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679 Queen St W

City of Toronto

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Has this property been altered?
7 building permits on record since 2005, most recently Sep 23, 2025.
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What’s the zoning here?
CR 3.0 (c1.5; r2.5) SS2 (x1770) · as of Feb 20, 2026
What could change around it?
44 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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  1. 2025

    4 filings
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  2. 2005

    3 filings
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Nearby Construction

Within 250 m

Active and recent construction within 250 m of this address.

60 locations shown (nearest 60 of 64)

  • 1

    691 Queen St W

    Renovation
    26 m
  • 2

    MARKHAM ST / From: QUEEN ST W / To: WILLIS ST

    Scheduled Construction
    29 m
  • 3

    701 Queen St W

    Committee of Adjustment
    55 m
  • 4

    701 Queen St W

    New Build Renovation Demolition
    56 m
  • 5

    168 Bathurst St

    Renovation
    64 m
  • 6

    MARKHAM ST / From: WILLIS ST / To: [W] WOLSELEY ST [BRANCH]

    Scheduled Construction
    76 m
  • 7

    632 Queen St W

    Renovation
    78 m
  • 8

    627 Richmond St W

    Demolition
    85 m
  • 9

    625 Richmond St W

    Demolition
    86 m
  • 10

    623 Richmond St W

    Demolition
    88 m
  • 11

    623 Richmond St W

    Zoning Changes
    90 m
  • 12

    625 Richmond St W

    Zoning Changes
    91 m
  • 13

    627 Richmond St W

    Zoning Changes
    91 m
  • 14

    670 Richmond St W

    Renovation
    93 m
  • 15

    627 Richmond St W

    Zoning Changes
    94 m
  • 16

    621 Richmond St W

    Zoning Changes
    96 m
  • 17

    625 Richmond St W

    Zoning Changes
    96 m
  • 18

    164 Bathurst St

    Zoning Changes
    98 m
  • 19

    14 Markham St

    Renovation
    99 m
  • 20

    194 Bathurst St

    Renovation
    101 m
  • 21

    MARKHAM ST / From: [W] WOLSELEY ST [BRANCH] / To: [E] WOLSELEY ST [BRANCH]

    Scheduled Construction
    105 m
  • 22

    162 Bathurst St

    Zoning Changes
    110 m
  • 23

    160 Bathurst St

    Zoning Changes
    112 m
  • 24

    158 Bathurst St

    Zoning Changes
    114 m
  • 25

    158 Bathurst St

    Zoning Changes
    120 m
  • 26

    MARKHAM ST / From: [E] WOLSELEY ST [BRANCH] / To: ROBINSON ST

    Scheduled Construction
    120 m
  • 27

    156 Bathurst St

    Zoning Changes
    123 m
  • 28

    130 Wolseley St

    Renovation ×3
    126 m
  • 29

    671 Richmond St W

    Renovation
    127 m
  • 30

    154 Bathurst St

    Zoning Changes
    128 m
  • 31

    130 Wolseley St

    Committee of Adjustment
    129 m
  • 32

    152 Bathurst St

    Zoning Changes
    131 m
  • 33

    152 Bathurst St

    Renovation
    136 m
  • 34

    2 addresses at this point

    Scheduled Construction ×2
    136 m
  • 35

    677 Richmond St W

    Renovation ×2
    139 m
  • 36

    566 Queen St W

    Renovation
    142 m
  • 37

    157 Wolseley St

    Committee of Adjustment
    144 m
  • 38

    560 Queen St W

    Renovation
    147 m
  • 39

    147 Bathurst St

    Renovation
    154 m
  • 40

    735 Queen St W

    Renovation
    156 m
  • 41

    145 Bathurst St

    Demolition
    158 m
  • 42

    143 Bathurst St

    Demolition
    162 m
  • 43

    625 Queen St W

    Renovation
    162 m
  • 44

    33 Markham St

    Renovation
    163 m
  • 45

    623-625 Queen St W

    Renovation
    165 m
  • 46

    660 Queen St W

    Renovation
    166 m
  • 47

    552 Queen St W

    Renovation
    167 m
  • 48

    9 Palmerston Ave

    Renovation
    170 m
  • 49

    662 Queen St W

    Renovation
    172 m
  • 50

    11 1/2 Palmerston Ave

    New Build
    172 m
  • 51

    140 Bathurst St

    Renovation
    175 m
  • 52

    7 Robinson St

    Renovation ×2
    195 m
  • 53

    5 Robinson St

    Demolition
    195 m
  • 54

    690 Richmond St W

    Renovation
    198 m
  • 55

    695 Richmond St W

    Renovation
    203 m
  • 56

    555 Richmond St W

    Renovation ×3
    211 m
  • 57

    694 Richmond St W

    Renovation
    220 m
  • 58

    15 Euclid Ave

    New Build
    233 m
  • 59

    59 Wolseley St

    Renovation
    233 m
  • 60

    51 Robinson St

    Committee of Adjustment
    234 m
3

New Build

38

Renovation

7

Demolition

5

Committee of Adjustment

14

Zoning Changes

6

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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679 Queen St W in Toronto has 7 building permits on record dating back to 2005, most recently on September 23, 2025.