438 University Ave
City of Toronto
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- Has this property been altered?
- 195 building permits on record since 1994, most recently May 12, 2026. View building permit timeline
- What’s the zoning here? Not an official zoning verification. CanPermits maps this from the city’s published open zoning data. Confirm the zoning with the municipality or a planner.
- CR 7.8 (c4.5; r4.8) SS1 (x2490) · as of Feb 20, 2026
- What could change around it?
- 15 active construction records within 250 m of this address. View nearby construction
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Sources we check for every address (25 data sources)
- Building permits
- Zoning by-law designation
- Property boundaries (parcel)
- Planning & environmental constraints
- Flood plain & conservation regulation (TRCA)
- Heritage Register status
- Building footprint & massing
- Nearest fire station
- Nearest TTC transit stop
- Nearest park & green space
- Street-tree density
- Building violations & orders
- Property standards orders (ML&S)
- Fire safety inspections
- 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
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.
Building permit timeline
Year-grouped permit history. Permits collapse under each year.
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Building permit timeline
Year-grouped permit history. Permits collapse under each year.
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2026
5 filings · most recent May 2026View permits (5) Hide permits
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2025
2 filingsView permits (2) Hide permits
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Jan 10, 2025
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Jan 7, 2025
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2023
2 filingsView permits (2) Hide permits
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Jul 19, 2023
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Jun 20, 2023
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2022
4 filingsView permits (4) Hide permits
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2021
1 filingView permits (1) Hide permits
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2019
8 filingsView permits (8) Hide permits
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Apr 18, 2019
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2018
7 filingsView permits (7) Hide permits
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Jun 5, 2018
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2017
3 filingsView permits (3) Hide permits
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2016
4 filingsView permits (4) Hide permits
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Jul 20, 2016
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2015
18 filingsView permits (18) Hide permits
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Oct 13, 2015
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Sep 2, 2015
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Sep 1, 2015
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May 4, 2015
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2014
2 filingsView permits (2) Hide permits
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2013
9 filingsView permits (9) Hide permits
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2012
13 filingsView permits (13) Hide permits
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Feb 13, 2012
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2011
16 filingsView permits (16) Hide permits
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Dec 14, 2011
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Dec 14, 2011
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2010
8 filingsView permits (8) Hide permits
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May 12, 2010
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Jan 19, 2010
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2009
7 filingsView permits (7) Hide permits
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2008
10 filingsView permits (10) Hide permits
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2007
9 filingsView permits (9) Hide permits
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Nov 30, 2007
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Nov 19, 2007
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Nov 1, 2007
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Oct 12, 2007
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Jan 17, 2007
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2006
4 filingsView permits (4) Hide permits
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2005
7 filingsView permits (7) Hide permits
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Sep 19, 2005
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Jun 9, 2005
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Apr 21, 2005
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Mar 31, 2005
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2004
3 filingsView permits (3) Hide permits
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Nov 5, 2004
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2003
10 filingsView permits (10) Hide permits
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Oct 23, 2003
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Sep 4, 2003
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Jul 9, 2003
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2002
4 filingsView permits (4) Hide permits
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Jun 13, 2002
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May 6, 2002
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2001
9 filingsView permits (9) Hide permits
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Sep 20, 2001
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Jul 19, 2001
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Jul 12, 2001
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2000
11 filingsView permits (11) Hide permits
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Aug 11, 2000
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Apr 27, 2000
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1999
7 filingsView permits (7) Hide permits
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1998
3 filingsView permits (3) Hide permits
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Apr 20, 1998
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1997
2 filingsView permits (2) Hide permits
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1996
3 filingsView permits (3) Hide permits
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1995
2 filingsView permits (2) Hide permits
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Apr 28, 1995
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1994
2 filingsView permits (2) Hide permits
Nearby Construction
Within 250 mActive and recent construction within 250 m of this address.
18 locations shown
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1
29 m
443 University Ave
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2
66 m
234 Simcoe St
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3
70 m
255 Dundas St W
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72 m
[E] UNIVERSITY AVE [BRANCH] / From: DUNDAS ST W / To: EDWARD ST
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5
79 m
449 University Ave
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6
83 m
480 University Ave
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7
88 m
425 University Ave
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8
98 m
400 University Ave
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9
109 m
439 University Ave
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10
130 m
[E] UNIVERSITY AVE [BRANCH] / From: EDWARD ST / To: ELM ST
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11
135 m
393 University Ave
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12
180 m
505 University Ave
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13
180 m
55 Centre Ave
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14
189 m
129 Mc Caul St
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15
210 m
180 Dundas St W
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16
215 m
525 University Ave
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215 m
123 Edward St
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224 m
[E] UNIVERSITY AVE [BRANCH] / From: ELM ST / To: GERRARD ST W
Scheduled Construction
Renovation
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.
Nearby active addresses
Direct next steps for exploration.
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234 Simcoe St
85m5 recent · 21 total
Office · 5 filings in the last 12 months, latest May 2026
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425 University Ave
100m5 recent · 14 total
Office · 5 filings in the last 12 months, latest Mar 2026
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439 University Ave
117m8 recent · 130 total
Office · 8 filings in the last 12 months, latest May 2026
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400 University Ave
120m3 recent · 305 total
Office · 3 filings in the last 12 months, latest Apr 2026
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500 University Ave
101m1 recent · 23 total
Institutional · 1 filing in the last 12 months, latest Aug 2024
438 University Ave in Toronto has 195 building permits on record dating back to 1994, most recently on May 12, 2026.