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55 Emerson Ave

City of Toronto

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Has this property been altered?
2 building permits on record since 1974, most recently Feb 21, 2003.
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What’s the zoning here?
R (d0.6) (x740) · as of Feb 20, 2026
What could change around it?
18 active construction records within 250 m of this address.
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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.

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Building permit timeline

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

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  1. 2003

    1 filing
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  2. 1974

    1 filing
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    1. Oct 28, 1974

      Unknown $900

Nearby Construction

Within 250 m

Active and recent construction within 250 m of this address.

24 locations shown

  • 1

    57 Emerson Ave

    Committee of Adjustment
    6 m
  • 2

    49 Emerson Ave

    Renovation
    20 m
  • 3

    428 Margueretta St

    Committee of Adjustment
    72 m
  • 4

    407 Margueretta St

    Renovation
    79 m
  • 5

    384 Margueretta St

    Renovation
    80 m
  • 6

    417 Margueretta St

    Renovation
    84 m
  • 7

    491 St Clarens Ave

    Renovation
    116 m
  • 8

    447 Margueretta St

    Renovation ×2
    137 m
  • 9

    449 Margueretta St

    Renovation
    142 m
  • 10

    695 Brock Ave

    Renovation
    175 m
  • 11

    111 Emerson Ave

    Committee of Adjustment
    177 m
  • 12

    728 Brock Ave

    Renovation
    181 m
  • 13

    659 Brock Ave

    Renovation
    181 m
  • 14

    763 Lansdowne Ave

    Committee of Adjustment
    187 m
  • 15

    472 Margueretta St

    Renovation
    205 m
  • 16

    1240 Bloor St W

    Renovation
    211 m
  • 17

    479 Margueretta St

    Renovation
    218 m
  • 18

    MARGUERETTA ST / From: COLLEGE ST (TO) / To: BLOOR ST W

    Scheduled Construction
    219 m
  • 19

    64 Pauline Ave

    Renovation
    220 m
  • 20

    748 Brock Ave

    Renovation
    223 m
  • 21

    568 St Clarens Ave

    Renovation
    223 m
  • 22

    750 Brock Ave

    Committee of Adjustment
    228 m
  • 23

    1286 Bloor St W

    Renovation
    234 m
  • 24

    1197 Bloor St W

    Renovation ×2
    249 m
20

Renovation

5

Committee of Adjustment

1

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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55 Emerson Ave in Toronto has 2 building permits on record dating back to 1974, most recently on February 21, 2003.