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Renting in Downsview

62 registered rental buildings (2,023 units) · average RentSafeTO score 89 · 23,055 residents · North York Northwest CMHC survey zone

What rents cost here

Downsview sits in the North York Northwest 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 $1,588, 1-bedroom $1,863, 2-bedroom $2,389 and 3-bedroom+ $2,549, while sitting tenants paid bachelor $1,135, 1-bedroom $1,502, 2-bedroom $1,742 and 3-bedroom+ $1,990. Just 5.7% of units changed tenants in the year to the survey. Vacancy rate: 2.6%. The zone's purpose-built rental stock is about 20,601 units. Average rents here rose 5.7% over the year (same-structure sample).

At the 2021 census, 47.3% of Downsview households rented, 36.3% of renting households spent 30% or more of their income on housing, and 3.2% of renting households were in subsidized housing (median household income $82,000). 12.2% of homes were in apartment buildings of five storeys or more. The average household had 2.6 people and the median age was 40.

In 2025, police recorded across Downsview: 187 assaults, 77 auto thefts, 38 break-and-enters and 29 robberies — robbery, auto theft and assault run above the typical Toronto neighbourhood. In 2026 so far (to June): 91 assaults, 44 auto thefts, 8 break-and-enters and 8 robberies. Toronto Police Service open data — figures describe the whole neighbourhood, not any one building.

Every registered rental building in Downsview

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: Glenfield-Jane Heights · Oakdale-Beverley Heights · Maple Leaf · York University Heights · Clanton Park

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