525 University Ave
City of Toronto
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- Has this property been altered?
- 167 building permits on record since 1997, most recently Oct 9, 2025. View building permit timeline
- Is work happening right now?
- 1 permit in active inspection on this property.
- 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; r7.8) SS1 (x2197) · as of Feb 20, 2026
- What could change around it?
- 22 active construction records within 250 m of this address. View nearby construction
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- 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
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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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2025
9 filingsView permits (9) Hide permits
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Oct 9, 2025
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Jul 29, 2025
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Jul 18, 2025
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Apr 7, 2025
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2024
11 filingsView permits (11) Hide permits
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Jul 29, 2024
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Jul 29, 2024
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Apr 11, 2024
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2022
1 filingView permits (1) Hide permits
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2021
6 filingsView permits (6) Hide permits
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Aug 25, 2021
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2020
2 filingsView permits (2) Hide permits
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2019
4 filingsView permits (4) Hide permits
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Apr 30, 2019
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Apr 4, 2019
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2018
9 filingsView permits (9) Hide permits
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Oct 23, 2018
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Oct 22, 2018
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2017
10 filingsView permits (10) Hide permits
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Oct 16, 2017
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2016
1 filingView permits (1) Hide permits
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Feb 24, 2016
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2014
9 filingsView permits (9) Hide permits
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2013
14 filingsView permits (14) Hide permits
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2012
10 filingsView permits (10) Hide permits
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2011
4 filingsView permits (4) Hide permits
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2010
10 filingsView permits (10) Hide permits
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Jun 28, 2010
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Jun 25, 2010
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Mar 26, 2010
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2009
7 filingsView permits (7) Hide permits
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2008
8 filingsView permits (8) Hide permits
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Dec 30, 2008
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2007
10 filingsView permits (10) Hide permits
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Dec 3, 2007
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Nov 16, 2007
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Nov 16, 2007
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May 11, 2007
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Apr 30, 2007
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Jan 15, 2007
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2006
6 filingsView permits (6) Hide permits
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Jul 12, 2006
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2004
16 filingsView permits (16) Hide permits
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Nov 18, 2004
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Oct 5, 2004
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Jul 15, 2004
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Mar 25, 2004
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Feb 12, 2004
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2003
2 filingsView permits (2) Hide permits
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Jul 17, 2003
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2002
2 filingsView permits (2) Hide permits
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Aug 22, 2002
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Aug 21, 2002
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2001
7 filingsView permits (7) Hide permits
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Jun 13, 2001
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Apr 17, 2001
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2000
2 filingsView permits (2) Hide permits
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1999
6 filingsView permits (6) Hide permits
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1997
1 filingView permits (1) Hide permits
Nearby Construction
Within 250 mActive and recent construction within 250 m of this address.
31 locations shown
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42 m
[E] UNIVERSITY AVE [BRANCH] / From: EDWARD ST / To: ELM ST
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45 m
505 University Ave
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3
51 m
[E] UNIVERSITY AVE [BRANCH] / From: ELM ST / To: GERRARD ST W
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84 m
[E] UNIVERSITY AVE [BRANCH] / From: DUNDAS ST W / To: EDWARD ST
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5
94 m
124 Edward St
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110 m
500 University Ave
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135 m
123 Edward St
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145 m
480 University Ave
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146 m
555 University Ave
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149 m
550 University Ave
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11
152 m
180 Dundas St W
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161 m
449 University Ave
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13
172 m
[E] UNIVERSITY AVE [BRANCH] / From: GERRARD ST W / To: COLLEGE ST (TO)
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14
183 m
585 University Ave
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15
185 m
443 University Ave
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16
188 m
200 Elizabeth St
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196 m
438 University Ave
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198 m
170 Elizabeth St
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200 m
130 Elizabeth St
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204 m
ELIZABETH ST (TO) / From: EDWARD ST / To: ELM ST
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206 m
ELIZABETH ST (TO) / From: ELM ST / To: WALTON ST
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22
207 m
150 Gerrard St W
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211 m
439 University Ave
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216 m
600 University Ave
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224 m
425 University Ave
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229 m
ELIZABETH ST (TO) / From: DUNDAS ST W / To: [46 m N] DUNDAS ST W
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230 m
55 Centre Ave
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232 m
150 Dundas St W
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233 m
ELIZABETH ST (TO) / From: WALTON ST / To: GERRARD ST W
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239 m
153 Dundas St W
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244 m
175 Elizabeth St
Renovation ×3
Renovation
Demolition
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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505 University Ave
70m3 recent · 90 total
Office · 3 filings in the last 12 months, latest Aug 2025
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124 Edward St
126m6 recent · 34 total
Institutional · 6 filings in the last 12 months, latest Mar 2026
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555 University Ave
129m25 recent · 758 total
Institutional · 25 filings in the last 12 months, latest Jun 2026
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585 University Ave
166m5 recent · 33 total
Institutional · 5 filings in the last 12 months, latest Mar 2026
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200 Elizabeth St
171m5 recent · 122 total
Institutional · 5 filings in the last 12 months, latest Sep 2025
525 University Ave in Toronto has 167 building permits on record dating back to 1997, most recently on October 9, 2025.