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198 Empress Ave

City of Toronto

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Has this property been altered?
14 building permits on record since 2022, most recently Jun 15, 2023.
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What’s the zoning here?
RD (f12.0; a370) · as of Feb 20, 2026
What could change around it?
11 active construction records within 250 m of this address.
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  • Property boundaries (parcel)
  • 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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Building permit timeline

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

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2022
2023

  1. 2023

    2 filings
    View permits (2)

    1. Jun 15, 2023

      Building Permit Related(MS)

      SEAN CHEN YANG

    2. May 10, 2023

      HVAC - Proposal to construct a new 2 storey single family dwelling and demoli...

      HAO YANG

  2. 2022

    12 filings
    View permits (12)

    1. Jul 29, 2022

      HVAC - Proposal to construct 3 new 2 storey single family dwellings and demol...

      LICHUN LIU

    2. Mar 21, 2022

      Proposal to construct a new 2 storey single family dwelling and demolish exis... $1.0M

      SEAN CHEN YANG

    3. Mar 18, 2022

      Drain - Proposal to construct 3 new 2 storey single family dwellings and demo...

    4. Mar 18, 2022

      Drain - Proposal to construct a new 2 storey single family dwelling and demol...

      HAO YANG

    5. Mar 18, 2022

      Drain - Proposal to construct a new 2 storey single family dwelling and demol...

      SEAN CHEN YANG

    6. Mar 18, 2022

      Proposal to demolish existing 1 storey single family dwelling to construct 3...

      SEAN CHEN YANG

    7. Mar 18, 2022

      Proposal to demolish existing 1 storey single family dwelling to construct 3...

      LICHUN LIU

    8. Mar 18, 2022

      Plumbing - Proposal to construct a new 2 storey single family dwelling and d...

      HAO YANG

    9. Mar 18, 2022

      Plumbing - Proposal to construct 3 new 2 storey single family dwellings and...

    10. Mar 18, 2022

      Proposal to construct a new 2 storey single family dwelling and demolish exis... $1.0M

      HAO YANG

    11. Mar 18, 2022

      Plumbing - Proposal to construct a new 2 storey single family dwelling and d...

      SEAN CHEN YANG

    12. Mar 18, 2022

      Proposal to construct 3 new 2 storey single family dwellings and demolish the... $1.0M

      LICHUN LIU

Nearby Construction

Within 250 m

Active and recent construction within 250 m of this address.

14 locations shown

  • 1

    179 Empress Ave

    Renovation
    51 m
  • 2

    213 Empress Ave

    New Build
    87 m
  • 3

    188 Kingsdale Ave

    Demolition
    92 m
  • 4

    168 Empress Ave

    Committee of Adjustment
    113 m
  • 5

    168 Empress Ave

    New Build Renovation Demolition
    121 m
  • 6

    147 Kingsdale Ave

    Renovation
    123 m
  • 7

    176 Princess Ave

    New Build
    124 m
  • 8

    338 Willowdale Ave

    New Build Renovation Demolition
    126 m
  • 9

    222 Empress Ave

    New Build
    129 m
  • 10

    188 Hillcrest Ave

    Renovation
    217 m
  • 11

    240 Empress Ave

    Renovation
    222 m
  • 12

    200 Parkview Ave

    Renovation
    233 m
  • 13

    205 Parkview Ave

    New Build Demolition
    238 m
  • 14

    205 Parkview Ave

    Committee of Adjustment
    239 m
6

New Build

7

Renovation

4

Demolition

2

Committee of Adjustment

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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198 Empress Ave in Toronto has 14 building permits on record dating back to 2022, most recently on June 15, 2023.