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178 Dowling Ave

City of Toronto

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Has this property been altered?
1 building permit on record since 2021, most recently Mar 23, 2021.
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Any unresolved orders on file?
2 open order/violation records on file.
What’s the zoning here?
R (d1.0) (x988) · as of Feb 20, 2026
What could change around it?
25 active construction records within 250 m of this address.
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  • 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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2021

  1. 2021

    1 filing
    View permits (1)

    1. Mar 23, 2021

      Existing fire escape and two basement entrance to be removed and replace to e... $50K

Nearby Construction

Within 250 m

Active and recent construction within 250 m of this address.

36 locations shown

  • 1

    DOWLING AVE / From: LAXTON AVE / To: QUEEN ST W

    Scheduled Construction
    23 m
  • 2

    DOWLING AVE / From: LEOPOLD ST / To: LAXTON AVE

    Scheduled Construction
    23 m
  • 3

    LAXTON AVE / From: JAMESON AVE / To: DOWLING AVE

    Scheduled Construction
    23 m
  • 4

    185 Dowling Ave

    Renovation
    57 m
  • 5

    1497 Queen St W

    Zoning Changes
    77 m
  • 6

    1497 Queen St W

    Renovation
    84 m
  • 7

    89 Beaty Ave

    Zoning Changes
    89 m
  • 8

    1483 Queen St W

    Renovation
    94 m
  • 9

    91 Beaty Ave

    Zoning Changes
    95 m
  • 10

    1501 Queen St W

    Zoning Changes
    106 m
  • 11

    DOWLING AVE / From: KING ST W / To: LEOPOLD ST

    Scheduled Construction
    111 m
  • 12

    74 Beaty Ave

    Renovation
    113 m
  • 13

    SORAUREN AVE / From: QUEEN ST W / To: [54.90 m N] QUEEN ST W

    Scheduled Construction
    119 m
  • 14

    8 Laxton Ave

    Renovation ×2
    136 m
  • 15

    8 Laxton Ave

    Committee of Adjustment
    136 m
  • 16

    7 Laxton Ave

    Demolition
    150 m
  • 17

    4 Laxton Ave

    Renovation
    154 m
  • 18

    6 Fuller Ave

    Renovation
    155 m
  • 19

    5 Sorauren Ave

    Renovation
    156 m
  • 20

    5 Sorauren Ave

    Committee of Adjustment ×2
    158 m
  • 21

    2 addresses at this point

    Scheduled Construction ×2
    159 m
  • 22

    1521 Queen St W

    New Build Renovation ×3 Demolition
    164 m
  • 23

    [36.60 m N] QUEEN ST W / From: MACDONELL AVE / To: FULLER AVE

    Scheduled Construction
    164 m
  • 24

    1522 Queen St W

    Renovation
    169 m
  • 25

    79 Wilson Park Rd

    Renovation
    177 m
  • 26

    79 Wilson Park Rd

    Committee of Adjustment
    179 m
  • 27

    149 Dowling Ave

    Renovation
    184 m
  • 28

    81 Wilson Park Rd

    Renovation
    186 m
  • 29

    23 Beaty Ave

    Renovation
    195 m
  • 30

    190 Jameson Ave

    Renovation ×2
    206 m
  • 31

    143 Dowling Ave

    Renovation ×2
    211 m
  • 32

    12 Macdonell Ave

    Renovation
    218 m
  • 33

    138 Dowling Ave

    Development Permits Zoning Changes
    219 m
  • 34

    70 Wilson Park Rd

    Renovation
    223 m
  • 35

    1435 Queen St W

    Renovation
    235 m
  • 36

    15 Callender St

    Renovation
    238 m
1

New Build

25

Renovation

2

Demolition

1

Development Permits

4

Committee of Adjustment

5

Zoning Changes

8

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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178 Dowling Ave in Toronto has 1 building permit on record dating back to 2021, most recently on March 23, 2021.