859 Dundas St E
Toronto, Ontario M4M
A 4-storey, 29-unit Toronto Community Housing building built in 1973.
- Property manager
- Toronto Community Housing Corporation
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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 Oct 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.
- Garbage 1
- Graffiti 1
- Mar 2026
GarbageBylaw· Closed
Case 26 132114 WST 00 IR
- Oct 2025
GraffitiBylaw· Closed
Case 25 243096 GRA 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
4 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 1
- Alterations 1
- Plumbing and drains 1
- Fire and life safety 1
- May 2025
Heating, cooling and ventilation · Building Permit Related(MS) · Permit Issued
HVAC - Replacing existing MUA units and main exhaust fans with new ERV units and replacing all the exhaust diffusers in the building
Permit 25 166578 HVA
- May 2025
Alterations · Other(BA) · Permit Issued
Replacing existing MUA units and main exhaust fans with new ERV units and replacing all the exhaust diffusers in the building
Permit 25 166578 BLD · est. $900,000
- Jul 2013
Plumbing and drains · Backflow Prevention Devices (Water only) · Closed
Proposal to install 2-1/2" back flow preventer in existing apartment building.
Permit 13 205072 PSA · est. $5,000
- Sep 1995
Fire and life safety · Unknown · Cancelled
LIFE SAFETY RETROFIT. UPGRADE FIRE ALARM SYSTEM PER O.R. 627/92 (OFC) 9.6 LP
Permit 95 020772 FSU · est. $50,000
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
66/ 100
Each category is ranked against every other Toronto building on this site: 70 means better than 70% of them.
- Transit63
54.4 departures an hour at the morning peak within 500 m, on 6 routes. Nearest subway or LRT: Broadview (2 Bloor-Danforth Line), 1.7 km.
- Parks & trees74
24.5 ha of parkland within 800 m; nearest park 230 m. 242 street trees within 300 m.
- Cycling88
Within 1 km: 4.65 km of protected lanes, 6 km of bike lanes and trails, 1.55 km of shared routes. 6 Bike Share stations within 500 m.
- Schools nearby52
7 public or Catholic schools within 1 km (nearest: Seed Alternative School, 110 m). Distance only: being near a school does not mean being in its catchment.
- Daily amenities98
Within 1 km: 2 libraries, 3 community centres, 15 licensed child care centres.
- Road safety5
10 collisions with serious injury or death within 500 m, 2021–2025, 3 fatal. Fewer scores higher.
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Also worth knowing
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Safety
South Riverdale
- AssaultHigher than most
Higher than 77 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.5× the city median).
- Break and enterHigher than most
Higher than 80 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.5× the city median).
- RobberyAbout typical
Higher than 73 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.4× 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 86 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.5× the city median).
- Theft over $5,000Among the highest
Higher than 91 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (2.0× the city median).
- Bicycle theftHigher than most
Higher than 87 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (4.7× the city median).
- ShootingsAbout typical
Lower than 67 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (77% of the city median).
- HomicideAmong the lowest
Lower than 98 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (48% 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
Don Valley Parkway, 250 m away
190 kg a year from 1 facility, mostly Carstar Toronto Eastern Ave
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
- Street Health, 1.5 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 (d1.0) (x808)- 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 | Riverdale | Toronto (East) zone | Toronto region |
|---|---|---|---|
| Studio | - | $1,213 | $1,491 |
| 1 bed | $1,656 | $1,692 | $1,761 |
| 2 beds | - | $1,869 | $2,045 |
| 3+ beds | - | $1,876* | $2,294 |
| All units | $1,593* | $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.
96 / 100City inspection score, December 2025. How buildings are scored
- Type
- Toronto Community Housing
- Storeys
- 4
- Units
- 29
- Built
- 1973
- Elevators
- 1
- Managed by
- Toronto Community Housing Corporation
- Heating
- Hot water
- Air conditioning
- None
- Laundry
- On site
- Pets
- Allowed
- Parking
- Surface parking
- Visitor parking
- Both
- Amenities
- Indoor recreation room
- Balconies
- Yes
- Smoke-free building
- Yes
- Sprinklers
- Yes
- Cooling room
- No
- Ward
- 14
Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Toronto. Source dataset.
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