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (2.1× the city median).
- Break and enterHigher than most
Higher than 85 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.8× the city median).
- RobberyHigher than most
Higher than 88 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.9× the city median).
- Auto theftAbout typical
Higher than 57 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).
- Theft from vehiclesAmong the highest
Higher than 97 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (2.3× the city median).
- Theft over $5,000Lower than most
Lower than 78 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (68% of the city median).
- Bicycle theftHigher than most
Higher than 85 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (3.7× the city median).
- ShootingsAbout typical
Higher than 74 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
Don Valley Parkway, 100 m away
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
- Casey House Inpatient Supervised Consumption Services, 1.7 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 (d2.0) (x341)- 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
- 5
- Registered short-term rentals at this address
- 0
882 Broadview Ave · 290 m away
Site plan · Under Review · submitted 2023-05-05
The Application proposes the redevelopment of the site by demolishing the existing rental apartment building on the subject site, which contains six rental dwelling units, and constructing a six storey, mixed use building containing of 20 r
City record838 Broadview Ave · 180 m away
Site plan · Under Review · submitted 2022-04-13
Site Plan Approval for a 9-storey mixed-use building having a non-residential gross floor area of 541.83 square metres, and a residential gross floor area of 6429.78 square metres. 107 residential dwelling units are proposed, of which, 18
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.
93 / 100City inspection score, July 2025. How buildings are scored
- Type
- Private rental
- Storeys
- 21
- Units
- 275
- Built
- 1967
- Elevators
- 3
- Managed by
- Westdale Properties
- Heating
- Hot water
- Air conditioning
- Individual units
- Laundry
- Lower level, 24 HOURS
- Pets
- Not allowed
- Parking
- Underground garage, garage accessible thru buildg, surface parking
- Visitor parking
- Paid
- Bike parking
- 40 outdoor
- Amenities
- Outdoor pool, sauna
- Balconies
- Yes
- Smoke-free building
- No
- Sprinklers
- Yes
- Cooling room
- Yes
- Ward
- 14
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