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Renting in Steeles

1 registered rental building (332 units) · average RentSafeTO score 90 · 25,699 residents · Scarborough North CMHC survey zone

What rents cost here

Steeles 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, 17% of Steeles households rented, 40.2% of renting households spent 30% or more of their income on housing, and 6.7% of renting households were in subsidized housing (median household income $80,000). 35.7% of homes were in apartment buildings of five storeys or more. The average household had 2.9 people and the median age was 49.2.

In 2025, police recorded across Steeles: 58 assaults, 46 break-and-enters, 36 auto thefts and 14 robberies — assault, auto theft and robbery run below the typical Toronto neighbourhood. In 2026 so far (to June): 37 assaults, 23 auto thefts, 19 break-and-enters and 2 robberies. Toronto Police Service open data — figures describe the whole neighbourhood, not any one building.

Every registered rental building in Steeles

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: East L'Amoreaux · L'Amoreaux West · Hillcrest Village · Pleasant View · Milliken

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