56 The Esplanade
City of Toronto
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- Has this property been altered?
- 41 building permits on record since 1998, most recently Apr 30, 2026. View building permit timeline
- Is work happening right now?
- 7 permits in active inspection on this property.
- 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.
- CR 4.0 (c3.0; r4.0) SS1 (x1824) · as of Feb 20, 2026
- What could change around it?
- 29 active construction records within 250 m of this address. View nearby construction
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- Building permits
- Zoning by-law designation
- Property boundaries (parcel)
- Planning & environmental constraints
- Flood plain & conservation regulation (TRCA)
- Heritage Register status
- 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
Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Toronto.
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.
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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2026
5 filings · most recent April 2026View permits (5) Hide permits
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Jan 7, 2026
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2025
4 filingsView permits (4) Hide permits
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Aug 5, 2025
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2024
5 filingsView permits (5) Hide permits
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Sep 27, 2024
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2023
5 filingsView permits (5) Hide permits
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2021
1 filingView permits (1) Hide permits
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2019
2 filingsView permits (2) Hide permits
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Aug 19, 2019
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2018
4 filingsView permits (4) Hide permits
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May 22, 2018
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Apr 13, 2018
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2017
8 filingsView permits (8) Hide permits
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2012
1 filingView permits (1) Hide permits
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2011
1 filingView permits (1) Hide permits
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2009
1 filingView permits (1) Hide permits
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Nov 13, 2009
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2007
1 filingView permits (1) Hide permits
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2001
1 filingView permits (1) Hide permits
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1999
1 filingView permits (1) Hide permits
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1998
1 filingView permits (1) Hide permits
Nearby Construction
Within 250 mActive and recent construction within 250 m of this address.
34 locations shown
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29 m
2 addresses at this point
Scheduled Construction ×2 -
2
47 m
70 The Esplanade
Renovation -
3
52 m
75 The Esplanade
Renovation -
4
56 m
38 The Esplanade
Renovation -
5
56 m
6 Church St
Renovation -
6
63 m
CHURCH ST / From: THE ESPLANADE / To: FRONT ST E
Scheduled Construction -
7
64 m
CHURCH ST / From: WILTON ST / To: THE ESPLANADE
Scheduled Construction -
8
88 m
37 Front St E
Renovation ×2 -
9
109 m
FARQUHARS LANE / From: THE ESPLANADE / To: FRONT ST E
Scheduled Construction -
10
122 m
2 Church St
Renovation -
11
138 m
95 The Esplanade
Renovation -
12
145 m
35 Wellington St E
Renovation ×2 -
13
148 m
25 The Esplanade
Renovation ×6 -
14
149 m
65 Front St E
Renovation -
15
153 m
2 addresses at this point
Scheduled Construction ×2 -
16
158 m
42 Wellington St E
Renovation -
17
159 m
40 Wellington St E
Renovation -
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169 m
1 Front St E
Renovation ×5 -
19
171 m
47 Colborne St
Renovation ×2 -
20
171 m
71 Front St E
Renovation ×3 -
21
172 m
30 Wellington St E
Renovation -
22
174 m
33 Yonge St
Renovation ×19 -
23
189 m
2 addresses at this point
Scheduled Construction ×2 -
24
193 m
115 The Esplanade
Renovation -
25
196 m
26 Wellington St E
Renovation ×2 -
26
209 m
8 Market St
Renovation -
27
224 m
4 Front St E
Renovation ×2 -
28
225 m
COLBORNE ST / From: SCOTT ST / To: LEADER LANE
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29
225 m
LEADER LANE / From: COLBORNE ST / To: KING ST E
Scheduled Construction -
30
226 m
20 Wellington St E
Committee of Adjustment -
31
227 m
35 Church St
Renovation -
32
227 m
20 Wellington St E
Committee of Adjustment -
33
231 m
5 Market St
Renovation -
34
232 m
87 Front St E
Renovation
Renovation
Committee of Adjustment
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.
Nearby active addresses
Direct next steps for exploration.
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70 The Esplanade
61m4 recent · 30 total
Office · 4 filings in the last 12 months, latest Oct 2025
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37 Front St E
103m4 recent · 12 total
Office · 4 filings in the last 12 months, latest May 2026
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6 Church St
75m2 recent · 10 total
Medical · 2 filings in the last 12 months, latest Mar 2021
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2 Church St
108m2 recent · 15 total
2 filings in the last 12 months, latest Oct 2025
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55 The Esplanade
21m1 recent · 11 total
1 filing in the last 12 months, latest Sep 2025
56 The Esplanade in Toronto has 41 building permits on record dating back to 1998, most recently on April 30, 2026.