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Renting in Clairlea-Birchmount

35 registered rental buildings (2,149 units) · average RentSafeTO score 88.7 · 30,603 residents · Scarborough Central CMHC survey zone

What rents cost here

Clairlea-Birchmount 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, 36.2% of Clairlea-Birchmount households rented, 38.9% of renting households spent 30% or more of their income on housing, and 10.7% of renting households were in subsidized housing (median household income $90,000). 20.6% of homes were in apartment buildings of five storeys or more. The average household had 2.9 people and the median age was 39.2.

In 2025, police recorded across Clairlea-Birchmount: 399 assaults, 88 auto thefts, 58 break-and-enters and 15 robberies — assault and auto theft run above the typical Toronto neighbourhood; robbery below. In 2026 so far (to June): 184 assaults, 65 auto thefts, 33 break-and-enters and 9 robberies. Toronto Police Service open data — figures describe the whole neighbourhood, not any one building.

Every registered rental building in Clairlea-Birchmount

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 · Taylor-Massey · Birchcliffe-Cliffside · Kennedy Park · Ionview

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