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159 Madison Ave

City of Toronto

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Has this property been altered?
1 building permit on record since 2000, most recently Mar 20, 2000.
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What’s the zoning here?
R (d1.0) (x900) · as of Feb 20, 2026
What could change around it?
13 active construction records within 250 m of this address.
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  • 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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2000
  1. 2000

    1 filing
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Nearby Construction

Within 250 m

Active and recent construction within 250 m of this address.

25 locations shown

  • 1

    10 Madison Ave

    Renovation
    76 m
  • 2

    169 Spadina Rd

    Renovation
    100 m
  • 3

    158 Madison Ave

    Committee of Adjustment
    115 m
  • 4

    110 Madison Ave

    Renovation
    120 m
  • 5

    124 Spadina Rd

    Renovation ×2
    143 m
  • 6

    102 Bernard Ave

    Renovation
    151 m
  • 7

    102 Madison Ave

    Renovation
    153 m
  • 8

    266 St George St

    Zoning Changes
    167 m
  • 9

    264 St George St

    Zoning Changes
    174 m
  • 10

    262 St George St

    Zoning Changes
    184 m
  • 11

    569 Huron St

    Renovation
    189 m
  • 12

    109 Walmer Rd

    Renovation
    199 m
  • 13

    308 St George St

    Renovation
    201 m
  • 14

    312 St George St

    Renovation ×2
    209 m
  • 15

    WALMER RD / From: BERNARD AVE / To: DUPONT ST

    Scheduled Construction
    221 m
  • 16

    DUPONT ST / From: HURON ST / To: MADISON AVE

    Scheduled Construction
    229 m
  • 17

    DUPONT ST / From: MADISON AVE / To: [21.30 m E] SPADINA RD (TO)

    Scheduled Construction
    231 m
  • 18

    559 Huron St

    Renovation
    232 m
  • 19

    263 Dupont St

    Renovation
    234 m
  • 20

    WALMER RD / From: KENDAL AVE / To: BERNARD AVE

    Scheduled Construction
    234 m
  • 21

    DUPONT ST / From: ST GEORGE ST (TO) / To: HURON ST

    Scheduled Construction
    240 m
  • 22

    130 Walmer Rd

    Renovation
    244 m
  • 23

    140 Walmer Rd

    Committee of Adjustment
    246 m
  • 24

    124 Walmer Rd

    Renovation
    247 m
  • 25

    DUPONT ST / From: [21.30 m E] SPADINA RD (TO) / To: SPADINA RD (TO)

    Scheduled Construction
    250 m
16

Renovation

2

Committee of Adjustment

3

Zoning Changes

6

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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159 Madison Ave in Toronto has 1 building permit on record dating back to 2000, most recently on March 20, 2000.