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Renting in Morningside

9 registered rental buildings (1,748 units) · average RentSafeTO score 91.3 · 19,325 residents · Scarborough East CMHC survey zone

What rents cost here

Morningside sits in the Scarborough 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 1-bedroom $1,900, 2-bedroom $2,368 and 3-bedroom+ $2,746, while sitting tenants paid bachelor $1,442, 1-bedroom $1,626, 2-bedroom $1,843 and 3-bedroom+ $2,062. Just 6% of units changed tenants in the year to the survey. Vacancy rate: 1.9%. The zone's purpose-built rental stock is about 10,111 units. Average rents here rose 5.6% over the year (same-structure sample).

At the 2021 census, 40.5% of Morningside households rented, 32.3% of renting households spent 30% or more of their income on housing, and 24.9% of renting households were in subsidized housing (median household income $85,000). 35.7% of homes were in apartment buildings of five storeys or more. The average household had 3 people and the median age was 38.8.

In 2025, police recorded across Morningside: 125 assaults, 42 auto thefts, 15 break-and-enters and 11 robberies — auto theft runs above the typical Toronto neighbourhood; break-and-enter and robbery below. In 2026 so far (to June): 67 assaults, 27 auto thefts, 4 break-and-enters and 3 robberies. Toronto Police Service open data — figures describe the whole neighbourhood, not any one building.

Every registered rental building in Morningside

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: Woburn North · Malvern East · Highland Creek · Golfdale-Cedarbrae-Woburn · Malvern West

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