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958 Eglinton Ave E

Toronto, Ontario M4G

A 3-storey, 24-unit private rental building built in 1945.

Living score
56/100
Built
1945
Units
24
Storeys
3
City inspection
93/100

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Issues & maintenance

Leaks, outages, repairs: dated reports from residents. None filed yet.

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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 2
  • Plumbing and drains 1
  • Alterations 1
  • Nov 2018

    Heating, cooling and ventilation · Building Permit Related(MS) · Closed

    REV01: Revision to issued permit 18-185628 HVA as per bubbled area. Revision to exhaust system for dryers and one new exhaust fan in laundry room. HVAC - Proposal for interior alterations to add 3 new apartment units at basement level of a…

    Permit 18 185628 HVA

  • Aug 2018

    Plumbing and drains · Building Permit Related(PS) · Closed

    Plumbing - Proposal for interior alterations to add 3 new apartment units at basement level of an existing 3-storey apartment building with the relocation of storage room, laundry facility and reduction of indoor car garage

    Permit 18 185628 PLB

  • Aug 2018

    Heating, cooling and ventilation · Building Permit Related(MS) · Closed

    HVAC - Proposal for interior alterations to add 3 new apartment units at basement level of an existing 3-storey apartment building with the relocation of storage room, laundry facility and reduction of indoor car garage

    Permit 18 185628 HVA

  • Jun 2018

    Alterations · Interior Alterations · Closed

    Proposal for interior alterations to add 3 new apartment units at basement level of an existing 3-storey apartment building with the relocation of storage room, laundry facility and reduction of indoor car garage

    Permit 18 185628 BLD

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

56/ 100

Each category is ranked against every other Toronto building on this site: 70 means better than 70% of them.

  • Transit73

    30.6 departures an hour at the morning peak within 500 m, on 5 routes. Nearest subway or LRT: Laird (5 Eglinton Line), 420 m.

  • Parks & trees92

    46.8 ha of parkland within 800 m; nearest park 170 m. 285 street trees within 300 m.

  • Cycling67

    Within 1 km: 0 km of protected lanes, 6.6 km of bike lanes and trails, 1.1 km of shared routes. 3 Bike Share stations within 500 m.

  • Schools nearby2

    1 public or Catholic school within 1 km (nearest: Northlea Elementary & Mdl School , 770 m), plus 1 private. Distance only: being near a school does not mean being in its catchment.

  • Daily amenities2

    Within 1 km: 0 libraries, 0 community centres, 4 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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Safety

Leaside-Bennington

  • AssaultAmong the lowest

    Lower than 100 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (29% of the city median).

  • Break and enterAbout typical

    Higher than 55 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).

  • RobberyAmong the lowest

    Lower than 97 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (27% of the city median).

  • Auto theftHigher than most

    Higher than 87 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.7× the city median).

  • Theft from vehiclesAbout typical

    Higher than 58 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).

  • Theft over $5,000About typical

    Lower than 55 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).

  • Bicycle theftAbout typical

    Lower than 62 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (81% of the city median).

  • ShootingsAmong the lowest

    Lower than 91 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

Traffic pollutionLow

No expressway within 2 km

Industrial releases within 1 kmHigh

11.2 tonnes a year from 4 facilities, mostly Lincoln Electric Company Of Canada

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, 5.3 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 (f30.0; a930; d1.25)
Height limit
16 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
24
Registered short-term rentals at this address
0
  • 105-109 Vanderhoof Ave · 270 m away

    Rezoning · OMB Appeal · submitted 2025-05-12

    Official Plan Amendment proposes to amend the City of Toronto Official Plan by re-designating the subject site from Core Employment Areas to Mixed Use Areas. The proposal is limited to a land use change and does not seek to establish any si

    City record
  • 100 Vanderhoof Ave · 230 m away

    Rezoning · Council Approved · submitted 2025-01-06

    Original proposal was to permit a 39-storey mixed-use building with a total gross floor area of 30,628m² (5.63 FSI), and comprised of 1,128m² of non-residential space on the ground floor and 475 residential units. The proposed development i

    City record
  • 849 Eglinton Ave E · 210 m away

    Rezoning · OMB Approved · submitted 2022-09-14

    Official Plan Amendment for a development includes three buildings: a 40-storey residential mixed-use building, a 21storey residential building, and a 6-storey office building, as well as a new private road and privately owned publiy access

    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.

Average monthly rent by bedroom type
BedroomsLeaside-BenningtonEast York zoneToronto region
Studio-$1,339$1,491
1 bed$1,713$1,578$1,761
2 beds$2,055$1,820$2,045
3+ beds-$2,178$2,294
All units$1,809$1,715$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.

93 / 100City inspection score, September 2025. How buildings are scored

Type
Private rental
Storeys
3
Units
24
Built
1945
Elevators
0
Heating
Hot water
Air conditioning
None
Laundry
Basement, 24/7
Pets
Not allowed
Parking
Underground garage
Visitor parking
Unavailable
Bike parking
8 outdoor
Balconies
No
Smoke-free building
Yes
Sprinklers
Yes
Cooling room
No
Ward
15

Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Toronto. Source dataset.

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