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279 Sherbourne St

City of Toronto

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Has this property been altered?
2 building permits on record since 2020, most recently Aug 5, 2020.
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What’s the zoning here?
R (d1.0) (x491) · as of Feb 20, 2026
What could change around it?
30 active construction records within 250 m of this address.
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  • Flood plain & conservation regulation (TRCA)
  • Heritage Register status
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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

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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2020
  1. 2020

    2 filings
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Nearby Construction

Within 250 m

Active and recent construction within 250 m of this address.

27 locations shown

  • 1

    280 Sherbourne St

    Renovation
    39 m
  • 2

    294 Sherbourne St

    Renovation ×3
    49 m
  • 3

    SEATON ST / From: DUNDAS ST E / To: GERRARD ST E

    Scheduled Construction
    106 m
  • 4

    210 Seaton St

    Renovation
    114 m
  • 5

    241 Seaton St

    Renovation
    122 m
  • 6

    307 Sherbourne St

    Renovation ×2
    126 m
  • 7

    251 Sherbourne St

    Renovation ×2
    134 m
  • 8

    87 Pembroke St

    Renovation
    136 m
  • 9

    2 addresses at this point

    Scheduled Construction ×2
    136 m
  • 10

    100 Pembroke St

    Renovation
    143 m
  • 11

    268 Seaton St

    Renovation
    146 m
  • 12

    311 Sherbourne St

    Renovation
    149 m
  • 13

    270 Seaton St

    Renovation
    150 m
  • 14

    227 Gerrard St E

    New Build Renovation ×2
    165 m
  • 15

    218 Gerrard St E

    Renovation
    172 m
  • 16

    76 Pembroke St

    Renovation
    173 m
  • 17

    SEATON ST / From: GERRARD ST E / To: CARLTON ST

    Scheduled Construction
    173 m
  • 18

    2 addresses at this point

    Scheduled Construction ×2
    173 m
  • 19

    237 Sherbourne St

    Renovation
    178 m
  • 20

    71 Pembroke St

    Renovation ×2
    187 m
  • 21

    222 Gerrard St E

    Renovation
    190 m
  • 22

    320 Ontario St

    Renovation
    197 m
  • 23

    69 Pembroke St

    Renovation
    199 m
  • 24

    391 Ontario St

    Renovation
    224 m
  • 25

    SEATON ST / From: SHUTER ST / To: DUNDAS ST E

    Scheduled Construction
    227 m
  • 26

    45 Pembroke St

    Renovation
    235 m
  • 27

    237 Gerrard St E

    Renovation
    239 m
1

New Build

28

Renovation

7

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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279 Sherbourne St in Toronto has 2 building permits on record dating back to 2020, most recently on August 5, 2020.