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538 Eglinton Ave W

City of Toronto

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Has this property been altered?
3 building permits on record since 2024, most recently Jan 17, 2025.
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What’s the zoning here?
CR SS2 (x528) · as of Feb 20, 2026
What could change around it?
18 active construction records within 250 m of this address.
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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

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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.

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Building permit timeline

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

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2024
2025
  1. 2025

    1 filing
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  2. 2024

    2 filings
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Nearby Construction

Within 250 m

Active and recent construction within 250 m of this address.

24 locations shown

  • 1

    BURNABY BLVD / From: SHIELDS AVE / To: HEDDINGTON AVE

    Scheduled Construction
    88 m
  • 2

    27 Latimer Ave

    Renovation
    116 m
  • 3

    535 Russell Hill Rd

    New Build
    137 m
  • 4

    490 Eglinton Ave W

    Renovation
    138 m
  • 5

    48 Heddington Ave

    Renovation
    148 m
  • 6

    483 Eglinton Ave W

    Renovation ×3
    149 m
  • 7

    50 Heddington Ave

    Renovation
    154 m
  • 8

    35 Tarlton Rd

    New Build
    159 m
  • 9

    BURNABY BLVD / From: CASTLE KNOCK RD / To: SHIELDS AVE

    Scheduled Construction
    164 m
  • 10

    465 Eglinton Ave W

    Renovation
    172 m
  • 11

    472 Eglinton Ave W

    Renovation
    178 m
  • 12

    310 Warren Rd

    Renovation ×2
    189 m
  • 13

    453 Eglinton Ave W

    Renovation
    194 m
  • 14

    64 Duncannon Dr

    Renovation
    211 m
  • 15

    301 Chaplin Cres

    Renovation
    214 m
  • 16

    GILGORM RD / From: EGLINTON AVE W / To: NEW HAVEN DR

    Scheduled Construction
    215 m
  • 17

    304 Warren Rd

    Renovation
    224 m
  • 18

    18 Gilgorm Rd

    Renovation
    225 m
  • 19

    LATIMER AVE / From: CRESTVIEW RD / To: ROSELAWN AVE

    Scheduled Construction
    226 m
  • 20

    CRESTVIEW RD / From: SHIELDS AVE / To: HEDDINGTON AVE

    Scheduled Construction
    233 m
  • 21

    85 Latimer Ave

    Renovation
    236 m
  • 22

    CASTLE KNOCK RD / From: EGLINTON AVE W / To: BURNABY BLVD

    Scheduled Construction
    241 m
  • 23

    CHAPLIN CRES / From: EGLINTON AVE W / To: SPADINA RD (TO)

    Scheduled Construction
    242 m
  • 24

    86 Latimer Ave

    New Build Demolition
    248 m
3

New Build

17

Renovation

1

Demolition

7

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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538 Eglinton Ave W in Toronto has 3 building permits on record dating back to 2024, most recently on January 17, 2025.