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496 Ontario St

City of Toronto

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Has this property been altered?
4 building permits on record since 2007, most recently Apr 14, 2008.
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What’s the zoning here?
R (d1.0) (x897) · as of Feb 20, 2026
What could change around it?
20 active construction records within 250 m of this address.
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  • Property standards orders (ML&S)
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  • Rent-reduction notices
  • Business licences
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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

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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2007
2008
  1. 2008

    1 filing
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  2. 2007

    3 filings
    View permits (3)

Nearby Construction

Within 250 m

Active and recent construction within 250 m of this address.

22 locations shown

  • 1

    ONTARIO ST / From: ABERDEEN AVE / To: WINCHESTER ST

    Scheduled Construction
    18 m
  • 2

    ONTARIO ST / From: CARLTON ST / To: ABERDEEN AVE

    Scheduled Construction
    38 m
  • 3

    85 Bleecker St

    Renovation ×3
    81 m
  • 4

    55 Bleecker St

    Renovation ×2
    105 m
  • 5

    15 Prospect St

    Renovation
    131 m
  • 6

    31 Aberdeen Ave

    Renovation
    132 m
  • 7

    SEATON ST / From: GERRARD ST E / To: CARLTON ST

    Scheduled Construction
    141 m
  • 8

    183 Carlton St

    Renovation
    142 m
  • 9

    181 Carlton St

    Renovation
    145 m
  • 10

    ONTARIO ST / From: [53.50 m S] PROSPECT ST [END] / To: PROSPECT ST

    Scheduled Construction
    145 m
  • 11

    209 Carlton St

    Renovation ×2
    163 m
  • 12

    171 Carlton St

    Renovation
    168 m
  • 13

    213 Carlton St

    Renovation
    168 m
  • 14

    169 Carlton St

    Renovation
    171 m
  • 15

    ONTARIO ST / From: PROSPECT ST / To: [22 m N] PROSPECT ST

    Scheduled Construction
    199 m
  • 16

    550 Ontario St

    Renovation
    205 m
  • 17

    41 Winchester St

    Renovation ×2
    208 m
  • 18

    238 Carlton St

    Renovation
    214 m
  • 19

    390 Berkeley St

    Renovation
    215 m
  • 20

    388 Berkeley St

    Renovation
    221 m
  • 21

    ONTARIO ST / From: [22 m N] PROSPECT ST / To: WELLESLEY ST E

    Scheduled Construction
    224 m
  • 22

    393 Berkeley St

    Renovation
    238 m
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Renovation

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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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496 Ontario St in Toronto has 4 building permits on record dating back to 2007, most recently on April 14, 2008.