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56 York St

City of Toronto

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Has this property been altered?
4 building permits on record since 2003, most recently Jul 29, 2005.
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What’s the zoning here?
CR 12.0 (c8.0; r11.7) SS1 (x2333) · as of Feb 20, 2026
What could change around it?
32 active construction records within 250 m of this address.
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  • 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.

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Building permit timeline

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

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2003
2004
2005

  1. 2005

    1 filing
    View permits (1)

    1. Jul 29, 2005

      Maintain existing enclosed space on second floor for DSR; refer to #04-173323...

  2. 2003

    3 filings
    View permits (3)

    1. Aug 19, 2003

      install new HVAC system with kitchen exhaust.

    2. Jul 30, 2003

      install new plumbing fixtures. See fixture schedule attached. Also: install...

    3. Jun 27, 2003

      Make interior alterations to ground floor entrance area and second floor for... $100K

Nearby Construction

Within 250 m

Active and recent construction within 250 m of this address.

31 locations shown

  • 1

    40 York St

    Renovation
    14 m
  • 2

    60 York St

    Renovation
    19 m
  • 3

    1 University Ave

    Renovation ×7
    32 m
  • 4

    33 University Ave

    Renovation ×6
    41 m
  • 5

    55 York St

    Renovation ×7
    51 m
  • 6

    70 York St

    Renovation ×17
    82 m
  • 7

    95 Wellington St W

    Renovation ×11
    88 m
  • 8

    55 University Ave

    Renovation ×18
    99 m
  • 9

    40 University Ave

    Renovation ×6
    105 m
  • 10

    144 Front St W

    Renovation
    111 m
  • 11

    142 Front St W

    Renovation
    115 m
  • 12

    100 Wellington St W

    Renovation ×6
    126 m
  • 13

    100 Front St W

    Renovation ×4
    130 m
  • 14

    149 Front St W

    Renovation
    132 m
  • 15

    123 Front St W

    Renovation ×11
    132 m
  • 16

    70 University Ave

    Renovation ×3
    146 m
  • 17

    160 Front St W

    Renovation ×7
    147 m
  • 18

    79 Wellington St W

    Renovation ×12
    161 m
  • 19

    145 King St W

    Renovation ×35
    165 m
  • 20

    145 Wellington St W

    Renovation ×3
    169 m
  • 21

    121 King St W

    Renovation ×29
    177 m
  • 22

    66 Wellington St W

    Renovation ×19
    177 m
  • 23

    151 Front St W

    Renovation
    181 m
  • 24

    180 Wellington St W

    Renovation ×2
    182 m
  • 25

    100 University Ave

    Renovation ×2
    186 m
  • 26

    71 Simcoe St

    Renovation ×2
    196 m
  • 27

    174 Front St W

    Renovation ×3
    196 m
  • 28

    77 King St W

    Renovation ×21
    220 m
  • 29

    71 Front St W

    Renovation ×5
    226 m
  • 30

    18 D York St

    Renovation ×2
    226 m
  • 31

    150 King St W

    Renovation ×17
    227 m
261

Renovation

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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56 York St in Toronto has 4 building permits on record dating back to 2003, most recently on July 29, 2005.