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656 College St

City of Toronto

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Has this property been altered?
4 building permits on record since 1996, most recently Jul 30, 2003.
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Any unresolved orders on file?
1 open order/violation record on file.
What’s the zoning here?
CR 3.0 (c1.0; r2.5) SS2 (x2437) · as of Feb 20, 2026
What could change around it?
38 active construction records within 250 m of this address.
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  • Development applications
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  • Local Appeal Body appeals
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  • Liquor licences

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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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1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
  1. 2003

    2 filings
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  2. 2002

    1 filing
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  3. 1996

    1 filing
    View permits (1)

Nearby Construction

Within 250 m

Active and recent construction within 250 m of this address.

42 locations shown

  • 1

    652 College St

    Renovation
    17 m
  • 2

    646 College St

    Committee of Adjustment
    32 m
  • 3

    665 College St

    Renovation ×2
    35 m
  • 4

    646 College St

    Renovation
    36 m
  • 5

    644 College St

    Committee of Adjustment
    39 m
  • 6

    166 Grace St

    Renovation
    48 m
  • 7

    667 College St

    Renovation
    48 m
  • 8

    2 addresses at this point

    Scheduled Construction ×2
    55 m
  • 9

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

    Scheduled Construction
    56 m
  • 10

    171 Beatrice St

    Renovation
    57 m
  • 11

    173 Beatrice St

    Renovation
    59 m
  • 12

    647 College St

    Renovation
    61 m
  • 13

    673 College St

    Renovation
    62 m
  • 14

    647 College St

    Committee of Adjustment
    67 m
  • 15

    151 Beatrice St

    Renovation
    93 m
  • 16

    686 College St

    Renovation
    93 m
  • 17

    Alan Borovoy Lane / From: [39.3 m E] GRACE ST (TO) / To: JERSEY AVE

    Scheduled Construction
    98 m
  • 18

    189 Beatrice St

    Committee of Adjustment
    105 m
  • 19

    189 Beatrice St

    Renovation
    110 m
  • 20

    637 College St

    Renovation
    115 m
  • 21

    192 Grace St

    Renovation
    116 m
  • 22

    171 Montrose Ave

    Renovation
    132 m
  • 23

    617 College St

    Renovation
    140 m
  • 24

    207 Beatrice St

    Renovation
    154 m
  • 25

    606 College St

    Renovation
    160 m
  • 26

    126 Grace St

    Renovation
    161 m
  • 27

    151 Montrose Ave

    Renovation
    167 m
  • 28

    601 College St

    Renovation
    184 m
  • 29

    46 Henderson Ave

    Renovation
    187 m
  • 30

    12 Sully Cres

    Committee of Adjustment
    198 m
  • 31

    102 Beatrice St

    Renovation
    206 m
  • 32

    594 College St

    Renovation
    214 m
  • 33

    34 Henderson Ave

    Renovation
    216 m
  • 34

    218 Montrose Ave

    Renovation ×2
    220 m
  • 35

    415 Crawford St

    Renovation
    223 m
  • 36

    49 Henderson Ave

    Renovation
    224 m
  • 37

    227 Grace St

    Renovation
    233 m
  • 38

    587 College St

    Renovation
    242 m
  • 39

    388 Crawford St

    Renovation ×2
    244 m
  • 40

    100 Beatrice St

    Committee of Adjustment
    244 m
  • 41

    371 Crawford St

    Renovation
    247 m
  • 42

    27 Clinton St

    Renovation
    248 m
36

Renovation

6

Committee of Adjustment

4

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

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656 College St in Toronto has 4 building permits on record dating back to 1996, most recently on July 30, 2003.