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161 Bay St

City of Toronto

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Has this property been altered?
1059 building permits on record since 1996, most recently Jun 5, 2026.
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Is work happening right now?
8 permits in active inspection on this property.
What’s the zoning here?
CR 12.0 (c8.0; r11.7) SS1 (x2334) · as of Feb 20, 2026
What could change around it?
30 active construction records within 250 m of this address.
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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

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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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  1. 2026

    14 filings · most recent June 2026
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  2. 2025

    15 filings
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  3. 2024

    35 filings
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  4. 2023

    33 filings
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  5. 2022

    41 filings
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    1. Aug 10, 2022

View 26 earlier years
  1. 2021

    15 filings
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  2. 2020

    21 filings
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  3. 2019

    35 filings
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  4. 2018

    52 filings
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  5. 2017

    72 filings
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  6. 2016

    45 filings
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  7. 2015

    51 filings
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  8. 2014

    37 filings
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  9. 2013

    37 filings
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  10. 2012

    40 filings
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  11. 2011

    56 filings
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  12. 2010

    55 filings
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  13. 2009

    29 filings
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  14. 2008

    50 filings
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  15. 2007

    30 filings
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  16. 2006

    33 filings
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    1. Oct 31, 2006

  17. 2005

    36 filings
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  18. 2004

    45 filings
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  19. 2003

    29 filings
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    1. Jul 2, 2003

  20. 2002

    22 filings
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  21. 2001

    56 filings
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  22. 2000

    44 filings
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    1. Oct 19, 2000

    2. May 25, 2000

  23. 1999

    13 filings
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  24. 1998

    6 filings
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  25. 1997

    11 filings
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  26. 1996

    1 filing
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Nearby Construction

Within 250 m

Active and recent construction within 250 m of this address.

29 locations shown

  • 1

    200 Bay St

    Renovation ×30
    81 m
  • 2

    181 Bay St

    Renovation ×23
    83 m
  • 3

    61 Front St W

    Renovation ×9
    109 m
  • 4

    55 Front St W

    Renovation
    109 m
  • 5

    30 Wellington St W

    Renovation ×5
    132 m
  • 6

    141 Bay St

    Renovation ×11
    137 m
  • 7

    97 Front St W

    Renovation
    144 m
  • 8

    220 Bay St

    Renovation ×6
    148 m
  • 9

    [33.50 m W] YONGE ST / From: WELLINGTON ST W / To: MELINDA ST

    Scheduled Construction
    151 m
  • 10

    4 Front St E

    Renovation ×2
    164 m
  • 11

    33 Yonge St

    Renovation
    177 m
  • 12

    222 Bay St

    Renovation ×3
    182 m
  • 13

    48 Yonge St

    Renovation ×5
    188 m
  • 14

    71 Front St W

    Renovation ×4
    192 m
  • 15

    199 Bay St

    Renovation ×22
    197 m
  • 16

    THE ESPLANADE / From: YONGE ST / To: SCOTT ST

    Scheduled Construction
    201 m
  • 17

    79 Wellington St W

    Renovation ×12
    202 m
  • 18

    21 Melinda St

    Renovation ×2
    207 m
  • 19

    65 Front St W

    Renovation ×13
    216 m
  • 20

    1 Front St E

    Renovation ×5
    219 m
  • 21

    51 Yonge St

    Renovation
    225 m
  • 22

    66 Wellington St W

    Renovation ×19
    225 m
  • 23

    53 Yonge St

    Demolition
    230 m
  • 24

    100 Front St W

    Renovation ×4
    232 m
  • 25

    25 King St W

    Renovation ×7
    237 m
  • 26

    COLBORNE ST / From: YONGE ST / To: VICTORIA ST (TO)

    Scheduled Construction
    241 m
  • 27

    55 King St W

    Renovation ×5
    242 m
  • 28

    11 King St W

    Renovation ×10
    247 m
  • 29

    55 Yonge St

    Demolition
    250 m
201

Renovation

2

Demolition

3

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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161 Bay St in Toronto has 1059 building permits on record dating back to 1996, most recently on June 5, 2026.