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171 John St

City of Toronto

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Has this property been altered?
31 building permits on record since 2003, most recently Aug 2, 2024.
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Is work happening right now?
2 permits in active inspection on this property.
What’s the zoning here?
RD (f12.0; a370; d0.4) · as of Feb 20, 2026
What could change around it?
12 active construction records within 250 m of this address.
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  • 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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171 John St

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Building permit timeline

Year-grouped permit history. Permits collapse under each year.

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  1. 2024

    8 filings
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  2. 2022

    2 filings
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  3. 2016

    3 filings
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  4. 2012

    5 filings
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  5. 2011

    3 filings
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View 2 earlier years
  1. 2010

    9 filings
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  2. 2003

    1 filing
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Nearby Construction

Within 250 m

Active and recent construction within 250 m of this address.

32 locations shown

  • 1

    9 St Patricks Sq

    Renovation
    64 m
  • 2

    238 Queen St W

    Renovation
    73 m
  • 3

    232 Queen St W

    Renovation
    83 m
  • 4

    307 Queen St W

    Renovation
    109 m
  • 5

    224 Queen St W

    Renovation
    110 m
  • 6

    35 Mc Caul St

    Renovation
    111 m
  • 7

    20 St Patrick St

    Renovation
    118 m
  • 8

    260 Queen St W

    Renovation
    123 m
  • 9

    50 Stephanie St

    Zoning Changes
    132 m
  • 10

    160 John St

    Development Permits
    136 m
  • 11

    156 John St

    Development Permits
    141 m
  • 12

    333 Queen St W

    Renovation
    143 m
  • 13

    333 Queen St W

    Committee of Adjustment
    155 m
  • 14

    30 St Patrick St

    Renovation
    170 m
  • 15

    15 Grange Rd

    Renovation
    172 m
  • 16

    202 Queen St W

    Renovation
    176 m
  • 17

    198 Queen St W

    Renovation ×3
    185 m
  • 18

    229 Richmond St W

    Renovation ×3
    195 m
  • 19

    351 Queen St W

    Renovation
    196 m
  • 20

    355 Queen St W

    Renovation
    202 m
  • 21

    229 Richmond St W

    Zoning Changes
    204 m
  • 22

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

    Scheduled Construction
    211 m
  • 23

    298 Queen St W

    Renovation
    216 m
  • 24

    298 Queen St W

    Committee of Adjustment
    216 m
  • 25

    230 Richmond St W

    Renovation
    224 m
  • 26

    135 John St

    New Build
    226 m
  • 27

    225 Richmond St W

    Renovation
    228 m
  • 28

    190 Simcoe St

    Renovation ×2
    228 m
  • 29

    11 Sullivan St

    Renovation
    231 m
  • 30

    126 John St

    Renovation
    242 m
  • 31

    180 Queen St W

    Renovation ×2
    244 m
  • 32

    14 Soho St

    Renovation
    246 m
1

New Build

30

Renovation

2

Development Permits

2

Committee of Adjustment

2

Zoning Changes

1

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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171 John St in Toronto has 31 building permits on record dating back to 2003, most recently on August 2, 2024.