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165 John St

City of Toronto

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Has this property been altered?
7 building permits on record since 2006, most recently Nov 30, 2007.
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What’s the zoning here?
RD (f12.0; a370; d0.4) · as of Feb 20, 2026
What could change around it?
13 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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2006
2007
  1. 2007

    3 filings
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  2. 2006

    4 filings
    View permits (4)

Nearby Construction

Within 250 m

Active and recent construction within 250 m of this address.

35 locations shown

  • 1

    171 John St

    New Build Demolition
    33 m
  • 2

    238 Queen St W

    Renovation
    45 m
  • 3

    9 St Patricks Sq

    Renovation
    52 m
  • 4

    232 Queen St W

    Renovation
    60 m
  • 5

    307 Queen St W

    Renovation
    80 m
  • 6

    224 Queen St W

    Renovation
    88 m
  • 7

    160 John St

    Development Permits
    105 m
  • 8

    260 Queen St W

    Renovation
    106 m
  • 9

    156 John St

    Development Permits
    110 m
  • 10

    20 St Patrick St

    Renovation
    119 m
  • 11

    333 Queen St W

    Renovation
    123 m
  • 12

    35 Mc Caul St

    Renovation
    125 m
  • 13

    333 Queen St W

    Committee of Adjustment
    134 m
  • 14

    50 Stephanie St

    Zoning Changes
    161 m
  • 15

    229 Richmond St W

    Renovation ×3
    162 m
  • 16

    202 Queen St W

    Renovation
    162 m
  • 17

    229 Richmond St W

    Zoning Changes
    171 m
  • 18

    198 Queen St W

    Renovation ×3
    172 m
  • 19

    30 St Patrick St

    Renovation
    175 m
  • 20

    351 Queen St W

    Renovation
    180 m
  • 21

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

    Scheduled Construction
    182 m
  • 22

    355 Queen St W

    Renovation
    187 m
  • 23

    135 John St

    New Build
    193 m
  • 24

    225 Richmond St W

    Renovation
    196 m
  • 25

    230 Richmond St W

    Renovation
    201 m
  • 26

    15 Grange Rd

    Renovation
    203 m
  • 27

    298 Queen St W

    Renovation
    208 m
  • 28

    298 Queen St W

    Committee of Adjustment
    208 m
  • 29

    126 John St

    Renovation
    209 m
  • 30

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

    Scheduled Construction
    220 m
  • 31

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

    Scheduled Construction
    231 m
  • 32

    190 Simcoe St

    Renovation ×2
    234 m
  • 33

    180 Queen St W

    Renovation ×2
    236 m
  • 34

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

    Scheduled Construction
    246 m
  • 35

    14 Soho St

    Renovation
    248 m
2

New Build

29

Renovation

1

Demolition

2

Development Permits

2

Committee of Adjustment

2

Zoning Changes

4

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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165 John St in Toronto has 7 building permits on record dating back to 2006, most recently on November 30, 2007.