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290 Queen St W

City of Toronto

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Has this property been altered?
6 building permits on record since 1996, most recently Apr 25, 2017.
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What’s the zoning here?
CR 3.0 (c2.0; r2.0) SS2 (x1798) · CR 3.0 (c2.0; r2.0) SS2 (x1909) · as of Feb 20, 2026
What could change around it?
44 active construction records within 250 m of this address.
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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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  1. 2017

    2 filings
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    1. Feb 8, 2017

  2. 2008

    2 filings
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  3. 1998

    1 filing
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  4. 1996

    1 filing
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Nearby Construction

Within 250 m

Active and recent construction within 250 m of this address.

40 locations shown

  • 1

    298 Queen St W

    Renovation
    27 m
  • 2

    298 Queen St W

    Committee of Adjustment
    28 m
  • 3

    355 Queen St W

    Renovation
    40 m
  • 4

    351 Queen St W

    Renovation
    41 m
  • 5

    333 Queen St W

    Committee of Adjustment
    79 m
  • 6

    260 Queen St W

    Renovation
    81 m
  • 7

    333 Queen St W

    Renovation
    81 m
  • 8

    14 Soho St

    Renovation
    91 m
  • 9

    375 Queen St W

    Renovation ×2
    107 m
  • 10

    383 Queen St W

    Renovation
    112 m
  • 11

    129 Peter St

    Renovation
    115 m
  • 12

    307 Queen St W

    Renovation
    136 m
  • 13

    134 Peter St

    Renovation ×5
    141 m
  • 14

    160 John St

    Development Permits
    143 m
  • 15

    156 John St

    Development Permits
    146 m
  • 16

    117 Peter St

    Committee of Adjustment
    165 m
  • 17

    336 Queen St W

    Committee of Adjustment
    179 m
  • 18

    357 Richmond St W

    Demolition
    181 m
  • 19

    359 Richmond St W

    Demolition
    186 m
  • 20

    171 John St

    New Build Demolition
    191 m
  • 21

    120 Peter St

    Renovation
    193 m
  • 22

    111 Peter St

    Development Permits Zoning Changes
    197 m
  • 23

    50 Stephanie St

    Zoning Changes
    199 m
  • 24

    238 Queen St W

    Renovation
    210 m
  • 25

    11 Sullivan St

    Renovation
    211 m
  • 26

    36 Phoebe St

    Renovation
    215 m
  • 27

    126 John St

    Renovation
    222 m
  • 28

    360 Queen St W

    Renovation
    225 m
  • 29

    135 John St

    New Build
    225 m
  • 30

    232 Queen St W

    Renovation
    229 m
  • 31

    9 St Patricks Sq

    Renovation
    232 m
  • 32

    102 Peter St

    Renovation
    236 m
  • 33

    NELSON ST (TO) / From: DUNCAN ST / To: JOHN ST

    Scheduled Construction
    238 m
  • 34

    20 Sullivan St

    Renovation
    241 m
  • 35

    50 Phoebe St

    Renovation
    242 m
  • 36

    433 Queen St W

    Renovation
    246 m
  • 37

    26 Sullivan St

    Renovation
    246 m
  • 38

    312 Adelaide St W

    Renovation ×4
    249 m
  • 39

    229 Richmond St W

    Renovation ×3
    249 m
  • 40

    53 Sullivan St

    Renovation
    249 m
2

New Build

37

Renovation

3

Demolition

3

Development Permits

4

Committee of Adjustment

2

Zoning Changes

1

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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290 Queen St W in Toronto has 6 building permits on record dating back to 1996, most recently on April 25, 2017.