540 Sherbourne St
City of Toronto
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- How is this building rated? The City of Toronto's RentSafeTO building-evaluation score, shown verbatim as the City published it — not a CanPermits rating, and not an interpretation of the building.
- 98/100 · City of Toronto building-evaluation score · as of Jul 5, 2024
- Who operates this building?
- Operated by Better Living Homes · manages 4 RentSafe buildings in Toronto.
- Has this property been altered?
- 1 building permit on record since 2009, most recently Aug 19, 2009. View building permit timeline
- 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.
- R (d2.0) (x975) · as of Feb 20, 2026
- What could change around it?
- 25 active construction records within 250 m of this address. View nearby construction
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- Flood plain & conservation regulation (TRCA)
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- 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 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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2009
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Nearby Construction
Within 250 mActive and recent construction within 250 m of this address.
37 locations shown
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77 m
168 Isabella St
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80 m
164 Isabella St
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166 Isabella St
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114 m
545 Sherbourne St
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127 m
10 Earl St
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132 m
8 Earl St
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138 m
6 Earl St
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151 m
4 Earl St
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152 m
5 Huntley St
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155 m
2 Earl St
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162 m
576 Sherbourne St
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185 m
275 Bleecker St
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190 m
10 Huntley St
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191 m
10 Huntley St
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193 m
10 Wellesley Pl
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196 m
375 Bleecker St
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197 m
124 Isabella St
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197 m
591 Sherbourne St
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198 m
591 Sherbourne St
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204 m
122 Isabella St
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205 m
28 Linden St
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206 m
591 Sherbourne St
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210 m
120 Isabella St
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215 m
118 Isabella St
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217 m
30 Huntley St
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221 m
32 Huntley St
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222 m
116 Isabella St
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223 m
601 Sherbourne St
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227 m
114 Isabella St
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230 m
132 Homewood Ave
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231 m
34 Huntley St
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232 m
25 Howard St
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232 m
112 Isabella St
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235 m
38 Huntley St
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237 m
40 Huntley St
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238 m
200 Wellesley St E
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247 m
WELLESLEY ST E / From: HOMEWOOD AVE (TO) / To: SHERBOURNE ST
Scheduled Construction
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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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540 Sherbourne St in Toronto has 1 building permit on record dating back to 2009, most recently on August 19, 2009.