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161 Fifth St

City of Toronto

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Has this property been altered?
1 building permit on record since 2017, most recently May 2, 2017.
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What’s the zoning here?
RM (u4; d0.6) (x23) · as of Feb 20, 2026
What could change around it?
24 active construction records within 250 m of this address.
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  • Building permits
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  • Property boundaries (parcel)
  • Planning & environmental constraints
  • Flood plain & conservation regulation (TRCA)
  • Heritage Register status
  • Building footprint & massing
  • Nearest fire station
  • Nearest TTC transit stop
  • Nearest park & green space
  • Street-tree density
  • Building violations & orders
  • Property standards orders (ML&S)
  • Fire safety inspections
  • Rental building condition rating
  • Rent-reduction notices
  • 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

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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2017
  1. 2017

    1 filing
    View permits (1)
    1. May 2, 2017

Nearby Construction

Within 250 m

Active and recent construction within 250 m of this address.

29 locations shown

  • 1

    137 Fifth St

    Renovation
    61 m
  • 2

    140 Fourth St

    Committee of Adjustment
    72 m
  • 3

    112 Fourth St

    Renovation ×2
    81 m
  • 4

    135 Fourth St

    Renovation
    92 m
  • 5

    108 Fourth St

    Renovation
    96 m
  • 6

    2 addresses at this point

    Renovation ×2
    100 m
  • 7

    145 Fourth St

    Renovation
    112 m
  • 8

    145 Fourth St

    Committee of Adjustment
    121 m
  • 9

    150 Sixth St

    Renovation
    125 m
  • 10

    2884 Lake Shore Blvd W

    Renovation
    135 m
  • 11

    150 Sixth St

    Committee of Adjustment
    138 m
  • 12

    181 Sixth St

    Renovation
    140 m
  • 13

    2865 Lake Shore Blvd W

    Renovation
    144 m
  • 14

    183 Sixth St

    Renovation
    145 m
  • 15

    FOURTH ST (ETBK) / From: [20 m S] LAKE SHORE DR [END] / To: LAKE SHORE BLVD

    Scheduled Construction
    147 m
  • 16

    2849-2851 Lake Shore Blvd W

    Renovation
    150 m
  • 17

    144 Fourth St

    Renovation
    157 m
  • 18

    74 Third St

    Renovation
    157 m
  • 19

    2881 Lake Shore Blvd W

    Renovation
    162 m
  • 20

    2902-2906 Lake Shore Blvd W

    Renovation ×2
    172 m
  • 21

    193 Sixth St

    Renovation
    172 m
  • 22

    195 Sixth St

    Renovation
    178 m
  • 23

    2897-2903 Lake Shore Blvd W

    Renovation
    195 m
  • 24

    100 Fourth St

    Renovation
    200 m
  • 25

    145 Islington Ave

    Renovation
    201 m
  • 26

    118 Fifth St

    Renovation
    226 m
  • 27

    119 Sixth St

    Renovation
    233 m
  • 28

    THIRD ST (ETBK) / From: BIRMINGHAM ST / To: [52 m N] BIRMINGHAM ST [END]

    Scheduled Construction
    235 m
  • 29

    113 Fifth St

    Renovation
    245 m
27

Renovation

3

Committee of Adjustment

2

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 Fifth St in Toronto has 1 building permit on record dating back to 2017, most recently on May 2, 2017.