878 Lawrence Ave E
Toronto, Ontario M3C
A 3-storey, 11-unit private rental building built in 1960.
- Property manager
- Excel Property Management
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Issues & maintenance
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City bylaw and health cases
10 bylaw investigations at this address since Sep 2025; 2 notices or orders to comply; 1 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 7
- Garbage 2
- Not enough heat 1
- Jul 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 26 202558 PRS 00 IR
- Jul 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Rescheduled
Case 26 196310 PRS 00 IR
- Jun 2026
Not enough heatBylaw· Closed
Case 26 170720 000 00 IR
- Jun 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 26 170719 000 00 IR
- Feb 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylawOrder to comply · Apr 2026· Closed
- Dwelling Unit: The property is not being kept free of pests.Namely, the dwelling unit is not kept free from pests. (closed)
Case 26 148993 PRS 00 IV
- Feb 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 26 113864 PRS 00 IR
Show 4 older cases
- Dec 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 25 263638 PRS 00 IR
- Nov 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 25 256215 PRS 00 IR
- Sep 2025
GarbageBylawNotice to comply · Sep 2025· Closed
Case 25 232301 WST 00 IV
- Sep 2025
GarbageBylaw· Closed
Case 25 227398 WST 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
- Apr 2024
Alterations · Interior Alterations · Inspection
Proposed interior alterations to create a new bachelor apartment suite on the first floor
Permit 24 131944 BLD
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From City of Toronto open data
Neighbourhood
Living score
58/ 100
Each category is ranked against every other Toronto building on this site: 70 means better than 70% of them.
- Transit53
43.8 departures an hour at the morning peak within 500 m, on 7 routes. Nearest subway or LRT: Don Valley (5 Eglinton Line), 1.9 km.
- Parks & trees74
19 ha of parkland within 800 m; nearest park 200 m. 815 street trees within 300 m.
- Cycling75
Within 1 km: 0 km of protected lanes, 8 km of bike lanes and trails, 0.05 km of shared routes. 2 Bike Share stations within 500 m.
- Schools nearby68
6 public or Catholic schools within 1 km (nearest: Norman Ingram Public School, 400 m), plus 1 private. Distance only: being near a school does not mean being in its catchment.
- Daily amenities35
Within 1 km: 1 library, 1 community centre, 7 licensed child care centres.
- Road safety40
3 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
Banbury-Don Mills
- AssaultLower than most
Lower than 80 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (65% of the city median).
- Break and enterHigher than most
Higher than 78 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.5× the city median).
- RobberyAbout typical
Higher than 51 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).
- Auto theftAbout typical
Higher than 72 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.3× the city median).
- Theft from vehiclesAbout typical
Higher than 51 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).
- Theft over $5,000About typical
Higher than 66 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.2× the city median).
- Bicycle theftLower than most
Lower than 78 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (53% of the city median).
- ShootingsAbout typical
Lower than 56 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).
- HomicideAbout typical
Lower than 74 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (70% 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, 1.4 km 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, 7.8 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 Multiple Dwelling
- Category
- Low-rise residential
- Zone label
RM (f21.0; a835; d1.0)- 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
- 2
- Registered short-term rentals at this address
- 0
169 The Donway W · 230 m away
Site plan · Under Review · submitted 2022-10-18
Proposal for a 28 storey mixed use tower and podium, a community space, a publicly accessible open space and proposed park. The development will include 570 dwelling units. A total of 446 parking spaces will be provided, which includes 401r
City record895 Lawrence Ave E · 160 m away
Rezoning · OMB Appeal · submitted 2022-07-22
Proposal containing two residential buildings, of which one will contain retail on the ground floor. One building contains a 26-storey (87.2 metres) tower, sitting on an eight storey base building facing. The second building contains a 29-s
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 | Banbury-Don Mills/York Mills | North York (Southeast) zone | Toronto region |
|---|---|---|---|
| Studio | - | $1,188* | $1,491 |
| 1 bed | $1,628 | $1,638 | $1,761 |
| 2 beds | $1,834 | $1,890 | $2,045 |
| 3+ beds | $2,262 | $2,238 | $2,294 |
| All units | $1,789 | $1,842 | $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.
87 / 100City inspection score, July 2026. How buildings are scored
- Type
- Private rental
- Storeys
- 3
- Units
- 11
- Built
- 1960
- Elevators
- 0
- Managed by
- Excel Property Management
- Heating
- Hot water
- Air conditioning
- None
- Laundry
- On the ground floor, 24 HOUR
- Pets
- Allowed
- Parking
- Ground level garage, carport, surface parking
- Visitor parking
- Unavailable
- Balconies
- No
- Smoke-free building
- No
- Sprinklers
- No
- Cooling room
- No
- Ward
- 16
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