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Renting in Birchcliffe-Cliffside

52 registered rental buildings (1,591 units) · average RentSafeTO score 87.6 · 25,904 residents · Scarborough Central CMHC survey zone

What rents cost here

Birchcliffe-Cliffside sits in the Scarborough Central survey zone. In that zone's purpose-built buildings (October 2025, CMHC Rental Market Survey): a unit sitting vacant rented for an average of bachelor $1,781, 1-bedroom $1,909, 2-bedroom $2,276 and 3-bedroom+ $2,343, while sitting tenants paid bachelor $1,507, 1-bedroom $1,601, 2-bedroom $1,828 and 3-bedroom+ $1,903. Just 8.2% of units changed tenants in the year to the survey. Vacancy rate: 2.7%. The zone's purpose-built rental stock is about 18,250 units.

At the 2021 census, 34.4% of Birchcliffe-Cliffside households rented, 39.9% of renting households spent 30% or more of their income on housing, and 18.2% of renting households were in subsidized housing (median household income $90,000). 14% of homes were in apartment buildings of five storeys or more. The average household had 2.4 people and the median age was 44.4.

In 2025, police recorded across Birchcliffe-Cliffside: 168 assaults, 69 auto thefts, 47 break-and-enters and 19 robberies — auto theft runs above the typical Toronto neighbourhood. In 2026 so far (to June): 81 assaults, 42 auto thefts, 13 break-and-enters and 10 robberies. Toronto Police Service open data — figures describe the whole neighbourhood, not any one building.

Every registered rental building in Birchcliffe-Cliffside

Scores from City of Toronto RentSafeTO evaluations; order counts from final orders published by Tribunals Ontario (Jan–June 2026), matched by address. Most orders are arrears filings — see how to read an LTB order.

Nearby: Oakridge · Clairlea-Birchmount · Taylor-Massey · East End-Danforth · The Beaches

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