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489 Queen St W

City of Toronto

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Has this property been altered?
10 building permits on record since 2016, most recently Sep 5, 2024.
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Is work happening right now?
1 permit in active inspection on this property.
Any unresolved orders on file?
2 open order/violation records on file.
What’s the zoning here?
CR 3.0 (c3.0; r3.0) SS2 (x2087) · as of Feb 20, 2026
What could change around it?
41 active construction records within 250 m of this address.
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  • 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

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Building permit timeline

Year-grouped permit history. Permits collapse under each year.

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2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
  1. 2024

    3 filings
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  2. 2021

    1 filing
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  3. 2019

    3 filings
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  4. 2018

    1 filing
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  5. 2016

    2 filings
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Nearby Construction

Within 250 m

Active and recent construction within 250 m of this address.

42 locations shown

  • 1

    485 Queen St W

    Committee of Adjustment
    17 m
  • 2

    485 Queen St W

    Renovation
    19 m
  • 3

    430 Queen St W

    Renovation
    28 m
  • 4

    501 Queen St W

    Renovation
    29 m
  • 5

    460 Richmond St W

    Renovation
    52 m
  • 6

    467 Queen St W

    Renovation ×2
    66 m
  • 7

    7 Vanauley St

    Renovation
    74 m
  • 8

    471 Richmond St W

    Renovation
    77 m
  • 9

    20 Vanauley St

    Renovation
    82 m
  • 10

    404 Queen St W

    Renovation
    92 m
  • 11

    451 Richmond St W

    Committee of Adjustment
    102 m
  • 12

    38 Camden St

    Renovation
    116 m
  • 13

    60 Brant St

    Renovation
    120 m
  • 14

    443 Queen St W

    New Build Renovation
    128 m
  • 15

    497 Richmond St W

    Committee of Adjustment
    137 m
  • 16

    520 Richmond St W

    Renovation
    148 m
  • 17

    497 Richmond St W

    Renovation
    153 m
  • 18

    8 Camden St

    Committee of Adjustment
    155 m
  • 19

    35 Camden St

    Demolition
    161 m
  • 20

    505 Richmond St W

    Renovation ×4
    162 m
  • 21

    553 Queen St W

    Renovation
    164 m
  • 22

    WOLSELEY ST / From: AUGUSTA AVE / To: DENISON AVE

    Scheduled Construction
    165 m
  • 23

    530 Richmond St W

    Renovation
    169 m
  • 24

    497 Richmond St W

    Committee of Adjustment
    169 m
  • 25

    130 Spadina Ave

    Renovation
    171 m
  • 26

    24 Augusta Ave

    Renovation
    174 m
  • 27

    184 Spadina Ave

    Renovation
    183 m
  • 28

    441 Queen St W

    Renovation
    185 m
  • 29

    MAUD ST / From: ADELAIDE ST W / To: RICHMOND ST W

    Scheduled Construction
    192 m
  • 30

    161 Spadina Ave

    Renovation
    199 m
  • 31

    410 Adelaide St W

    Renovation
    201 m
  • 32

    565 Queen St W

    Renovation
    203 m
  • 33

    433 Queen St W

    Renovation
    211 m
  • 34

    567 Queen St W

    Renovation
    212 m
  • 35

    141 Spadina Ave

    Renovation ×2
    219 m
  • 36

    525 Richmond St W

    Renovation
    221 m
  • 37

    425 Adelaide St W

    Renovation ×2
    227 m
  • 38

    360 Queen St W

    Renovation
    232 m
  • 39

    383 Adelaide St W

    Demolition
    236 m
  • 40

    129 Spadina Ave

    Renovation
    239 m
  • 41

    110 Spadina Ave

    Renovation ×2
    242 m
  • 42

    379 Adelaide St W

    Renovation
    246 m
1

New Build

40

Renovation

2

Demolition

5

Committee of Adjustment

2

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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489 Queen St W in Toronto has 10 building permits on record dating back to 2016, most recently on September 5, 2024.