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257 Shaw St

City of Toronto

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Has this property been altered?
1 building permit on record since 2017, most recently Oct 4, 2017.
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What’s the zoning here?
R (d1.0) (x806) · as of Feb 20, 2026
What could change around it?
30 active construction records within 250 m of this address.
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  • Development applications
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  • Local Appeal Body appeals
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  • 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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2017

  1. 2017

    1 filing
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    1. Oct 4, 2017

      Proposal for installation of new access ramp at the north end of the building... $25K

Nearby Construction

Within 250 m

Active and recent construction within 250 m of this address.

38 locations shown

  • 1

    236 Crawford St

    Committee of Adjustment
    57 m
  • 2

    240 Crawford St

    Renovation
    64 m
  • 3

    230 Shaw St

    Renovation
    65 m
  • 4

    227 Shaw St

    Renovation
    98 m
  • 5

    225 Shaw St

    Renovation
    103 m
  • 6

    260 Shaw St

    Renovation
    104 m
  • 7

    223 Shaw St

    Renovation
    107 m
  • 8

    221 Shaw St

    Renovation
    111 m
  • 9

    1068 Dundas St W

    Renovation
    129 m
  • 10

    211 Shaw St

    Renovation
    138 m
  • 11

    205 Crawford St

    Committee of Adjustment
    146 m
  • 12

    299 Shaw St

    Renovation
    155 m
  • 13

    36 Halton St

    Committee of Adjustment
    159 m
  • 14

    203 Crawford St

    Renovation
    160 m
  • 15

    118 Givins St

    Renovation
    161 m
  • 16

    118 Givins St

    Committee of Adjustment
    165 m
  • 17

    112 Givins St

    Renovation ×2
    166 m
  • 18

    303 Shaw St

    Committee of Adjustment
    168 m
  • 19

    1113 Dundas St W

    Demolition
    183 m
  • 20

    1113 Dundas St W

    Development Permits
    184 m
  • 21

    192 Crawford St

    Committee of Adjustment
    186 m
  • 22

    2 addresses at this point

    Development Permits ×2
    193 m
  • 23

    273 Crawford St

    Renovation
    211 m
  • 24

    277 Crawford St

    Renovation
    221 m
  • 25

    [36.60 m N] DUNDAS ST W / From: BEATRICE ST / To: MONTROSE AVE

    Scheduled Construction
    222 m
  • 26

    179 Crawford St

    Renovation
    225 m
  • 27

    277 Crawford St

    Committee of Adjustment
    225 m
  • 28

    180 Shaw St

    Renovation
    226 m
  • 29

    44 Argyle St

    Committee of Adjustment
    227 m
  • 30

    227 Ossington Ave

    Renovation
    228 m
  • 31

    981 Dundas St W

    Renovation
    229 m
  • 32

    24 Montrose Ave

    Renovation
    232 m
  • 33

    CRAWFORD ST / From: LOGIE PL / To: LOBB AVE

    Scheduled Construction
    232 m
  • 34

    26 Montrose Ave

    Renovation
    236 m
  • 35

    326 Shaw St

    Renovation
    242 m
  • 36

    OSSINGTON AVE / From: HALTON ST / To: ROLYAT ST

    Scheduled Construction
    243 m
  • 37

    OSSINGTON AVE / From: FOXLEY ST / To: HALTON ST

    Scheduled Construction
    243 m
  • 38

    OSSINGTON AVE / From: ARGYLE ST / To: FOXLEY ST

    Scheduled Construction
    250 m
23

Renovation

1

Demolition

3

Development Permits

8

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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257 Shaw St in Toronto has 1 building permit on record dating back to 2017, most recently on October 4, 2017.