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189 Macdonell Ave

City of Toronto

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Has this property been altered?
3 building permits on record since 2002, most recently Aug 29, 2011.
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What’s the zoning here?
R (d0.6) (x296) · as of Feb 20, 2026
What could change around it?
29 active construction records within 250 m of this address.
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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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  1. 2011

    1 filing
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    1. Aug 29, 2011

  2. 2002

    2 filings
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Nearby Construction

Within 250 m

Active and recent construction within 250 m of this address.

36 locations shown

  • 1

    164 Macdonell Ave

    Committee of Adjustment
    86 m
  • 2

    164 Macdonell Ave

    Renovation
    87 m
  • 3

    13 Fern Ave

    Renovation
    90 m
  • 4

    15 Fern Ave

    Renovation
    95 m
  • 5

    15 Fern Ave

    Committee of Adjustment
    95 m
  • 6

    12 Fern Ave

    Renovation
    98 m
  • 7

    17 Fern Ave

    Renovation
    100 m
  • 8

    14 Fern Ave

    Renovation
    104 m
  • 9

    16 Fern Ave

    Renovation
    112 m
  • 10

    153 Macdonell Ave

    Renovation
    117 m
  • 11

    149 Macdonell Ave

    Renovation
    127 m
  • 12

    24 Fern Ave

    Renovation
    129 m
  • 13

    26 Fern Ave

    Renovation
    134 m
  • 14

    MACDONELL AVE / From: WRIGHT AVE / To: [87 m N] WRIGHT AVE

    Scheduled Construction
    138 m
  • 15

    28 Fern Ave

    Renovation
    139 m
  • 16

    143 Macdonell Ave

    Renovation
    145 m
  • 17

    145 Lansdowne Ave

    Committee of Adjustment
    147 m
  • 18

    145 Lansdowne Ave

    Renovation
    148 m
  • 19

    45 Fern Ave

    Renovation ×2
    170 m
  • 20

    45 Fern Ave

    Committee of Adjustment
    171 m
  • 21

    37 Garden Ave

    Renovation
    183 m
  • 22

    42 Garden Ave

    Renovation
    183 m
  • 23

    WEST LODGE AVE / From: [180 m N] SEAFORTH AVE / To: [325 m N] SEAFORTH AVE [END]

    Scheduled Construction
    199 m
  • 24

    59 Fern Ave

    Renovation
    204 m
  • 25

    126 Macdonell Ave

    Committee of Adjustment
    205 m
  • 26

    126 Macdonell Ave

    Renovation
    207 m
  • 27

    45 Wright Ave

    Renovation
    207 m
  • 28

    118 A Lansdowne Ave

    Renovation
    210 m
  • 29

    54 Fern Ave

    Renovation
    213 m
  • 30

    19 Galley Ave

    Renovation
    218 m
  • 31

    19 Galley Ave

    Committee of Adjustment
    218 m
  • 32

    65 Fern Ave

    Renovation
    221 m
  • 33

    21 Galley Ave

    Committee of Adjustment
    223 m
  • 34

    21 Galley Ave

    Renovation ×2
    224 m
  • 35

    54 Wright Ave

    Renovation ×2
    227 m
  • 36

    54 Wright Ave

    Committee of Adjustment
    249 m
29

Renovation

8

Committee of Adjustment

2

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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189 Macdonell Ave in Toronto has 3 building permits on record dating back to 2002, most recently on August 29, 2011.