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Renting in Palmerston-Little Italy
17 registered rental buildings (507 units) · average RentSafeTO score 85.3 · 14,054 residents · Toronto West CMHC survey zone
What rents cost here
Palmerston-Little Italy sits in the Toronto West 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 $1,671, 1-bedroom $2,025 and 2-bedroom $3,050, while sitting tenants paid bachelor $1,400, 1-bedroom $1,787, 2-bedroom $2,235 and 3-bedroom+ $3,214. Just 12.5% of units changed tenants in the year to the survey. Vacancy rate: 3.9%. The zone's purpose-built rental stock is about 26,236 units. Average rents here rose 3.1% over the year (same-structure sample).
At the 2021 census, 58.6% of Palmerston-Little Italy households rented, 42.9% of renting households spent 30% or more of their income on housing, and 5.7% of renting households were in subsidized housing (median household income $88,000). 5.1% of homes were in apartment buildings of five storeys or more. The average household had 2.1 people and the median age was 36.8.
In 2025, police recorded across Palmerston-Little Italy: 92 assaults, 36 break-and-enters, 16 auto thefts and 16 robberies — robbery and break-and-enter run above the typical Toronto neighbourhood; auto theft below. In 2026 so far (to June): 59 assaults, 20 break-and-enters, 5 robberies and 3 auto thefts. Toronto Police Service open data — figures describe the whole neighbourhood, not any one building.
Every registered rental building in Palmerston-Little Italy
| Address | Manager | Units | Score | LTB orders |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 72 Clinton St | TORONTO COMMUNITY HOUSING CORPORATION | 157 | 91 | 2 |
| 748 Bathurst St | WESTBANK ONTARIO REALTY CORP | 95 | 100 | 1 |
| 456 Palmerston Blvd | — | 32 | 81 | 0 |
| 686 Bathurst St | STEIN & REGENCY CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT CO. | 24 | 93 | 0 |
| 496 Montrose Ave | LANDLORD PROPERTY & RENTAL MANAGEMENT INC | 24 | 85 | 0 |
| 805 Bloor St W | NEIGHBOURS COMMUNITY HOMES | 24 | 86 | 0 |
| 532 Palmerston Blvd | — | 21 | 94 | 0 |
| 336 Clinton St | — | 17 | 95 | 0 |
| 378 Markham St | BERKLEY PROPERTY MANAGEMENT INC | 17 | 95 | 0 |
| 723 Bloor St W | COGIR REAL ESTATE | 16 | 100 | 0 |
| 46 Delaware Ave | NEIGHBOURS COMMUNITY HOMES | 14 | 83 | 1 |
| 318 Clinton St | — | 12 | 76 | 0 |
| 711 Bloor St W | — | 12 | 23 | 0 |
| 481 Palmerston Blvd | — | 11 | 87 | 0 |
| 675 Dovercourt Rd | — | 11 | 86 | 0 |
| 333 Harbord St | 1569625 ONTARIO LIMITED | 10 | 89 | 0 |
| 469 Palmerston Blvd | — | 10 | — | 0 |
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.
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