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53 Yonge St

City of Toronto

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Has this property been altered?
7 building permits on record since 2012, most recently Aug 20, 2025.
3 development applications on file (Official Plan & Zoning By-law Amendment, Site Plan Approval), most recently filed Oct 21, 2024.
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What’s the zoning here?
CR 12.0 (c8.0; r11.7) SS1 (x2325) · as of Feb 20, 2026
What could change around it?
52 active construction records within 250 m of this address.
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  • Sign permits
  • Development applications
  • Committee of Adjustment (zoning variances)
  • Local Appeal Body appeals
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  • Liquor licences

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Building permit timeline

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

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2025
  1. 2025

    1 filing
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  2. 2024

    1 filing
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    1. Oct 21, 2024

      Application

      Under Review

  3. 2022

    1 filing
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    1. Apr 27, 2022

      Application

      Under Review

  4. 2021

    2 filings
    View permits (2)
    1. Mar 19, 2021

      Application

      Closed

  5. 2013

    2 filings
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  1. 2012

    3 filings
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Nearby Construction

Within 250 m

Active and recent construction within 250 m of this address.

56 locations shown

  • 1

    51 Yonge St

    Renovation
    8 m
  • 2

    55 Yonge St

    Zoning Changes
    19 m
  • 3

    55 Yonge St

    Demolition
    21 m
  • 4

    COLBORNE ST / From: YONGE ST / To: VICTORIA ST (TO)

    Scheduled Construction
    38 m
  • 5

    48 Yonge St

    Renovation ×5
    42 m
  • 6

    56 Yonge St

    Development Permits Zoning Changes
    50 m
  • 7

    60 Yonge St

    Development Permits Zoning Changes
    53 m
  • 8

    20 Wellington St E

    Committee of Adjustment
    53 m
  • 9

    20 Wellington St E

    Committee of Adjustment
    53 m
  • 10

    [33.50 m W] YONGE ST / From: WELLINGTON ST W / To: MELINDA ST

    Scheduled Construction
    68 m
  • 11

    COLBORNE ST / From: VICTORIA ST (TO) / To: SCOTT ST

    Scheduled Construction
    83 m
  • 12

    21 Melinda St

    Renovation ×2
    87 m
  • 13

    COLBORNE ST / From: SCOTT ST / To: LEADER LANE

    Scheduled Construction
    91 m
  • 14

    1 King St W

    Renovation
    98 m
  • 15

    33 Yonge St

    Renovation ×19
    103 m
  • 16

    11 King St W

    Renovation ×10
    112 m
  • 17

    26 Wellington St E

    Renovation ×2
    113 m
  • 18

    8 King St E

    Renovation ×6
    133 m
  • 19

    30 Wellington St E

    Renovation
    136 m
  • 20

    4 Front St E

    Renovation ×2
    139 m
  • 21

    4 King St W

    Renovation
    139 m
  • 22

    37 King St E

    Renovation
    140 m
  • 23

    2 King St E

    Renovation
    141 m
  • 24

    181 Bay St

    Renovation ×23
    147 m
  • 25

    18 King St E

    Renovation ×11
    153 m
  • 26

    25 King St W

    Renovation ×7
    154 m
  • 27

    83 Yonge St

    Renovation
    156 m
  • 28

    2 addresses at this point

    Scheduled Construction ×2
    160 m
  • 29

    30 Wellington St W

    Renovation ×5
    161 m
  • 30

    2 addresses at this point

    Scheduled Construction ×2
    164 m
  • 31

    LEADER LANE / From: COLBORNE ST / To: KING ST E

    Scheduled Construction
    164 m
  • 32

    34 King St E

    Committee of Adjustment
    165 m
  • 33

    40 Wellington St E

    Renovation
    180 m
  • 34

    20 King St W

    Committee of Adjustment
    186 m
  • 35

    199 Bay St

    Renovation ×22
    187 m
  • 36

    161 Bay St

    Renovation ×18
    187 m
  • 37

    5 addresses at this point

    Renovation ×8
    190 m
  • 38

    37 Front St E

    Renovation ×2
    193 m
  • 39

    100 Yonge St

    Renovation ×3
    193 m
  • 40

    89 Yonge St

    Renovation
    193 m
  • 41

    20 King St W

    Renovation ×4
    194 m
  • 42

    42 Wellington St E

    Renovation
    194 m
  • 43

    1 Front St E

    Renovation ×5
    199 m
  • 44

    47 Colborne St

    Renovation ×2
    202 m
  • 45

    65 King St E

    Renovation ×5
    204 m
  • 46

    71 King St E

    Committee of Adjustment
    208 m
  • 47

    35 Wellington St E

    Renovation ×2
    217 m
  • 48

    20 Toronto St

    Renovation ×2
    221 m
  • 49

    1 Adelaide St E

    Renovation ×27
    226 m
  • 50

    1 Toronto St

    Renovation ×14
    232 m
  • 51

    40 King St W

    Renovation ×34
    235 m
  • 52

    110 Yonge St

    Renovation ×7
    240 m
  • 53

    44 King St W

    Renovation
    243 m
  • 54

    38 The Esplanade

    Renovation
    245 m
  • 55

    92 King St E

    Renovation
    247 m
  • 56

    1 Front St W

    Zoning Changes
    249 m
260

Renovation

1

Demolition

2

Development Permits

5

Committee of Adjustment

4

Zoning Changes

9

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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53 Yonge St in Toronto has 7 building permits on record dating back to 2012, most recently on August 20, 2025.