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81 Essex St

City of Toronto

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Has this property been altered?
1 building permit on record since 1974, most recently Sep 27, 1974.
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What’s the zoning here?
R (d0.6) · as of Feb 20, 2026
What could change around it?
28 active construction records within 250 m of this address.
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  • 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.

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City open-data records ingested through Jun 30, 2026. Individual sources refresh on their own schedule and may lag the City's live system.

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Building permit timeline

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

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1974

  1. 1974

    1 filing
    View permits (1)

    1. Sep 27, 1974

      Unknown $500

Nearby Construction

Within 250 m

Active and recent construction within 250 m of this address.

30 locations shown

  • 1

    105 Essex St

    Renovation
    72 m
  • 2

    86 Pendrith St

    Renovation
    79 m
  • 3

    110 Pendrith St

    Renovation
    87 m
  • 4

    [38.10 m E] SHAW ST / From: PENDRITH ST / To: ESSEX ST

    Scheduled Construction
    101 m
  • 5

    61 Pendrith St

    Renovation
    106 m
  • 6

    101 Pendrith St

    Renovation ×2
    112 m
  • 7

    103 Pendrith St

    Renovation
    115 m
  • 8

    50 Essex St

    Renovation
    124 m
  • 9

    76 Garnet Ave

    Renovation
    132 m
  • 10

    44 Pendrith St

    Renovation
    133 m
  • 11

    106 Garnet Ave

    Renovation
    140 m
  • 12

    32 Pendrith St

    Renovation
    150 m
  • 13

    134 Pendrith St

    Renovation
    152 m
  • 14

    30 Pendrith St

    Renovation ×2
    156 m
  • 15

    20 Essex St

    Renovation
    168 m
  • 16

    42 Garnet Ave

    Renovation
    171 m
  • 17

    978 Shaw St

    Renovation
    176 m
  • 18

    936 Shaw St

    Renovation
    178 m
  • 19

    980 Shaw St

    Renovation
    179 m
  • 20

    135 Yarmouth Rd

    Renovation
    202 m
  • 21

    149 A Yarmouth Rd

    Renovation
    203 m
  • 22

    BARTON AVE / From: PENDRITH LANE / To: CRAWFORD ST

    Scheduled Construction
    205 m
  • 23

    147 Yarmouth Rd

    Renovation
    206 m
  • 24

    19 Garnet Ave

    Renovation ×2
    206 m
  • 25

    149 Yarmouth Rd

    Renovation
    207 m
  • 26

    BARTON AVE / From: WILLOWVALE LANE / To: PENDRITH LANE

    Scheduled Construction
    210 m
  • 27

    159 Yarmouth Rd

    Renovation
    214 m
  • 28

    120 Yarmouth Rd

    Renovation
    222 m
  • 29

    100 Yarmouth Rd

    Renovation
    239 m
  • 30

    171 Pendrith St

    New Build Demolition
    242 m
1

New Build

29

Renovation

1

Demolition

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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81 Essex St in Toronto has 1 building permit on record dating back to 1974, most recently on September 27, 1974.