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53 Ontario St

City of Toronto

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Has this property been altered?
12 building permits on record since 1997, most recently Feb 24, 2023.
3 development applications on file (Draft Plan of Condominium, Official Plan & Zoning By-law Amendment, Site Plan Approval), most recently filed Aug 10, 2020.
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Any unresolved orders on file?
2 open order/violation records on file.
What’s the zoning here?
CR SS1 (x339) · 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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  • 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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  1. 2023

    1 filing
    View permits (1)

    1. Feb 24, 2023

      REV 01: Drain by gravity is not possible as we are unable to complete core dr...

  2. 2022

    3 filings
    View permits (3)

    1. Sep 6, 2022

      HVAC - Interior alterations to unit 2

    2. Aug 18, 2022

      Interior alterations to retail unit 2, exterior alterations to unit $700K

    3. Mar 2, 2022

      REVISION - add a mezzanine to Unit 101 on the ground floor and alterations to...

  3. 2020

    2 filings
    View permits (2)

    1. Nov 18, 2020

      Install maglocks in main floor doors and 9th floor patio $10K

    2. Aug 10, 2020

      Application

      Closed

  4. 2018

    3 filings
    View permits (3)

    1. Dec 21, 2018

      Plumbing - Proposal to construct new 24 storey mixed used building with 273...

    2. Dec 21, 2018

      HVAC - Proposal to construct new 24 storey mixed used building with 273 resid...

    3. Oct 30, 2018

      Drain - Proposal to construct new 24 storey mixed used building with 273 resi...

  5. 2017

    1 filing
    View permits (1)

    1. Nov 20, 2017

      Proposal demolish 1 storey portion of building. Present use is a presentation...
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  1. 2015

    3 filings
    View permits (3)

    1. Nov 3, 2015

      Application

      Closed

    2. Feb 9, 2015

      Application

      Closed

    3. Jan 16, 2015

      To construct a temporary sales office to be erected on April 1 2015 and remov...

  2. 2014

    1 filing
    View permits (1)

    1. Nov 20, 2014

      To demolish the existing four storey multi use buidling.

  3. 1997

    1 filing
    View permits (1)

    1. Dec 29, 1997

      MAKE INTERIOR ALTERATIONS TO PORTION OF GROUND FLOOR EXISTING COMMUNICATIONS... $53K

Nearby Construction

Within 250 m

Active and recent construction within 250 m of this address.

20 locations shown

  • 1

    57 Ontario St

    Renovation
    30 m
  • 2

    49 Ontario St

    Renovation Demolition
    64 m
  • 3

    102 Berkeley St

    Renovation
    91 m
  • 4

    82 Berkeley St

    Demolition
    95 m
  • 5

    25 Ontario St

    Renovation ×6
    98 m
  • 6

    78 Berkeley St

    Renovation
    100 m
  • 7

    76 Berkeley St

    Renovation
    103 m
  • 8

    74 Berkeley St

    Renovation
    106 m
  • 9

    72 Berkeley St

    Renovation
    110 m
  • 10

    115 Berkeley St

    Renovation
    118 m
  • 11

    284 King St E

    New Build
    152 m
  • 12

    553 Adelaide St E

    Renovation
    177 m
  • 13

    333 King St E

    Renovation ×3
    191 m
  • 14

    571 Adelaide St E

    Renovation
    213 m
  • 15

    69 Sherbourne St

    Renovation
    222 m
  • 16

    101 Parliament St

    Renovation
    225 m
  • 17

    366 Adelaide St E

    Renovation
    228 m
  • 18

    351 King St E

    Renovation ×3
    235 m
  • 19

    311 Richmond St E

    Renovation
    239 m
  • 20

    275 King St E

    Renovation
    248 m
1

New Build

27

Renovation

2

Demolition

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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53 Ontario St in Toronto has 12 building permits on record dating back to 1997, most recently on February 24, 2023.