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17 Shields Ave

City of Toronto

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Has this property been altered?
1 building permit on record since 2015, most recently Sep 10, 2015.
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What’s the zoning here?
RD (f7.5; d0.6) (x1410) · as of Feb 20, 2026
What could change around it?
20 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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2015
  1. 2015

    1 filing
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Nearby Construction

Within 250 m

Active and recent construction within 250 m of this address.

30 locations shown

  • 1

    BURNABY BLVD / From: CASTLE KNOCK RD / To: SHIELDS AVE

    Scheduled Construction
    50 m
  • 2

    BURNABY BLVD / From: SHIELDS AVE / To: HEDDINGTON AVE

    Scheduled Construction
    62 m
  • 3

    CASTLE KNOCK RD / From: BURNABY BLVD / To: WILLOWBANK BLVD

    Scheduled Construction
    65 m
  • 4

    BURNABY BLVD / From: AVENUE RD / To: CASTLE KNOCK RD

    Scheduled Construction
    80 m
  • 5

    CASTLE KNOCK RD / From: EGLINTON AVE W / To: BURNABY BLVD

    Scheduled Construction
    80 m
  • 6

    CASTLE KNOCK RD / From: WILLOWBANK BLVD / To: CRESTVIEW RD

    Scheduled Construction
    82 m
  • 7

    CRESTVIEW RD / From: CASTLE KNOCK RD / To: SHIELDS AVE

    Scheduled Construction
    100 m
  • 8

    CRESTVIEW RD / From: SHIELDS AVE / To: HEDDINGTON AVE

    Scheduled Construction
    100 m
  • 9

    90 Willowbank Blvd

    Renovation
    101 m
  • 10

    472 Eglinton Ave W

    Renovation
    109 m
  • 11

    48 Heddington Ave

    Renovation
    121 m
  • 12

    50 Heddington Ave

    Renovation
    122 m
  • 13

    490 Eglinton Ave W

    Renovation
    123 m
  • 14

    CASTLE KNOCK RD / From: CRESTVIEW RD / To: ELWOOD BLVD

    Scheduled Construction
    124 m
  • 15

    34 Crestview Rd

    Renovation
    133 m
  • 16

    50 Heddington Ave

    Committee of Adjustment
    136 m
  • 17

    2 addresses at this point

    Scheduled Construction ×2
    157 m
  • 18

    453 Eglinton Ave W

    Renovation
    159 m
  • 19

    465 Eglinton Ave W

    Renovation
    159 m
  • 20

    483 Eglinton Ave W

    Renovation ×3
    162 m
  • 21

    76 Burnaby Blvd

    Renovation ×2
    168 m
  • 22

    99 Heddington Ave

    Renovation
    171 m
  • 23

    453 Eglinton Ave W

    Committee of Adjustment
    171 m
  • 24

    106 Heddington Ave

    Renovation
    199 m
  • 25

    64 Duncannon Dr

    Renovation
    204 m
  • 26

    74 Willowbank Blvd

    Renovation
    207 m
  • 27

    66 Burnaby Blvd

    Committee of Adjustment
    212 m
  • 28

    538 Eglinton Ave W

    Renovation
    216 m
  • 29

    66 Burnaby Blvd

    Renovation
    220 m
  • 30

    35 Tarlton Rd

    New Build
    237 m
1

New Build

19

Renovation

3

Committee of Adjustment

11

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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17 Shields Ave in Toronto has 1 building permit on record dating back to 2015, most recently on September 10, 2015.