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40 Laws St

City of Toronto

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Has this property been altered?
7 building permits on record since 2007, most recently Oct 24, 2023.
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What’s the zoning here?
R (d0.6) (x737) · as of Feb 20, 2026
What could change around it?
31 active development records within 250 m of this address.
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  • 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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  1. 2023

    3 filings
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  2. 2011

    2 filings
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  3. 2007

    2 filings
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Nearby Development

Within 250 m

Active and recent development within 250 m of this address.

34 locations shown

  • 1

    48 Laws St

    Committee of Adjustment
    32 m
  • 2

    53 Laws St

    Renovation
    35 m
  • 3

    56 Laws St

    Renovation ×2
    36 m
  • 4

    23 Laws St

    Renovation
    97 m
  • 5

    285 Evelyn Ave

    New Build Renovation Demolition
    109 m
  • 6

    20 Laws St

    Renovation
    110 m
  • 7

    266 Evelyn Ave

    Renovation
    112 m
  • 8

    287 Evelyn Ave

    Renovation
    114 m
  • 9

    255 Evelyn Ave

    Renovation
    123 m
  • 10

    15 Laws St

    Renovation ×2
    124 m
  • 11

    472 Clendenan Ave

    Renovation
    136 m
  • 12

    292 Evelyn Ave

    Renovation
    138 m
  • 13

    237 Evelyn Ave

    Committee of Adjustment
    144 m
  • 14

    239 Evelyn Ave

    Renovation
    166 m
  • 15

    485 Clendenan Ave

    Renovation
    172 m
  • 16

    237 Evelyn Ave

    Renovation
    172 m
  • 17

    487 Clendenan Ave

    Renovation
    175 m
  • 18

    81 St John'S Rd

    Renovation
    180 m
  • 19

    2 Laws St

    Renovation
    184 m
  • 20

    487 Clendenan Ave

    Committee of Adjustment
    184 m
  • 21

    211 Fairview Ave

    Renovation
    188 m
  • 22

    23 St John'S Rd

    Renovation
    199 m
  • 23

    187 Fairview Ave

    Renovation
    204 m
  • 24

    3157 Dundas St W

    Renovation
    211 m
  • 25

    405 Clendenan Ave

    Committee of Adjustment
    222 m
  • 26

    407 Clendenan Ave

    Renovation ×2
    224 m
  • 27

    107 St John'S Rd

    Committee of Adjustment
    227 m
  • 28

    230 Fairview Ave

    Renovation ×2
    228 m
  • 29

    405 Clendenan Ave

    Renovation ×2
    229 m
  • 30

    262 Annette St

    Renovation
    235 m
  • 31

    107 St John'S Rd

    Renovation
    237 m
  • 32

    3140 Dundas St W

    Renovation
    239 m
  • 33

    3122 Dundas St W

    Renovation
    245 m
  • 34

    ST JOHN'S PL / From: DUNDAS ST W / To: MARIA ST

    Scheduled Construction
    245 m
1

New Build

33

Renovation

1

Demolition

5

Committee of Adjustment

1

Scheduled Construction

Development 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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40 Laws St in Toronto has 7 building permits on record dating back to 2007, most recently on October 24, 2023.