873 Avenue Rd
Toronto, Ontario M5P
A 4-storey, 10-unit private rental building built in 1952.
- Property manager
- Cando Apartments Ltd.
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Issues & maintenance
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City building permits
3 permits the City has issued at this address since 2000 - repairs, alterations and system work that needed one. Official records, not resident reports.
- Alterations 2
- Fire and life safety 1
- Jul 2019
Alterations · Other(BA) · Closed
Revision 01: Create new means of egress in living room of unit 10 and laundry room as per drawing in accordance with the approved Alternative Solution ProposalProposal for exterior means of egress in living room of unit 10 and laundry room…
Permit 18 197447 BLD
- Jul 2018
Alterations · Other(BA) · Closed
Proposal for exterior means of egress in living room of unit 10 and laundry room to existing three storey building
Permit 18 197447 BLD · est. $15,000
- Jun 2001
Fire and life safety · Fire Alarm · Closed
Make alterations to comply with retrofit requirements of the Fire Department on the Basement, 1st, 2nd and 3rd floors. (Replace Fire Alarm System)
Permit 01 146004 FSU · est. $5,000
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
53/ 100
Each category is ranked against every other Toronto building on this site: 70 means better than 70% of them.
- Transit54
5.3 departures an hour at the morning peak within 500 m, on 2 routes. Nearest subway or LRT: Avenue (5 Eglinton Line), 660 m.
- Parks & trees34
8.8 ha of parkland within 800 m; nearest park 120 m. 553 street trees within 300 m.
- Cycling73
Within 1 km: 2.3 km of protected lanes, 2.95 km of bike lanes and trails, 4.45 km of shared routes. 3 Bike Share stations within 500 m.
- Schools nearby52
4 public or Catholic schools within 1 km (nearest: Oriole Park Jr Public School , 480 m), plus 5 private. Distance only: being near a school does not mean being in its catchment.
- Daily amenities44
Within 1 km: 0 libraries, 3 community centres, 5 licensed child care centres.
- Road safety80
1 collision with serious injury or death within 500 m, 2021–2025. Fewer scores higher.
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Also worth knowing
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Safety
Yonge-Eglinton
- AssaultAbout typical
Higher than 71 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.4× the city median).
- Break and enterAbout typical
Higher than 56 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).
- RobberyAbout typical
Higher than 60 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.2× the city median).
- Auto theftAbout typical
Lower than 69 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (78% of the city median).
- Theft from vehiclesAmong the lowest
Lower than 96 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (53% of the city median).
- Theft over $5,000Among the highest
Higher than 93 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (2.6× the city median).
- Bicycle theftHigher than most
Higher than 80 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (2.9× the city median).
- ShootingsAbout typical
Lower than 54 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about 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
654 kg a year from 1 facility, mostly Ashford Cleaners
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, 4.0 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
Residential
- Category
- General residential
- Zone label
R (f9.0; u4) (x125)- Height limit
- 10 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 | Yonge-Eglinton | Toronto (North) zone | Toronto region |
|---|---|---|---|
| Studio | $1,443* | $1,570 | $1,491 |
| 1 bed | $1,605 | $1,892 | $1,761 |
| 2 beds | $2,215 | $2,476 | $2,045 |
| 3+ beds | - | $2,985 | $2,294 |
| All units | $1,728 | $2,057 | $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.
- 2017
- 1.44% lower rent · tenants notified
- 2018
- 0.96% lower rent · tenants notified
- 2019
- 0.93% lower rent · tenants notified
- 2020
- 0.93% lower rent · tenants notified
- 2021
- 0.73% lower rent · tenants notified
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.
92 / 100City inspection score, October 2025. How buildings are scored
- Type
- Private rental
- Storeys
- 4
- Units
- 10
- Built
- 1952
- Elevators
- 0
- Managed by
- Cando Apartments Ltd.
- Heating
- Hot water
- Air conditioning
- None
- Laundry
- Basement, 24 HOURS
- Pets
- Allowed
- Parking
- Underground garage
- Visitor parking
- Unavailable
- Balconies
- Yes
- Smoke-free building
- No
- Sprinklers
- Yes
- Cooling room
- No
- Ward
- 12
Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Toronto. Source dataset.
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