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389 Church Street · Toronto

The McPhail

City score 82/100 — yellow categoryCommon-area pests scored 1/3 on City evaluation
82 / 100
City of Toronto RentSafeTO rating: Yellow — needs improvement.

Last evaluated 2024-09-18. Buildings scoring 85–100 are green, 70–84 yellow, 0–69 red — the same thresholds behind the colour-coded signs posted at rental building entrances since June 15, 2026. What the sign colours mean →

Source: City of Toronto Open Data, RentSafeTO Apartment Building Evaluation.

Building facts

Year built
1972
Units
120
Storeys
13
Elevators
4
Ward
Toronto Centre

Source: City of Toronto Open Data, RentSafeTO Apartment Building Registration (owner-reported).

City evaluation by area

Each common area is scored 1–3 by a City evaluator (3 = no issues observed).

Elevator maintenance
3/3
Common-area pests
1/3
Building cleanliness
2/3
Garbage / compactor room
2/3
Laundry room
2/3
Common-area ventilation
3/3

Short-term rentals

0 active short-term-rental registrations at this address (391 in postal area M5B). High counts can mean hotel-style turnover in hallways and elevators.

Source: City of Toronto Open Data, Short Term Rentals Registration (refreshed daily).

Resident reviews

No published resident reviews yet. If you've lived at The McPhail, you know things no dataset does — two minutes of your experience saves the next renter months of regret.

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Elevators (1 = terrible · 5 = great)
Pests (1 = terrible · 5 = great)
Noise (1 = terrible · 5 = great)
Heat & hot water (1 = terrible · 5 = great)
Management responsiveness (1 = terrible · 5 = great)
Deposit / key money returned (1 = terrible · 5 = great)
Were the elevators out of service in the past month?

Known issues worth flagging if you have first-hand knowledge: Kitec plumbing, special assessments, chronic elevator outages, pest treatments, heat/water interruptions, short-term-rental churn.

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