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8 Mercer St

City of Toronto

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Has this property been altered?
23 building permits on record since 2016, most recently May 15, 2026.
1 development application on file (Official Plan & Zoning By-law Amendment), most recently filed Mar 31, 2008.
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What could change around it?
38 active development records within 250 m of this address.
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  • 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.

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Building permit timeline

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

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  1. 2026

    1 filing · most recent May 2026
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  2. 2025

    3 filings
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  3. 2024

    6 filings
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  4. 2017

    3 filings
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  5. 2016

    7 filings
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  1. 2008

    1 filing
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    1. Mar 31, 2008

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Nearby Development

Within 250 m

Active and recent development within 250 m of this address.

32 locations shown

  • 1

    10 Mercer St

    Renovation
    11 m
  • 2

    15 Mercer St

    New Build
    37 m
  • 3

    299 King St W

    Renovation ×2
    41 m
  • 4

    250 Wellington St W

    Renovation
    84 m
  • 5

    55 John St

    Development Permits
    84 m
  • 6

    55 John St

    Renovation ×6
    96 m
  • 7

    350 King St W

    Renovation
    100 m
  • 8

    36 Mercer St

    Renovation
    124 m
  • 9

    10 Widmer St

    Renovation
    156 m
  • 10

    12 Widmer St

    Renovation
    159 m
  • 11

    276 King St W

    Zoning Changes
    161 m
  • 12

    2 addresses at this point

    Renovation ×34
    162 m
  • 13

    370 King St W

    Renovation ×2
    162 m
  • 14

    14 Widmer St

    Renovation
    163 m
  • 15

    16 Widmer St

    Renovation
    166 m
  • 16

    18 Widmer St

    Renovation
    170 m
  • 17

    20 Widmer St

    Renovation
    173 m
  • 18

    277 Wellington St W

    Committee of Adjustment
    195 m
  • 19

    40 Blue Jays Way

    Renovation
    199 m
  • 20

    320 Front St W

    Renovation
    203 m
  • 21

    357 King St W

    Renovation
    205 m
  • 22

    30 Widmer St

    Renovation
    213 m
  • 23

    263 Adelaide St W

    Committee of Adjustment
    214 m
  • 24

    263 Adelaide St W

    Renovation Demolition
    217 m
  • 25

    292 Adelaide St W

    Renovation
    222 m
  • 26

    87 Peter St

    Renovation
    229 m
  • 27

    11 Ed Mirvish Way

    Committee of Adjustment
    231 m
  • 28

    320 Front St W

    Zoning Changes
    234 m
  • 29

    266 King St W

    Renovation
    239 m
  • 30

    312 Adelaide St W

    Renovation ×4
    240 m
  • 31

    20 Duncan St

    Renovation
    241 m
  • 32

    400 King St W

    New Build Renovation
    242 m
2

New Build

68

Renovation

1

Demolition

1

Development Permits

3

Committee of Adjustment

2

Zoning Changes

Development 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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8 Mercer St in Toronto has 23 building permits on record dating back to 2016, most recently on May 15, 2026.