720 Bay St
City of Toronto
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- Has this property been altered?
- 83 building permits on record since 1987, most recently Aug 4, 2023. View building permit timeline
- What’s the zoning here? Not an official zoning verification. CanPermits maps this from the city’s published open zoning data — confirm the zoning with the municipality or a planner.
- CR 7.8 (c2.0; r7.8) SS1 (x2198) · as of Feb 20, 2026
- What could change around it?
- 32 active construction records within 250 m of this address. View nearby construction
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Sources we check for every address (25 data sources)
- Building permits
- Zoning by-law designation
- Property boundaries (parcel)
- Planning & environmental constraints
- Flood plain & conservation regulation (TRCA)
- Heritage Register status
- Building footprint & massing
- 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.
Building permit timeline
Year-grouped permit history. Permits collapse under each year.
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Building permit timeline
Year-grouped permit history. Permits collapse under each year.
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2023
1 filingView permits (1) Hide permits
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2020
2 filingsView permits (2) Hide permits
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2018
5 filingsView permits (5) Hide permits
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2017
2 filingsView permits (2) Hide permits
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Aug 30, 2017
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May 8, 2017
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2016
3 filingsView permits (3) Hide permits
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2015
2 filingsView permits (2) Hide permits
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Apr 21, 2015
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2014
4 filingsView permits (4) Hide permits
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2013
10 filingsView permits (10) Hide permits
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2012
5 filingsView permits (5) Hide permits
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2011
3 filingsView permits (3) Hide permits
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2010
5 filingsView permits (5) Hide permits
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2009
4 filingsView permits (4) Hide permits
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2008
11 filingsView permits (11) Hide permits
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Aug 15, 2008
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Feb 14, 2008
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2007
4 filingsView permits (4) Hide permits
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Jun 13, 2007
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Jun 13, 2007
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2006
5 filingsView permits (5) Hide permits
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Oct 4, 2006
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Mar 17, 2006
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2005
3 filingsView permits (3) Hide permits
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May 12, 2005
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2003
3 filingsView permits (3) Hide permits
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Mar 20, 2003
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2002
4 filingsView permits (4) Hide permits
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1998
2 filingsView permits (2) Hide permits
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1997
4 filingsView permits (4) Hide permits
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1987
1 filingView permits (1) Hide permits
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Dec 2, 1987
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Nearby Construction
Within 250 mActive and recent construction within 250 m of this address.
31 locations shown
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1
40 m
76 Gerrard St W
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2
51 m
68 Gerrard St W
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3
79 m
700 Bay St
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4
94 m
2 addresses at this point
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5
96 m
761 Bay St
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105 m
ELIZABETH ST (TO) / From: WALTON ST / To: GERRARD ST W
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7
108 m
3 addresses at this point
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8
115 m
686 Bay St
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9
117 m
44 Gerrard St W
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10
128 m
112 Elizabeth St
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11
129 m
201 Elizabeth St
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12
134 m
ELIZABETH ST (TO) / From: ELM ST / To: WALTON ST
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13
150 m
175 Elizabeth St
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14
173 m
655 Bay St
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15
180 m
420 Yonge St
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16
187 m
790 Bay St
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17
195 m
33 Gerrard St W
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18
200 m
170 Elizabeth St
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19
204 m
777 Bay St
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20
206 m
384 Yonge St
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21
206 m
67 Elm St
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22
207 m
63 Elm St
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23
208 m
59 Elm St
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24
208 m
ELIZABETH ST (TO) / From: EDWARD ST / To: ELM ST
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25
209 m
65 Elm St
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26
210 m
61 Elm St
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27
210 m
57 Elm St
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28
211 m
55 Elm St
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29
214 m
150 Gerrard St W
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30
242 m
101 College St
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243 m
ELIZABETH ST (TO) / From: COLLEGE ST (TO) / To: GRENVILLE ST
Scheduled Construction
Renovation
Zoning Changes
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
Direct next steps for exploration.
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68 Gerrard St W
51m4 recent · 14 total
Restaurant · 4 filings in the last 12 months, latest Nov 2025
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761 Bay St
95m3 recent · 27 total
Restaurant · 3 filings in the last 12 months, latest Oct 2025
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401 Bay St
107m7 recent · 284 total
Office · 7 filings in the last 12 months, latest Oct 2025
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686 Bay St
116m3 recent · 62 total
Institutional · 3 filings in the last 12 months, latest Feb 2026
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700 Bay St
79m1 recent · 194 total
Office · 1 filing in the last 12 months, latest Jul 2025
720 Bay St in Toronto has 83 building permits on record dating back to 1987, most recently on August 4, 2023.