709 Kennedy Rd
Toronto, Ontario M1K
A 6-storey, 79-unit private rental building built in 1958.
- Property manager
- 709 Kennedy Holdings
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Issues & maintenance
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City bylaw and health cases
6 bylaw investigations at this address since Mar 2025; 1 notice or order to comply.
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 6
- Jul 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 26 203072 PRS 00 IR
- Feb 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 26 118692 PRS 00 IR
- Jul 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 25 198788 PRS 00 IR
- Jun 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 25 183818 PRS 00 IR
- Mar 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylawOrder to comply · May 2025· Closed
- Interior – Throughout Unit: Ceiling not maintained free of holes, cracks, damaged and deteriorated materials. Namely; damaged ceilings in Kitchen, Dinning Room, Living Room Bedrooms, Bathroom (closed)
- Interior – Unit Throughout: The property is not being kept free of pests. Namely; Cockroaches (substantially complete)
- Interior – Front Hallway: The electrical switches are not maintained in good working order. Namely; damaged cover switch plate (closed)
- Kitchen: The plumbing system is not kept free from leaks or defects. Namely; hot water pipe under sink makes loud noise when in use. (closed)
- Interior – Throughout the Unit: Wall(s) not maintained free of holes, cracks, damaged and deteriorated materials. Namely; damaged walls Dinning Room, Bedrooms, Living room, hallway and bathroom (closed)
Case 25 151530 PRS 00 IV
- Mar 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 25 133381 PRS 00 IR
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City building permits
2 permits the City has issued at this address since 2000 - repairs, alterations and system work that needed one. Official records, not resident reports.
- Plumbing and drains 1
- Balcony repair 1
- Aug 2011
Plumbing and drains · Backflow Prevention Devices (Water only) · Closed
To install one new backflow prevention device
Permit 11 254954 PSA · est. $2,500
- May 2006
Balcony repair · Balcony/Guard Repairs · Closed
to repair 20 balconies
Permit 06 130497 BLD · est. $148,720
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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.
- Transit100
210.4 departures an hour at the morning peak within 500 m, on 19 routes. Nearest subway or LRT: Kennedy (2 Bloor-Danforth Line), 480 m.
- Parks & trees19
8.8 ha of parkland within 800 m; nearest park 180 m. 224 street trees within 300 m.
- Cycling21
Within 1 km: 0 km of protected lanes, 1.5 km of bike lanes and trails, 0 km of shared routes. 2 Bike Share stations within 500 m.
- Schools nearby20
3 public or Catholic schools within 1 km (nearest: St Maria Goretti Catholic Elementary School, 190 m), plus 2 private. Distance only: being near a school does not mean being in its catchment.
- Daily amenities64
Within 1 km: 1 library, 2 community centres, 8 licensed child care centres.
- Road safety31
4 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
Kennedy Park
- AssaultAmong the highest
Higher than 95 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (2.4× the city median).
- Break and enterAbout typical
Lower than 56 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).
- RobberyHigher than most
Higher than 84 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.7× the city median).
- Auto theftAbout typical
Lower than 56 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).
- Theft from vehiclesAmong the highest
Higher than 90 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.7× the city median).
- Theft over $5,000Higher than most
Higher than 79 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.6× the city median).
- Bicycle theftAbout typical
Lower than 56 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).
- ShootingsAmong the highest
Higher than 92 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (2.7× the city median).
- HomicideAbout typical
Lower than 66 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (79% 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
No expressway within 2 km
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, 11.2 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 (au67.0) (x496)- 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
- 4
- Registered short-term rentals at this address
- 0
708 Kennedy Rd · 150 m away
Site plan · Under Review · submitted 2022-04-27
Site Plan Application for 12-storey mid-rise building framing the edge of Kennedy Road and a 29-storey building to the rear, connected by a two-storey podium.
City record712 Kennedy Rd · 160 m away
Rezoning · OMB Approved · submitted 2022-03-11
Zoning By-law Amendment application to permit a 21 storey residential building along Kennedy Road and a 42 storey residential building to the rear. A total of 682 residential units are proposing, including 98 rental replacement units.
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 | Kennedy Park | Scarborough (Central) zone | Toronto region |
|---|---|---|---|
| Studio | - | $1,520 | $1,491 |
| 1 bed | $1,638 | $1,610 | $1,761 |
| 2 beds | $2,073 | $1,843 | $2,045 |
| 3+ beds | - | $1,932 | $2,294 |
| All units | $1,874 | $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.
94 / 100City inspection score, July 2025. How buildings are scored
- Type
- Private rental
- Storeys
- 6
- Units
- 79
- Built
- 1958
- Elevators
- 1
- Managed by
- 709 Kennedy Holdings
- Heating
- Hot water
- Air conditioning
- None
- Laundry
- 1st floor, 9:00A.M.-9:00P.M.
- Pets
- Allowed
- Parking
- Surface parking
- Visitor parking
- Unavailable
- 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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