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55 John St

City of Toronto

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Has this property been altered?
253 building permits on record since 1995, most recently Jun 16, 2026.
1 development application on file (Site Plan Approval), most recently filed Apr 24, 2025.
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Is work happening right now?
6 permits in active inspection on this property.
What’s the zoning here?
CR 7.8 (c4.5; r7.8) SS1 (x2313) · as of Feb 20, 2026
What could change around it?
30 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
  • 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.

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Building permit timeline

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

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  1. 2026

    8 filings · most recent June 2026
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  2. 2025

    3 filings
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    1. Apr 24, 2025

      Application

      Under Review

  3. 2024

    8 filings
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  4. 2023

    2 filings
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  5. 2022

    5 filings
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  1. 2021

    2 filings
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  2. 2020

    6 filings
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  3. 2019

    5 filings
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  4. 2018

    10 filings
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  5. 2017

    9 filings
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  6. 2016

    17 filings
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    1. Jan 21, 2016

  7. 2015

    17 filings
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  8. 2014

    15 filings
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  9. 2013

    20 filings
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  10. 2012

    20 filings
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  11. 2011

    19 filings
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  12. 2010

    16 filings
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  13. 2009

    19 filings
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  14. 2008

    9 filings
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  15. 2007

    5 filings
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  16. 2006

    16 filings
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  17. 2005

    7 filings
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  18. 2004

    3 filings
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  19. 2003

    6 filings
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  20. 2002

    5 filings
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    1. Jun 13, 2002

  21. 1995

    1 filing
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Nearby Construction

Within 250 m

Active and recent construction within 250 m of this address.

27 locations shown

  • 1

    2 addresses at this point

    Renovation ×34
    82 m
  • 2

    8 Mercer St

    Renovation ×3
    92 m
  • 3

    10 Mercer St

    Renovation
    95 m
  • 4

    299 King St W

    Renovation ×2
    100 m
  • 5

    276 King St W

    Zoning Changes
    102 m
  • 6

    15 Mercer St

    New Build
    114 m
  • 7

    350 King St W

    Renovation
    144 m
  • 8

    250 Wellington St W

    Renovation
    153 m
  • 9

    11 Ed Mirvish Way

    Committee of Adjustment
    167 m
  • 10

    263 Adelaide St W

    Committee of Adjustment
    192 m
  • 11

    263 Adelaide St W

    Renovation Demolition
    195 m
  • 12

    20 Duncan St

    Renovation
    198 m
  • 13

    36 Mercer St

    Renovation
    208 m
  • 14

    10 Widmer St

    Renovation
    214 m
  • 15

    19 Duncan St

    New Build Renovation ×3
    214 m
  • 16

    12 Widmer St

    Renovation
    216 m
  • 17

    14 Widmer St

    Renovation
    219 m
  • 18

    19 Duncan St

    Committee of Adjustment
    220 m
  • 19

    16 Widmer St

    Renovation
    221 m
  • 20

    18 Widmer St

    Renovation
    224 m
  • 21

    266 King St W

    Renovation
    225 m
  • 22

    20 Widmer St

    Renovation
    227 m
  • 23

    DUNCAN ST / From: ADELAIDE ST W / To: NELSON ST (TO)

    Scheduled Construction
    228 m
  • 24

    250 Front St W

    Renovation ×6
    229 m
  • 25

    155 Wellington St W

    Renovation ×15
    234 m
  • 26

    370 King St W

    Renovation ×2
    235 m
  • 27

    292 Adelaide St W

    Renovation
    241 m
2

New Build

79

Renovation

1

Demolition

3

Committee of Adjustment

1

Zoning Changes

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 John St in Toronto has 253 building permits on record dating back to 1995, most recently on June 16, 2026.