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70 Chester Ave

City of Toronto

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Has this property been altered?
6 building permits on record since 2019, most recently Aug 20, 2019.
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What’s the zoning here?
R (d0.6) (x312) · as of Feb 20, 2026
What could change around it?
30 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

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

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2019
  1. 2019

    6 filings
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Nearby Construction

Within 250 m

Active and recent construction within 250 m of this address.

39 locations shown

  • 1

    38 Chester Ave

    Renovation
    12 m
  • 2

    36 Chester Ave

    Renovation
    14 m
  • 3

    82 Chester Ave

    Committee of Adjustment
    34 m
  • 4

    49 Chester Ave

    Renovation ×3
    44 m
  • 5

    87 Chester Ave

    Renovation
    82 m
  • 6

    40 Chester Ave

    Committee of Adjustment
    82 m
  • 7

    22 Chester Ave

    Renovation
    87 m
  • 8

    36 Chester Ave

    Committee of Adjustment
    89 m
  • 9

    48 Jackman Ave

    Renovation
    99 m
  • 10

    52 Playter Cres

    Renovation
    100 m
  • 11

    52 Jackman Ave

    Renovation
    103 m
  • 12

    46 Playter Cres

    Committee of Adjustment
    130 m
  • 13

    36 Arundel Ave

    New Build Renovation Demolition
    133 m
  • 14

    79 Jackman Ave

    Renovation
    136 m
  • 15

    66 Jackman Ave

    Renovation
    139 m
  • 16

    113 Chester Ave

    Committee of Adjustment
    139 m
  • 17

    19 Playter Blvd

    Renovation
    144 m
  • 18

    23 Playter Blvd

    Renovation
    147 m
  • 19

    68 Jackman Ave

    Committee of Adjustment
    148 m
  • 20

    113 Chester Ave

    New Build Renovation Demolition
    152 m
  • 21

    83 Arundel Ave

    Renovation
    160 m
  • 22

    85 Arundel Ave

    Renovation
    163 m
  • 23

    33 Playter Cres

    Renovation
    195 m
  • 24

    40 Playter Blvd

    Renovation ×2
    197 m
  • 25

    72 Chester Ave

    Renovation ×2
    197 m
  • 26

    40 Playter Blvd

    Committee of Adjustment
    201 m
  • 27

    412 Danforth Ave

    Committee of Adjustment
    204 m
  • 28

    402 Danforth Ave

    Renovation
    205 m
  • 29

    412 Danforth Ave

    Renovation
    210 m
  • 30

    109 Arundel Ave

    Renovation
    215 m
  • 31

    HAMPTON AVE / From: GARNOCK AVE / To: DANFORTH AVE

    Scheduled Construction
    217 m
  • 32

    948 Logan Ave

    Renovation
    222 m
  • 33

    446 Danforth Ave

    Renovation
    237 m
  • 34

    976 Logan Ave

    Renovation
    237 m
  • 35

    440 Danforth Ave

    Renovation
    238 m
  • 36

    411 Danforth Ave

    Renovation
    239 m
  • 37

    345 Danforth Ave

    Renovation
    242 m
  • 38

    PLAYTER BLVD / From: HURNDALE AVE / To: PLAYTER CRES

    Scheduled Construction
    249 m
  • 39

    PLAYTER CRES / From: BAYFIELD CRES / To: [S] PLAYTER BLVD [LEG]

    Scheduled Construction
    249 m
2

New Build

32

Renovation

2

Demolition

8

Committee of Adjustment

3

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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70 Chester Ave in Toronto has 6 building permits on record dating back to 2019, most recently on August 20, 2019.