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Renting in Danforth East York

20 registered rental buildings (1,084 units) · average RentSafeTO score 88.5 · 18,410 residents · East York CMHC survey zone

What rents cost here

Danforth East York sits in the East York 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 $1,420, 1-bedroom $1,968, 2-bedroom $2,705 and 3-bedroom+ $3,766, while sitting tenants paid bachelor $1,331, 1-bedroom $1,561, 2-bedroom $1,801 and 3-bedroom+ $2,171. Just 6.7% of units changed tenants in the year to the survey. Vacancy rate: 3.5%. The zone's purpose-built rental stock is about 18,556 units. Average rents here rose 2.7% over the year (same-structure sample).

At the 2021 census, 30.9% of Danforth East York households rented, 40.2% of renting households spent 30% or more of their income on housing, and 17.3% of renting households were in subsidized housing (median household income $101,000). 12.2% of homes were in apartment buildings of five storeys or more. The average household had 2.5 people and the median age was 42.

In 2025, police recorded across Danforth East York: 80 assaults, 34 auto thefts, 16 break-and-enters and 2 robberies — robbery, break-and-enter and assault run below the typical Toronto neighbourhood. In 2026 so far (to June): 32 assaults, 10 auto thefts, 4 break-and-enters and 2 robberies. Toronto Police Service open data — figures describe the whole neighbourhood, not any one building.

Every registered rental building in Danforth East York

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: Danforth · Old East York · Woodbine-Lumsden · Blake-Jones · Woodbine Corridor

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