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685 Queen St W

City of Toronto

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Has this property been altered?
7 building permits on record since 1990, most recently Oct 14, 2020.
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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?
46 active construction records within 250 m of this address.
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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

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  1. 2020

    3 filings
    View permits (3)

    1. Oct 14, 2020

      Plumbing - Proposal for interior alterations for a personal service shop.

    2. Oct 14, 2020

      HVAC - Proposal for interior alterations for a personal service shop.

    3. Oct 14, 2020

      Proposal for interior alterations for a personal service shop. $20K

  2. 2013

    3 filings
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    1. Apr 12, 2013

      Plumbing - Proposal for interior alterations to existing retail space to con...

    2. Apr 12, 2013

      HVAC - Proposal for interior alterations to existing retail space to convert...

    3. Apr 12, 2013

      Proposal for interior alterations to existing retail space to convert to rest... $215K

  3. 1990

    1 filing
    View permits (1)

    1. Mar 5, 1990

      INSTALL FIXTURES:- 2ND. FL:- 2 W.B., 5 W.C., 1 URINAL, 1 BAR SINK BP 296036 -... $4K

Nearby Construction

Within 250 m

Active and recent construction within 250 m of this address.

60 locations shown

  • 1

    679 Queen St W

    Renovation
    17 m
  • 2

    691 Queen St W

    Renovation
    19 m
  • 3

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

    Scheduled Construction
    28 m
  • 4

    701 Queen St W

    Committee of Adjustment
    45 m
  • 5

    701 Queen St W

    New Build Renovation Demolition
    47 m
  • 6

    168 Bathurst St

    Renovation
    67 m
  • 7

    632 Queen St W

    Renovation
    73 m
  • 8

    627 Richmond St W

    Demolition
    80 m
  • 9

    670 Richmond St W

    Renovation
    81 m
  • 10

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

    Scheduled Construction
    81 m
  • 11

    625 Richmond St W

    Demolition
    82 m
  • 12

    623 Richmond St W

    Demolition
    84 m
  • 13

    627 Richmond St W

    Zoning Changes
    87 m
  • 14

    623 Richmond St W

    Zoning Changes
    88 m
  • 15

    625 Richmond St W

    Zoning Changes
    88 m
  • 16

    627 Richmond St W

    Zoning Changes
    92 m
  • 17

    625 Richmond St W

    Zoning Changes
    95 m
  • 18

    621 Richmond St W

    Zoning Changes
    95 m
  • 19

    164 Bathurst St

    Zoning Changes
    98 m
  • 20

    162 Bathurst St

    Zoning Changes
    108 m
  • 21

    160 Bathurst St

    Zoning Changes
    111 m
  • 22

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

    Scheduled Construction
    111 m
  • 23

    194 Bathurst St

    Renovation
    113 m
  • 24

    158 Bathurst St

    Zoning Changes
    113 m
  • 25

    671 Richmond St W

    Renovation
    115 m
  • 26

    158 Bathurst St

    Zoning Changes
    118 m
  • 27

    156 Bathurst St

    Zoning Changes
    121 m
  • 28

    154 Bathurst St

    Zoning Changes
    126 m
  • 29

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

    Scheduled Construction
    126 m
  • 30

    677 Richmond St W

    Renovation ×2
    127 m
  • 31

    152 Bathurst St

    Zoning Changes
    129 m
  • 32

    130 Wolseley St

    Renovation ×3
    134 m
  • 33

    152 Bathurst St

    Renovation
    135 m
  • 34

    130 Wolseley St

    Committee of Adjustment
    136 m
  • 35

    157 Wolseley St

    Committee of Adjustment
    142 m
  • 36

    735 Queen St W

    Renovation
    147 m
  • 37

    2 addresses at this point

    Scheduled Construction ×2
    148 m
  • 38

    566 Queen St W

    Renovation
    153 m
  • 39

    147 Bathurst St

    Renovation
    155 m
  • 40

    660 Queen St W

    Renovation
    157 m
  • 41

    560 Queen St W

    Renovation
    158 m
  • 42

    145 Bathurst St

    Demolition
    159 m
  • 43

    143 Bathurst St

    Demolition
    163 m
  • 44

    662 Queen St W

    Renovation
    164 m
  • 45

    9 Palmerston Ave

    Renovation
    169 m
  • 46

    33 Markham St

    Renovation
    170 m
  • 47

    140 Bathurst St

    Renovation
    171 m
  • 48

    2 addresses at this point

    Renovation ×2
    173 m
  • 49

    552 Queen St W

    Renovation
    178 m
  • 50

    695 Richmond St W

    Renovation
    191 m
  • 51

    7 Robinson St

    Renovation ×2
    204 m
  • 52

    5 Robinson St

    Demolition
    204 m
  • 53

    694 Richmond St W

    Renovation
    209 m
  • 54

    555 Richmond St W

    Renovation ×3
    216 m
  • 55

    15 Euclid Ave

    New Build
    226 m
  • 56

    51 Robinson St

    Committee of Adjustment
    234 m
  • 57

    23 Mitchell Ave

    Renovation
    235 m
  • 58

    686 Queen St W

    Renovation
    238 m
  • 59

    686 Queen St W

    Committee of Adjustment
    241 m
  • 60

    59 Wolseley St

    Renovation
    245 m
2

New Build

36

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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685 Queen St W in Toronto has 7 building permits on record dating back to 1990, most recently on October 14, 2020.