168 Simcoe St
City of Toronto
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- Has this property been altered?
- 14 building permits on record since 1999, most recently Oct 26, 2022. View building permit timeline
- What’s the zoning here? Not an official zoning verification. CanPermits maps this from the city’s published open zoning data — confirm the zoning with the municipality or a planner.
- CRE (x35) · as of Feb 20, 2026
- What could change around it?
- 29 active construction records within 250 m of this address. View nearby construction
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- Building permits
- Zoning by-law designation
- 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.
Building permit timeline
Year-grouped permit history. Permits collapse under each year.
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Building permit timeline
Year-grouped permit history. Permits collapse under each year.
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2022
1 filingView permits (1) Hide permits
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2021
1 filingView permits (1) Hide permits
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2020
2 filingsView permits (2) Hide permits
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Dec 22, 2020
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2011
4 filingsView permits (4) Hide permits
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2000
1 filingView permits (1) Hide permits
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1999
5 filingsView permits (5) Hide permits
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Feb 16, 1999
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Feb 11, 1999
Nearby Construction
Within 250 mActive and recent construction within 250 m of this address.
38 locations shown
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1
46 m
205 Queen St W
New Build Renovation ×2 -
2
49 m
250 University Ave
Renovation -
3
74 m
181 Queen St W
Renovation -
4
102 m
180 Queen St W
Renovation ×2 -
5
103 m
230 Richmond St W
Renovation -
6
130 m
198 Queen St W
Renovation ×3 -
7
138 m
202 Queen St W
Renovation -
8
141 m
200 Adelaide St W
Renovation -
9
144 m
180 Simcoe St
Renovation -
10
153 m
116 Simcoe St
Renovation -
11
159 m
145 Richmond St W
Renovation -
12
159 m
DUNCAN ST / From: NELSON ST (TO) / To: RICHMOND ST W
Scheduled Construction -
13
160 m
180 University Ave
Renovation -
14
184 m
2 addresses at this point
Scheduled Construction ×2 -
15
184 m
NELSON ST (TO) / From: DUNCAN ST / To: JOHN ST
Scheduled Construction -
16
185 m
330 University Ave
Renovation ×2 -
17
185 m
[28.60 m W] YORK ST / From: [52 m S] RICHMOND ST W / To: RICHMOND ST W
Scheduled Construction -
18
195 m
181 University Ave
Committee of Adjustment -
19
196 m
181 University Ave
Renovation ×6 -
20
199 m
190 Simcoe St
Renovation ×2 -
21
200 m
225 Richmond St W
Renovation -
22
201 m
30 St Patrick St
Renovation -
23
207 m
100 Simcoe St
Committee of Adjustment -
24
208 m
224 Queen St W
Renovation -
25
210 m
170 University Ave
Renovation ×4 -
26
211 m
20 St Patrick St
Renovation -
27
212 m
26 Duncan St
Renovation -
28
216 m
[27.40 m W] DUNCAN ST / From: [25 m N] ADELAIDE ST W / To: NELSON ST (TO)
Scheduled Construction -
29
228 m
229 Richmond St W
Renovation ×3 -
30
229 m
19 Duncan St
Committee of Adjustment -
31
231 m
229 Richmond St W
Zoning Changes -
32
234 m
19 Duncan St
New Build Renovation ×3 -
33
234 m
150 York St
Renovation ×11 -
34
236 m
232 Queen St W
Renovation -
35
236 m
120 Pearl St
Renovation -
36
237 m
100 Richmond St W
Renovation -
37
241 m
154 University Ave
Renovation -
38
249 m
9 St Patricks Sq
Renovation
New Build
Renovation
Committee of Adjustment
Zoning Changes
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.
Nearby active addresses
Direct next steps for exploration.
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205 Queen St W
50m2 recent · 14 total
Retail · 2 filings in the last 12 months, latest Apr 2026
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250 University Ave
50m1 recent · 158 total
Office · 1 filing in the last 12 months, latest May 2022
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199 Richmond St W
85m1 recent · 21 total
Institutional · 1 filing in the last 12 months, latest Sep 2025
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180 Queen St W
107m1 recent · 59 total
Office · 1 filing in the last 12 months, latest Apr 2025
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218 Richmond St W
25m17 filings
Institutional · Last filed Dec 2019
168 Simcoe St in Toronto has 14 building permits on record dating back to 1999, most recently on October 26, 2022.