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42 Spruce St

City of Toronto

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Has this property been altered?
1 building permit on record since 2015, most recently Jan 6, 2015.
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What’s the zoning here?
R (d1.0) (x851) · as of Feb 20, 2026
What could change around it?
21 active construction records within 250 m of this address.
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  • 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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2015
  1. 2015

    1 filing
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Nearby Construction

Within 250 m

Active and recent construction within 250 m of this address.

35 locations shown

  • 1

    359 1/2 Sackville St

    Committee of Adjustment
    98 m
  • 2

    347 Sackville St

    Renovation
    107 m
  • 3

    345 Sackville St

    Renovation
    111 m
  • 4

    289 Carlton St

    Renovation
    120 m
  • 5

    287 Carlton St

    Renovation
    121 m
  • 6

    337 Sackville St

    Renovation
    128 m
  • 7

    CARLTON ST / From: DERMOTT PL / To: SACKVILLE ST

    Scheduled Construction
    131 m
  • 8

    337 Sackville St

    Committee of Adjustment
    139 m
  • 9

    CARLTON ST / From: METCALFE ST / To: DERMOTT PL

    Scheduled Construction
    141 m
  • 10

    CARLTON ST / From: BROADCAST LANE / To: METCALFE ST

    Scheduled Construction
    146 m
  • 11

    CARLTON ST / From: SACKVILLE ST / To: WOODSTOCK PL

    Scheduled Construction
    152 m
  • 12

    306 Gerrard St E

    Development Permits
    168 m
  • 13

    260 Carlton St

    Renovation
    172 m
  • 14

    18 Gifford St

    Renovation
    174 m
  • 15

    CARLTON ST / From: WOODSTOCK PL / To: BOWMAN ST

    Scheduled Construction
    180 m
  • 16

    CARLTON ST / From: PARLIAMENT ST / To: BROADCAST LANE

    Scheduled Construction
    183 m
  • 17

    325 Gerrard St E

    Development Permits Committee of Adjustment
    188 m
  • 18

    325 Gerrard St E

    Renovation
    191 m
  • 19

    440 Parliament St

    Renovation
    191 m
  • 20

    434 Parliament St

    Renovation
    192 m
  • 21

    430 Parliament St

    Renovation
    194 m
  • 22

    361 Gerrard St E

    Demolition
    199 m
  • 23

    21 Metcalfe St

    Committee of Adjustment
    201 m
  • 24

    454 Parliament St

    Committee of Adjustment
    202 m
  • 25

    [N] GERRARD ST E [BRANCH] / From: GERRARD ST E / To: PARLIAMENT ST

    Scheduled Construction
    213 m
  • 26

    319 Sackville St

    Demolition
    216 m
  • 27

    BOWMAN ST / From: CARLTON ST / To: SACKVILLE PL

    Scheduled Construction
    223 m
  • 28

    CARLTON ST / From: BOWMAN ST / To: RAWLINGS AVE

    Scheduled Construction
    223 m
  • 29

    SACKVILLE PL / From: SACKVILLE ST / To: WOODSTOCK PL

    Scheduled Construction
    225 m
  • 30

    370 Sackville St

    Renovation
    227 m
  • 31

    372 Sackville St

    Renovation
    232 m
  • 32

    39 Nasmith Ave

    Renovation
    236 m
  • 33

    37 Nasmith Ave

    Renovation
    237 m
  • 34

    GERRARD ST E / From: [N] GERRARD ST E [BRANCH] / To: PARLIAMENT ST

    Scheduled Construction
    241 m
  • 35

    SACKVILLE PL / From: WOODSTOCK PL / To: FLAGLER ST

    Scheduled Construction
    246 m
15

Renovation

2

Demolition

2

Development Permits

5

Committee of Adjustment

12

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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42 Spruce St in Toronto has 1 building permit on record dating back to 2015, most recently on January 6, 2015.