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Renting in Malvern West

1 registered rental building (120 units) · average RentSafeTO score 94 · 18,267 residents · Scarborough North CMHC survey zone

What rents cost here

Malvern West sits in the Scarborough North survey zone. In that zone's purpose-built buildings (October 2025, CMHC Rental Market Survey): a unit sitting vacant rented for an average of 1-bedroom $1,960 and 2-bedroom $2,301, while sitting tenants paid bachelor $1,321, 1-bedroom $1,607, 2-bedroom $1,772 and 3-bedroom+ $1,935. Just 6.3% of units changed tenants in the year to the survey. Vacancy rate: 2.3%. The zone's purpose-built rental stock is about 6,742 units. Average rents here rose 3.9% over the year (same-structure sample).

At the 2021 census, 26.3% of Malvern West households rented, 32.7% of renting households spent 30% or more of their income on housing, and 10.4% of renting households were in subsidized housing (median household income $88,000). 18.2% of homes were in apartment buildings of five storeys or more. The average household had 3.4 people and the median age was 38.

In 2025, police recorded across Malvern West: 116 assaults, 67 auto thefts, 23 robberies and 8 break-and-enters — auto theft and robbery run above the typical Toronto neighbourhood; break-and-enter below. In 2026 so far (to June): 54 assaults, 31 auto thefts, 6 break-and-enters and 6 robberies. Toronto Police Service open data — figures describe the whole neighbourhood, not any one building.

Every registered rental building in Malvern West

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: Malvern East · Agincourt North · Morningside Heights · Woburn North · Morningside

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