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281 Montrose Ave

City of Toronto

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Has this property been altered?
6 building permits on record since 2012, most recently Oct 1, 2025.
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What’s the zoning here?
R (d0.6) (x735) · as of Feb 20, 2026
What could change around it?
27 active construction records within 250 m of this address.
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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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  1. 2025

    5 filings
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    1. Oct 1, 2025

      Drain - Proposal for basement underpinning (41m) of existing SFD.

    2. Oct 1, 2025

      Proposal for basement underpinning (41m) of existing SFD. $20K

    3. Oct 1, 2025

      Plumbing - Proposal for basement underpinning (41m) of existing SFD.

    4. Aug 28, 2025

      Plumbing - Proposal for interior alteration and new opening

    5. Aug 25, 2025

      Proposal for interior alteration and new opening $120K

  2. 2012

    1 filing
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    1. Jun 4, 2012

      Proposed front porch renovation to front of existing single family dwelling. $4K

Nearby Construction

Within 250 m

Active and recent construction within 250 m of this address.

32 locations shown

  • 1

    BEATRICE ST / From: COLLEGE ST (TO) / To: NORTH BEATRICE ST

    Scheduled Construction
    58 m
  • 2

    324 Montrose Ave

    Renovation ×2
    70 m
  • 3

    271 Beatrice St

    Renovation
    75 m
  • 4

    269 Beatrice St

    Renovation
    77 m
  • 5

    259 Montrose Ave

    Renovation
    82 m
  • 6

    257 Montrose Ave

    Renovation ×2
    86 m
  • 7

    DEWSON ST / From: CRAWFORD ST / To: SHAW ST

    Scheduled Construction
    136 m
  • 8

    541 Shaw St

    Renovation
    168 m
  • 9

    539 Shaw St

    Renovation
    168 m
  • 10

    535 Shaw St

    Renovation
    169 m
  • 11

    456 Crawford St

    Renovation ×2
    170 m
  • 12

    557 Crawford St

    Renovation
    177 m
  • 13

    561 Shaw St

    Renovation ×2
    180 m
  • 14

    218 Montrose Ave

    Renovation ×2
    186 m
  • 15

    HARBORD ST / From: GRACE ST (TO) / To: MONTROSE AVE

    Scheduled Construction
    192 m
  • 16

    HARBORD ST / From: MONTROSE AVE / To: CRAWFORD ST

    Scheduled Construction
    192 m
  • 17

    296 Grace St

    Renovation
    193 m
  • 18

    239 Grace St

    Renovation
    196 m
  • 19

    207 Beatrice St

    Renovation
    200 m
  • 20

    302 Grace St

    Renovation
    205 m
  • 21

    227 Grace St

    Renovation
    213 m
  • 22

    HARBORD ST / From: CRAWFORD ST / To: SHAW ST

    Scheduled Construction
    213 m
  • 23

    585 Shaw St

    Renovation
    215 m
  • 24

    Alan Borovoy Lane / From: [39.3 m E] GRACE ST (TO) / To: JERSEY AVE

    Scheduled Construction
    215 m
  • 25

    DEWSON ST / From: SHAW ST / To: ROXTON RD

    Scheduled Construction
    215 m
  • 26

    587 Shaw St

    Renovation
    218 m
  • 27

    432 Crawford St

    Renovation ×2
    224 m
  • 28

    299 Grace St

    Renovation
    229 m
  • 29

    303 Grace St

    Renovation
    231 m
  • 30

    415 Crawford St

    Renovation
    245 m
  • 31

    189 Beatrice St

    Renovation
    245 m
  • 32

    570 Shaw St

    Renovation ×2
    249 m
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Renovation

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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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281 Montrose Ave in Toronto has 6 building permits on record dating back to 2012, most recently on October 1, 2025.