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397 Shaw St

City of Toronto

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Has this property been altered?
1 building permit on record since 2013, most recently Aug 16, 2013.
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What’s the zoning here?
R (d0.6) · as of Feb 20, 2026
What could change around it?
30 active construction records within 250 m of this address.
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  • 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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2013
  1. 2013

    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

    409 Shaw St

    Renovation
    31 m
  • 2

    379 1/2 Shaw St

    Renovation
    45 m
  • 3

    375 Shaw St

    Committee of Adjustment
    66 m
  • 4

    353 Crawford St

    New Build Demolition
    94 m
  • 5

    351 Crawford St

    Renovation
    94 m
  • 6

    351 Crawford St

    Committee of Adjustment
    104 m
  • 7

    371 Crawford St

    Renovation
    109 m
  • 8

    388 Crawford St

    Renovation ×2
    121 m
  • 9

    319 Crawford St

    Renovation
    139 m
  • 10

    735 College St

    Renovation
    168 m
  • 11

    94 Montrose Ave

    Renovation
    174 m
  • 12

    89 Montrose Ave

    Renovation
    192 m
  • 13

    328 Shaw St

    Renovation ×2
    194 m
  • 14

    151 Montrose Ave

    Renovation
    197 m
  • 15

    79 Montrose Ave

    Renovation
    201 m
  • 16

    81 Montrose Ave

    Committee of Adjustment
    205 m
  • 17

    326 Shaw St

    Renovation
    206 m
  • 18

    68 Roxton Rd

    Renovation
    207 m
  • 19

    75 Montrose Ave

    Committee of Adjustment
    211 m
  • 20

    12 Sully Cres

    Committee of Adjustment
    212 m
  • 21

    69 Montrose Ave

    New Build Demolition
    213 m
  • 22

    186 Roxton Rd

    Committee of Adjustment
    213 m
  • 23

    [30.50 m W] BEATRICE ST / From: [36.60 m N] DUNDAS ST W / To: [30.50 m S] COLLEGE ST (TO)

    Scheduled Construction
    214 m
  • 24

    171 Montrose Ave

    Renovation
    223 m
  • 25

    60 Montrose Ave

    Renovation
    225 m
  • 26

    192 Roxton Rd

    Renovation
    227 m
  • 27

    207 Roxton Rd

    Renovation
    236 m
  • 28

    100 Beatrice St

    Committee of Adjustment
    237 m
  • 29

    747 College St

    Renovation
    238 m
  • 30

    102 Beatrice St

    Renovation
    247 m
  • 31

    350 Ossington Ave

    Committee of Adjustment
    247 m
2

New Build

22

Renovation

2

Demolition

8

Committee of Adjustment

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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397 Shaw St in Toronto has 1 building permit on record dating back to 2013, most recently on August 16, 2013.