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249 Major St

City of Toronto

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Has this property been altered?
4 building permits on record since 2019, most recently Jul 31, 2023.
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What’s the zoning here?
R (d1.0) (x852) · as of Feb 20, 2026
What could change around it?
34 active construction records within 250 m of this address.
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  • 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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2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
  1. 2023

    3 filings
    View permits (3)
  2. 2019

    1 filing
    View permits (1)

Nearby Construction

Within 250 m

Active and recent construction within 250 m of this address.

31 locations shown

  • 1

    258 Major St

    Renovation
    35 m
  • 2

    273 Major St

    Renovation
    65 m
  • 3

    240 Major St

    Committee of Adjustment
    69 m
  • 4

    259 Brunswick Ave

    Renovation
    102 m
  • 5

    269 Brunswick Ave

    New Build Renovation Demolition
    109 m
  • 6

    251 Brunswick Ave

    Renovation
    115 m
  • 7

    233 Brunswick Ave

    Renovation
    127 m
  • 8

    220 Major St

    Renovation
    130 m
  • 9

    225 Brunswick Ave

    Development Permits
    131 m
  • 10

    225 Brunswick Ave

    Renovation
    138 m
  • 11

    276 Brunswick Ave

    Renovation
    139 m
  • 12

    425 Bloor St W

    Renovation
    140 m
  • 13

    65 Sussex Ave

    Renovation
    142 m
  • 14

    720 Spadina Ave

    Renovation ×4
    155 m
  • 15

    366 Bloor St W

    Renovation
    156 m
  • 16

    BARBARA BARRETT LANE / From: BRUNSWICK AVE / To: BORDEN ST

    Scheduled Construction
    157 m
  • 17

    203 Major St

    Renovation
    165 m
  • 18

    360 Bloor St W

    Renovation
    165 m
  • 19

    201 Major St

    Renovation
    170 m
  • 20

    388 Bloor St W

    Renovation
    174 m
  • 21

    708 Spadina Ave

    Renovation
    187 m
  • 22

    BRUNSWICK AVE / From: BLOOR ST W / To: LOWTHER AVE

    Scheduled Construction
    190 m
  • 23

    704 Spadina Ave

    Renovation
    191 m
  • 24

    2 addresses at this point

    Renovation ×2
    196 m
  • 25

    698 Spadina Ave

    Renovation
    199 m
  • 26

    225 1/2 Borden St

    Committee of Adjustment
    199 m
  • 27

    491 Bloor St W

    Renovation
    204 m
  • 28

    BLOOR ST W / From: MADISON AVE / To: SPADINA RD (TO)

    Scheduled Construction
    227 m
  • 29

    666 Spadina Ave

    Renovation
    228 m
  • 30

    202 Robert St

    Renovation
    236 m
  • 31

    325 Brunswick Ave

    Renovation
    247 m
1

New Build

29

Renovation

1

Demolition

1

Development Permits

2

Committee of Adjustment

3

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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249 Major St in Toronto has 4 building permits on record dating back to 2019, most recently on July 31, 2023.