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259 Major St

City of Toronto

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Has this property been altered?
1 building permit on record since 2023, most recently Jan 6, 2023.
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What’s the zoning here?
R (d1.0) (x852) · as of Feb 20, 2026
What could change around it?
33 active construction records within 250 m of this address.
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  • Nearest TTC transit stop
  • Nearest park & green space
  • Street-tree density
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  • 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.

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Building permit timeline

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

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2023
  1. 2023

    1 filing
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Nearby Construction

Within 250 m

Active and recent construction within 250 m of this address.

31 locations shown

  • 1

    273 Major St

    Renovation
    41 m
  • 2

    258 Major St

    Renovation
    48 m
  • 3

    240 Major St

    Committee of Adjustment
    90 m
  • 4

    259 Brunswick Ave

    Renovation
    104 m
  • 5

    269 Brunswick Ave

    New Build Renovation Demolition
    106 m
  • 6

    425 Bloor St W

    Renovation
    119 m
  • 7

    251 Brunswick Ave

    Renovation
    121 m
  • 8

    366 Bloor St W

    Renovation
    130 m
  • 9

    276 Brunswick Ave

    Renovation
    135 m
  • 10

    360 Bloor St W

    Renovation
    141 m
  • 11

    233 Brunswick Ave

    Renovation
    142 m
  • 12

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

    Scheduled Construction
    143 m
  • 13

    225 Brunswick Ave

    Development Permits
    149 m
  • 14

    388 Bloor St W

    Renovation
    152 m
  • 15

    225 Brunswick Ave

    Renovation
    154 m
  • 16

    220 Major St

    Renovation
    155 m
  • 17

    720 Spadina Ave

    Renovation ×4
    158 m
  • 18

    65 Sussex Ave

    Renovation
    162 m
  • 19

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

    Scheduled Construction
    172 m
  • 20

    491 Bloor St W

    Renovation
    189 m
  • 21

    203 Major St

    Renovation
    191 m
  • 22

    201 Major St

    Renovation
    196 m
  • 23

    708 Spadina Ave

    Renovation
    196 m
  • 24

    704 Spadina Ave

    Renovation
    201 m
  • 25

    225 1/2 Borden St

    Committee of Adjustment
    206 m
  • 26

    698 Spadina Ave

    Renovation
    210 m
  • 27

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

    Scheduled Construction
    211 m
  • 28

    2 addresses at this point

    Renovation ×2
    222 m
  • 29

    325 Brunswick Ave

    Renovation
    225 m
  • 30

    6 Spadina Rd

    Renovation
    241 m
  • 31

    666 Spadina Ave

    Renovation
    246 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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259 Major St in Toronto has 1 building permit on record dating back to 2023, most recently on January 6, 2023.