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147 Essex St

City of Toronto

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Has this property been altered?
3 building permits on record since 2003, most recently Dec 15, 2003.
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Any unresolved orders on file?
2 open order/violation records on file.
What’s the zoning here?
R (d0.6) · as of Feb 20, 2026
What could change around it?
25 active construction records within 250 m of this address.
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  • Rent-reduction notices
  • Business licences
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  • Multi-tenant (rooming) house licences
  • Sign permits
  • Development applications
  • Committee of Adjustment (zoning variances)
  • Local Appeal Body appeals
  • Food inspections (DineSafe)
  • Liquor licences

Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Toronto.

Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario.

Contains information made available under the Toronto and Region Conservation Authority (TRCA)'s Open Data Licence v 1.0

Source: Statistics Canada, Forward sortation areas, digital boundary file, 2021 Census. Reproduced and distributed on an "as is" basis with the permission of Statistics Canada.

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Building permit timeline

Year-grouped permit history. Permits collapse under each year.

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2003

  1. 2003

    3 filings
    View permits (3)

    1. Dec 15, 2003

      HVAC - Make interior alterations to the basement and a portion of the ground...

    2. Oct 24, 2003

      Plumbing - Make interior alterations to the basement and a portion of the gro...

    3. Oct 24, 2003

      Make interior alterations to the basement and a portion of the ground floor t... $25K

Nearby Construction

Within 250 m

Active and recent construction within 250 m of this address.

23 locations shown

  • 1

    177 Pendrith St

    Renovation
    74 m
  • 2

    171 Pendrith St

    New Build Demolition
    79 m
  • 3

    936 Shaw St

    Renovation
    99 m
  • 4

    894 Ossington Ave

    Renovation
    117 m
  • 5

    978 Shaw St

    Renovation
    126 m
  • 6

    980 Shaw St

    Renovation
    131 m
  • 7

    134 Pendrith St

    Renovation
    132 m
  • 8

    880 Ossington Ave

    Renovation
    136 m
  • 9

    [38.10 m E] SHAW ST / From: PENDRITH ST / To: ESSEX ST

    Scheduled Construction
    156 m
  • 10

    961 Ossington Ave

    Renovation
    159 m
  • 11

    105 Essex St

    Renovation
    188 m
  • 12

    431 Concord Ave

    Renovation ×3
    193 m
  • 13

    110 Pendrith St

    Renovation
    209 m
  • 14

    103 Pendrith St

    Renovation
    210 m
  • 15

    101 Pendrith St

    Renovation ×2
    215 m
  • 16

    484 Concord Ave

    Renovation
    222 m
  • 17

    436 Concord Ave

    Renovation
    222 m
  • 18

    434 Concord Ave

    Renovation
    226 m
  • 19

    496 Concord Ave

    Renovation
    228 m
  • 20

    504 Concord Ave

    Renovation
    238 m
  • 21

    506 Concord Ave

    Renovation
    240 m
  • 22

    63 Hallam St

    Renovation
    247 m
  • 23

    839 Shaw St

    Renovation
    247 m
1

New Build

24

Renovation

1

Demolition

1

Scheduled Construction

Construction activity detected within 250 m, from the City of Toronto's open data. Each pin is a City-geocoded point (which may hold more than one record/address); click for details. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Toronto.

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147 Essex St in Toronto has 3 building permits on record dating back to 2003, most recently on December 15, 2003.