248 Simcoe St
City of Toronto
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- How is this building rated? The City of Toronto's RentSafeTO building-evaluation score, shown verbatim as the City published it, not a CanPermits rating, and not an interpretation of the building.
- 92/100 · City of Toronto building-evaluation score · as of Aug 29, 2024
- Who operates this building?
- Operated by Toronto Community Housing · manages 262 RentSafe buildings in Toronto.
- Any unresolved orders on file?
- 2 open order/violation records on file.
- Has this property been altered?
- 5 building permits on record since 1997, most recently May 25, 2015. View building permit timeline
- What’s the zoning here? Not an official zoning verification. CanPermits maps this from the city’s published open zoning data. Confirm the zoning with the municipality or a planner.
- CR 4.0 (c2.0; r3.5) SS1 (x2374) · as of Feb 20, 2026
- What could change around it?
- 22 active construction records within 250 m of this address. View nearby construction
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- 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
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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.
Building permit timeline
Year-grouped permit history. Permits collapse under each year.
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Building permit timeline
Year-grouped permit history. Permits collapse under each year.
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2015
1 filingView permits (1) Hide permits
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2013
1 filingView permits (1) Hide permits
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2011
1 filingView permits (1) Hide permits
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2010
1 filingView permits (1) Hide permits
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Jan 12, 2010
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1997
1 filingView permits (1) Hide permits
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Mar 5, 1997
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Nearby Construction
Within 250 mActive and recent construction within 250 m of this address.
30 locations shown
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1
25 m
234 Simcoe St
Renovation -
2
46 m
255 Dundas St W
Renovation -
3
69 m
234 Simcoe St
Committee of Adjustment -
4
76 m
438 University Ave
Renovation ×3 -
5
81 m
400 University Ave
Renovation ×5 -
6
89 m
443 University Ave
Renovation -
7
110 m
250 Dundas St W
Zoning Changes -
8
129 m
425 University Ave
Renovation -
9
131 m
480 University Ave
Renovation -
10
133 m
[E] UNIVERSITY AVE [BRANCH] / From: DUNDAS ST W / To: EDWARD ST
Scheduled Construction -
11
155 m
292 Dundas St W
Committee of Adjustment ×3 -
12
156 m
439 University Ave
Renovation ×3 -
13
164 m
393 University Ave
Renovation ×3 -
14
166 m
292 Dundas St W
Committee of Adjustment ×3 -
15
181 m
203 Dundas St W
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16
181 m
129 Mc Caul St
Committee of Adjustment -
17
184 m
131 Mc Caul St
Committee of Adjustment -
18
188 m
[E] UNIVERSITY AVE [BRANCH] / From: EDWARD ST / To: ELM ST
Scheduled Construction -
19
191 m
137 Mc Caul St
Committee of Adjustment -
20
198 m
100 Mc Caul St
Renovation -
21
219 m
15 Grange Rd
Renovation -
22
224 m
191 Dundas St W
Zoning Changes -
23
226 m
55 Centre Ave
Renovation -
24
227 m
63 Centre Ave
Zoning Changes -
25
229 m
189 Dundas St W
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26
233 m
187 Dundas St W
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27
239 m
185 Dundas St W
Zoning Changes -
28
240 m
505 University Ave
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29
243 m
183 Dundas St W
Zoning Changes -
30
247 m
181 Dundas St W
Zoning Changes
Renovation
Committee of Adjustment
Zoning Changes
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.
Nearby active addresses
Direct next steps for exploration.
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234 Simcoe St
22m5 recent · 21 total
Office · 5 filings in the last 12 months, latest May 2026
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438 University Ave
74m5 recent · 196 total
Office · 5 filings in the last 12 months, latest May 2026
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400 University Ave
78m3 recent · 305 total
Office · 3 filings in the last 12 months, latest Apr 2026
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425 University Ave
126m5 recent · 14 total
Office · 5 filings in the last 12 months, latest Mar 2026
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480 University Ave
131m1 recent · 115 total
Office · 1 filing in the last 12 months, latest Jul 2025
248 Simcoe St in Toronto has 5 building permits on record dating back to 1997, most recently on May 25, 2015.