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688 Dufferin St

City of Toronto

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Has this property been altered?
1 building permit on record since 2009, most recently Apr 23, 2009.
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What’s the zoning here?
R (d1.0) (x810) · as of Feb 20, 2026
What could change around it?
24 active construction records within 250 m of this address.
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  • Flood plain & conservation regulation (TRCA)
  • Heritage Register status
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  • 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.

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Building permit timeline

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

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2009
  1. 2009

    1 filing
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    1. Apr 23, 2009

Nearby Construction

Within 250 m

Active and recent construction within 250 m of this address.

26 locations shown

  • 1

    699 Dufferin St

    Renovation
    48 m
  • 2

    2 Fisher St

    Renovation
    51 m
  • 3

    1105 College St

    Renovation
    120 m
  • 4

    646 Dufferin St

    Committee of Adjustment
    130 m
  • 5

    282 Gladstone Ave

    Committee of Adjustment
    151 m
  • 6

    172 Sheridan Ave

    Renovation
    159 m
  • 7

    1158 College St

    Renovation
    175 m
  • 8

    1504 Dundas St W

    Renovation
    177 m
  • 9

    744 Dufferin St

    Renovation
    179 m
  • 10

    1498 Dundas St W

    Committee of Adjustment
    182 m
  • 11

    340 Gladstone Ave

    Renovation
    220 m
  • 12

    1049 College St

    Renovation
    222 m
  • 13

    342 Gladstone Ave

    Renovation
    226 m
  • 14

    1559 Dundas St W

    Renovation
    227 m
  • 15

    1047 College St

    Committee of Adjustment
    228 m
  • 16

    755 Dufferin St

    Renovation
    229 m
  • 17

    1576 Dundas St W

    Renovation
    229 m
  • 18

    63 Moutray St

    Renovation
    233 m
  • 19

    757 Dufferin St

    Renovation
    234 m
  • 20

    FEDERAL ST / From: [80 m S] DUNDAS ST W [END] / To: DUNDAS ST W

    Scheduled Construction
    234 m
  • 21

    1481 Dundas St W

    Renovation
    235 m
  • 22

    24 Langemark Ave

    Renovation
    235 m
  • 23

    1580 Dundas St W

    Renovation
    235 m
  • 24

    1456 Dundas St W

    Renovation
    239 m
  • 25

    1039 College St

    Renovation
    249 m
  • 26

    39 Lindsey Ave

    Renovation
    250 m
21

Renovation

4

Committee of Adjustment

1

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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688 Dufferin St in Toronto has 1 building permit on record dating back to 2009, most recently on April 23, 2009.