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551 Shaw St

City of Toronto

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Has this property been altered?
5 building permits on record since 2011, most recently Sep 23, 2011.
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What’s the zoning here?
R (d0.6) (x735) · as of Feb 20, 2026
What could change around it?
23 active construction records within 250 m of this address.
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Building permit timeline

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

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2011

  1. 2011

    5 filings
    View permits (5)

    1. Sep 23, 2011

      HVAC - Proposal to demolish interior (all floors) and construct new exterior...

    2. Sep 7, 2011

      Proposal to demolish interior (all floors) and construct new exterior third f... $250K

    3. Sep 7, 2011

      Plumbing - Proposal to demolish interior (all floors) and construct new exter...

    4. Apr 4, 2011

      Proposal to replace the underground drains in an existing SFD-detached dwelling. $3K

    5. Apr 4, 2011

      Proposal to install fixtures in the basement of existing SFD-detached dwellin... $5K

Nearby Construction

Within 250 m

Active and recent construction within 250 m of this address.

40 locations shown

  • 1

    555 Shaw St

    Committee of Adjustment
    17 m
  • 2

    561 Shaw St

    Renovation ×2
    24 m
  • 3

    541 Shaw St

    Renovation
    34 m
  • 4

    561 Shaw St

    Committee of Adjustment
    35 m
  • 5

    539 Shaw St

    Renovation
    40 m
  • 6

    535 Shaw St

    Renovation
    51 m
  • 7

    492 Crawford St

    Committee of Adjustment
    70 m
  • 8

    570 Shaw St

    Renovation ×2
    80 m
  • 9

    585 Shaw St

    Renovation
    93 m
  • 10

    585 Shaw St

    Committee of Adjustment
    95 m
  • 11

    587 Shaw St

    Renovation
    99 m
  • 12

    DEWSON ST / From: CRAWFORD ST / To: SHAW ST

    Scheduled Construction
    111 m
  • 13

    DEWSON ST / From: SHAW ST / To: ROXTON RD

    Scheduled Construction
    116 m
  • 14

    456 Crawford St

    Renovation ×2
    142 m
  • 15

    324 Roxton Rd

    Renovation
    153 m
  • 16

    324 Montrose Ave

    Renovation ×2
    155 m
  • 17

    320 Roxton Rd

    Renovation
    155 m
  • 18

    557 Crawford St

    Renovation
    156 m
  • 19

    318 Roxton Rd

    Renovation
    157 m
  • 20

    324 Roxton Rd

    Committee of Adjustment
    158 m
  • 21

    324 Montrose Ave

    Committee of Adjustment
    159 m
  • 22

    281 Montrose Ave

    Renovation ×2
    166 m
  • 23

    HARBORD ST / From: CRAWFORD ST / To: SHAW ST

    Scheduled Construction
    166 m
  • 24

    HARBORD ST / From: SHAW ST / To: ROXTON RD

    Scheduled Construction
    168 m
  • 25

    12 Dewson St

    Renovation
    171 m
  • 26

    HARBORD ST / From: MONTROSE AVE / To: CRAWFORD ST

    Scheduled Construction
    180 m
  • 27

    259 Montrose Ave

    Renovation
    184 m
  • 28

    257 Montrose Ave

    Renovation
    186 m
  • 29

    626 Shaw St

    Renovation
    205 m
  • 30

    432 Crawford St

    Renovation ×2
    207 m
  • 31

    HARBORD ST / From: ROXTON RD / To: OSSINGTON AVE

    Scheduled Construction
    212 m
  • 32

    BEATRICE ST / From: COLLEGE ST (TO) / To: NORTH BEATRICE ST

    Scheduled Construction
    224 m
  • 33

    519 Ossington Ave

    Renovation
    229 m
  • 34

    423 Roxton Rd

    Renovation
    232 m
  • 35

    360 Montrose Ave

    Committee of Adjustment ×2
    232 m
  • 36

    HARBORD ST / From: GRACE ST (TO) / To: MONTROSE AVE

    Scheduled Construction
    235 m
  • 37

    513 Ossington Ave

    Renovation ×2
    236 m
  • 38

    218 Montrose Ave

    Renovation ×2
    241 m
  • 39

    271 Beatrice St

    Renovation
    244 m
  • 40

    269 Beatrice St

    Renovation
    245 m
33

Renovation

8

Committee of Adjustment

8

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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551 Shaw St in Toronto has 5 building permits on record dating back to 2011, most recently on September 23, 2011.