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   @Firecrawl Use Firecrawl Alexandria to find 2 bedroom apartments under $2,500 a month in Toronto that allow dogs and are near a subway stop. Rank them and flag anything that looks like a scam.

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   I found five real 2-bedrooms in Toronto that list dogs as allowed, cost C$2,500 a month, and are within about a 7-minute walk of a subway station. None of the five shows scam signs. The likely scams are in the cheap results, which I've flagged below.

   About the search: Zillow is the only Toronto rental source Alexandria covers. It has nothing for Rentals.ca, Kijiji, PadMapper, Craigslist, Zumper or Realtor.ca. I pulled about 250 listings (2+ bedrooms, under C$2,500), kept about 30 within roughly 500 m of a station on Lines 1, 2 or 4, and opened each one's full listing. I didn't count Line 5 Eglinton. I worked the walking distances out by hand from approximate station coordinates, because running a script needed approval that wasn't available in this session. Treat them as ±100 m.

   Most "2-bedroom" condos at C$2,500 are really a 1-bedroom plus den. That was 17 of the 20 near-subway condo listings I opened, so I dropped them.

   Ranked: dogs allowed, real 2-bedroom

   #	Listing	Rent	Size	Subway	Notes
   1	49 St Clair Ave W, unit 406	C$2,500	833 sq ft	St Clair, ~200 m	Allows small and large dogs. Heat and water included. One month free. Available now. Named leasing manager (Tea Zujovic).
   2	89 Isabella St, unit P-2	C$2,500	not listed	Wellesley, ~400 m	Unit allows dogs. Available Nov 1. Heat and water included. One month free on a 13-month lease. The building's own pet policy contradicts itself on dogs, so get it confirmed in writing.
   3	2875 Yonge St (Akelius)	C$2,500	928 sq ft	Lawrence, ~490 m	Allows dogs (the listing names "small dogs" too, so check weight limits). Renovated ground floor, in-suite laundry. Available Nov 6. Heat and water included. One month free. It has been relisted several times since 2025, which suggests turnover, not fraud.
   4	200 Balliol St	C$2,500	899 sq ft, 2 bathrooms	Davisville, ~550 m	Best unit on paper, with large dogs allowed and a fenced private green space. But this is the floor-plan price and Zillow shows 0 units available, so confirm one exists. Open house Saturday, Oct 24.
   5	200 Elm St (Elm Place)	C$2,500	670 sq ft	St Patrick, ~300 m	Allows large dogs. Small, and like #4 it's a floor-plan price with no specific unit listed. Open house Oct 24.

   Worth asking about: real 2-bedroom near the subway, pet policy not listed

   • 2 London St #3: across from Bathurst station, about 700 sq ft.
   • 600 Bloor St W #3: about 200 m from Bathurst station. Owner asks for ID and an Equifax report.
   • 255 Main St #211: about 200 m from Main Street station.
   • 41 Aldwych Ave: lower unit, 926 sq ft, about 460 m from Pape station.
   • 627 Crawford St #A: about 450 m from Christie station. Heat and water included, partly furnished.
   • 117 Vaughan Rd: about 450 m from St Clair West station. Listed for 54 days.

   In Ontario, a "no pets" clause in a residential lease is generally void, except where a condo's rules ban pets. A landlord can still choose another applicant, though, so ask up front.

   Scam flags

   • 🚩 30 Gloucester St, "2 bedroom, C$750": This is actually a room for rent in a shared condo, not an apartment. The price fell 69% overnight (C$2,450 to C$750). It has been up 605 days with only 3 photos, and Zillow's own rent estimate is C$2,750. It's stale at best.
   • 🚩 68 Abell St #323, 2-bedroom condo at C$1,250, and 508 Concord Ave basement 2-bedroom at C$895: Both are about half of normal rent for the area or less, which is the classic bait price. I didn't open these listings.
   • 🚩 Undisclosed-address 2-bedrooms in the C$1,100–1,390 range (postal codes M3H 4G4 and M2H 2J1): A hidden address plus a below-market price is a common pattern for listings that ask for a deposit before a viewing.
   • ⚠️ Most "2-bed" results under C$1,400: These are rooms in 4–9 bedroom houses. Example: 1385 Military Trail "Room 3" sits in a 9-bed, 8-bath house.
   • ⚠️ 798 Ossington Ave #1: Posted by the owner rather than a realtor. The text says "utilities included" but the data lists only gas and water. It's cats-only, so it's out regardless.

   General rules: don't pay anything before an in-person viewing. Check realtor listings with the named brokerage. In Ontario a landlord can only take last month's rent as a deposit, plus a refundable key deposit; a "security deposit" request is a red flag. Never send money by e-transfer or crypto to someone who says they're overseas.

   This used about 205 Firecrawl credits.

   Sources usedZillow195 credits · Oct 20, 2026

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