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49 Essex St

City of Toronto

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Has this property been altered?
3 building permits on record since 2002, most recently May 19, 2015.
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What’s the zoning here?
R (d0.6) · as of Feb 20, 2026
What could change around it?
31 active construction records within 250 m of this address.
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  • 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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  1. 2015

    1 filing
    View permits (1)

    1. May 19, 2015

      Proposal for drains related to underpinning under permit 02-144998

  2. 2006

    1 filing
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    1. Aug 2, 2006

      Plumbing - Underpinn & basement walkout.

  3. 2002

    1 filing
    View permits (1)

    1. Jun 11, 2002

      Underpinn & basement walkout. $30K

Nearby Construction

Within 250 m

Active and recent construction within 250 m of this address.

30 locations shown

  • 1

    50 Essex St

    Renovation
    68 m
  • 2

    20 Essex St

    Renovation
    69 m
  • 3

    32 Pendrith St

    Renovation
    78 m
  • 4

    30 Pendrith St

    Renovation ×2
    81 m
  • 5

    44 Pendrith St

    Renovation
    82 m
  • 6

    61 Pendrith St

    Renovation
    119 m
  • 7

    19 Garnet Ave

    Renovation ×2
    132 m
  • 8

    42 Garnet Ave

    Renovation
    133 m
  • 9

    86 Pendrith St

    Renovation
    134 m
  • 10

    76 Garnet Ave

    Renovation
    157 m
  • 11

    110 Pendrith St

    Renovation
    170 m
  • 12

    105 Essex St

    Renovation
    174 m
  • 13

    193 Christie St

    New Build Demolition
    179 m
  • 14

    101 Pendrith St

    Renovation ×2
    185 m
  • 15

    103 Pendrith St

    Renovation
    189 m
  • 16

    177 Christie St

    Renovation
    190 m
  • 17

    BARTON AVE / From: WILLOWVALE LANE / To: PENDRITH LANE

    Scheduled Construction
    193 m
  • 18

    136 Christie St

    Renovation
    194 m
  • 19

    134 Christie St

    Renovation
    196 m
  • 20

    106 Garnet Ave

    Renovation
    202 m
  • 21

    [38.10 m E] SHAW ST / From: PENDRITH ST / To: ESSEX ST

    Scheduled Construction
    203 m
  • 22

    BARTON AVE / From: PENDRITH LANE / To: CRAWFORD ST

    Scheduled Construction
    210 m
  • 23

    100 Yarmouth Rd

    Renovation
    219 m
  • 24

    84 Yarmouth Rd

    Renovation
    220 m
  • 25

    135 Yarmouth Rd

    Renovation
    227 m
  • 26

    120 Yarmouth Rd

    Renovation
    235 m
  • 27

    147 Yarmouth Rd

    Renovation
    245 m
  • 28

    239 Christie St

    Renovation
    245 m
  • 29

    134 Pendrith St

    Renovation
    247 m
  • 30

    149 Yarmouth Rd

    Renovation
    248 m
1

New Build

29

Renovation

1

Demolition

3

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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49 Essex St in Toronto has 3 building permits on record dating back to 2002, most recently on May 19, 2015.