Toronto bunk bed rental lists for $1,000 per month in Scarborough
A landlord in Scarborough is advertising a room with a bunk bed for $1,000 monthly — or $500 per person — as rents remain stubbornly high across the city.
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A Scarborough landlord is asking $1,000 per month for a room with a bunk bed in a three-bedroom unit, highlighting how tight Toronto's rental market remains despite some recent declines.
The listing on PadMapper advertises two rooms in a shared unit: a larger room furnished with a bunk bed and a smaller room with space for a twin bed and desk. Tenants would share a living room, dining room, kitchen, and one washroom with two other residents. WiFi is included, but renters must split utilities — paying 10 per cent each of water, gas, and electricity.
The landlord notes the rooms are "suitable for one to three girls." If two people share the bunk bed room, rent is $500 each monthly. A single tenant renting alone would pay a reduced rate of $700.
This listing arrives as Toronto's rental market remains expensive, though showing some relief. According to rentals.ca's June 2026 report, Toronto's average rent for a one-bedroom apartment is $2,212 — down 3.9 per cent year-over-year. In Scarborough specifically, the average one-bedroom is $1,868, down 1.4 per cent month-over-month.
The bunk bed listing is not an isolated incident. In 2024, a landlord faced online backlash for advertising a cramped room with a bunk bed for $555 monthly, calling it a "prestige accommodation." A 2023 listing advertised a shared bedroom with bunk beds for $750 monthly. In 2022, another landlord listed a windowless unit with two bunk beds for $1,200 monthly.
With many Toronto renters priced out of solo apartments, some landlords continue to subdivide rooms to capture higher total revenue from shared units — even when the individual rental rates remain steep.