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Renting in Danforth

3 registered rental buildings (427 units) · average RentSafeTO score 87 · 10,245 residents · Toronto East CMHC survey zone

What rents cost here

Danforth sits in the Toronto East 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 $1,337, 1-bedroom $1,874 and 2-bedroom $2,045, while sitting tenants paid bachelor $1,209, 1-bedroom $1,685 and 2-bedroom $1,866. Just 6.2% of units changed tenants in the year to the survey. Vacancy rate: 2.6%. The zone's purpose-built rental stock is about 5,699 units. Average rents here rose 3.8% over the year (same-structure sample).

At the 2021 census, 36.7% of Danforth households rented, 34.9% of renting households spent 30% or more of their income on housing, and 26.1% of renting households were in subsidized housing (median household income $98,000). 10.1% of homes were in apartment buildings of five storeys or more. The average household had 2.4 people and the median age was 41.6.

In 2025, police recorded across Danforth: 160 assaults, 27 auto thefts, 19 break-and-enters and 7 robberies — assault and auto theft run above the typical Toronto neighbourhood. In 2026 so far (to June): 86 assaults, 12 auto thefts, 6 break-and-enters and 4 robberies. Toronto Police Service open data — figures describe the whole neighbourhood, not any one building.

Every registered rental building in Danforth

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 East York · Blake-Jones · Greenwood-Coxwell · Woodbine Corridor · Old East York

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