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196 Cottingham St

City of Toronto

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Has this property been altered?
1 building permit on record since 2021, most recently Jul 26, 2021.
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What’s the zoning here?
R (u4; d0.6) (x5) · as of Feb 20, 2026
What could change around it?
18 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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2021
  1. 2021

    1 filing
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Nearby Construction

Within 250 m

Active and recent construction within 250 m of this address.

33 locations shown

  • 1

    39 Poplar Plains Cres

    New Build Demolition
    45 m
  • 2

    39 Poplar Plains Cres

    Committee of Adjustment
    48 m
  • 3

    23 Poplar Plains Cres

    Committee of Adjustment
    53 m
  • 4

    47 Poplar Plains Cres

    Renovation
    61 m
  • 5

    RATHNELLY AVE / From: [E] COTTINGHAM ST [BRANCH] / To: POPLAR PLAINS CRES

    Scheduled Construction
    87 m
  • 6

    2 addresses at this point

    Scheduled Construction ×2
    90 m
  • 7

    74 Rathnelly Ave

    New Build ×2
    104 m
  • 8

    171 Cottingham St

    Renovation
    108 m
  • 9

    169 Cottingham St

    Renovation
    115 m
  • 10

    12 Mc Master Ave

    Renovation ×2
    118 m
  • 11

    12 Mc Master Ave

    Committee of Adjustment
    123 m
  • 12

    56 Rathnelly Ave

    Renovation
    140 m
  • 13

    296 Avenue Rd

    Renovation
    145 m
  • 14

    75 Poplar Plains Cres

    Renovation
    150 m
  • 15

    19 Mc Master Ave

    Renovation
    155 m
  • 16

    315 Avenue Rd

    Renovation ×2
    155 m
  • 17

    77 Poplar Plains Cres

    Renovation
    159 m
  • 18

    77 Poplar Plains Cres

    Committee of Adjustment
    160 m
  • 19

    RATHNELLY AVE / From: [E] MACPHERSON AVE [BRANCH] / To: MC MASTER AVE

    Scheduled Construction
    162 m
  • 20

    1 Benvenuto Pl

    Renovation
    176 m
  • 21

    284 Avenue Rd

    Committee of Adjustment
    184 m
  • 22

    291 Avenue Rd

    Committee of Adjustment
    188 m
  • 23

    284 Avenue Rd

    Renovation ×2
    192 m
  • 24

    291 Avenue Rd

    Renovation ×2
    194 m
  • 25

    28 Rathnelly Ave

    Renovation
    203 m
  • 26

    158 Cottingham St

    Renovation ×2
    223 m
  • 27

    181 Poplar Plains Rd

    Committee of Adjustment ×3
    223 m
  • 28

    254 Cottingham St

    Renovation
    225 m
  • 29

    181 Poplar Plains Rd

    Committee of Adjustment ×3
    227 m
  • 30

    256 Cottingham St

    Renovation
    229 m
  • 31

    14 Rathnelly Ave

    Renovation
    241 m
  • 32

    12 Rathnelly Ave

    Renovation
    247 m
  • 33

    [E-W] BOULTON DRIVE [LEG] / From: RUSSELL HILL RD / To: BOULTON DR

    Scheduled Construction
    248 m
3

New Build

24

Renovation

1

Demolition

12

Committee of Adjustment

5

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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196 Cottingham St in Toronto has 1 building permit on record dating back to 2021, most recently on July 26, 2021.