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159 JOHN ST

City of Toronto

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Has this property been altered?
No building permits on record for this address.
What’s the zoning here?
CR 3.0 (c2.0; r2.0) SS2 (x2387) · as of Feb 20, 2026
What could change around it?
28 active construction records within 250 m of this address.
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  • Business licences
  • Short-term rental registrations
  • Multi-tenant (rooming) house licences
  • Sign permits
  • Development applications
  • Committee of Adjustment (zoning variances)
  • Local Appeal Body appeals
  • Food inspections (DineSafe)
  • Liquor licences

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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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Nearby Construction

Within 250 m

Active and recent construction within 250 m of this address.

37 locations shown

  • 1

    238 Queen St W

    Renovation
    42 m
  • 2

    307 Queen St W

    Renovation
    50 m
  • 3

    232 Queen St W

    Renovation
    61 m
  • 4

    171 John St

    New Build Demolition
    64 m
  • 5

    9 St Patricks Sq

    Renovation
    68 m
  • 6

    160 John St

    Development Permits
    74 m
  • 7

    156 John St

    Development Permits
    79 m
  • 8

    224 Queen St W

    Renovation
    87 m
  • 9

    260 Queen St W

    Renovation
    89 m
  • 10

    333 Queen St W

    Renovation
    101 m
  • 11

    333 Queen St W

    Committee of Adjustment
    111 m
  • 12

    229 Richmond St W

    Renovation ×3
    136 m
  • 13

    20 St Patrick St

    Renovation
    136 m
  • 14

    229 Richmond St W

    Zoning Changes
    144 m
  • 15

    35 Mc Caul St

    Renovation
    151 m
  • 16

    351 Queen St W

    Renovation
    161 m
  • 17

    135 John St

    New Build
    162 m
  • 18

    DUNCAN ST / From: NELSON ST (TO) / To: RICHMOND ST W

    Scheduled Construction
    165 m
  • 19

    202 Queen St W

    Renovation
    166 m
  • 20

    355 Queen St W

    Renovation
    169 m
  • 21

    225 Richmond St W

    Renovation
    172 m
  • 22

    198 Queen St W

    Renovation ×3
    176 m
  • 23

    126 John St

    Renovation
    178 m
  • 24

    50 Stephanie St

    Zoning Changes
    184 m
  • 25

    NELSON ST (TO) / From: DUNCAN ST / To: JOHN ST

    Scheduled Construction
    189 m
  • 26

    230 Richmond St W

    Renovation
    194 m
  • 27

    30 St Patrick St

    Renovation
    194 m
  • 28

    298 Queen St W

    Renovation
    195 m
  • 29

    298 Queen St W

    Committee of Adjustment
    196 m
  • 30

    [27.40 m W] DUNCAN ST / From: [25 m N] ADELAIDE ST W / To: NELSON ST (TO)

    Scheduled Construction
    206 m
  • 31

    2 addresses at this point

    Scheduled Construction ×2
    224 m
  • 32

    26 Duncan St

    Renovation
    231 m
  • 33

    15 Grange Rd

    Renovation
    235 m
  • 34

    102 Peter St

    Renovation
    238 m
  • 35

    180 Queen St W

    Renovation ×2
    243 m
  • 36

    14 Soho St

    Renovation
    243 m
  • 37

    129 Peter St

    Renovation
    247 m
2

New Build

30

Renovation

1

Demolition

2

Development Permits

2

Committee of Adjustment

2

Zoning Changes

5

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.