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838 Shaw St

City of Toronto

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Has this property been altered?
1 building permit on record since 2014, most recently Jul 21, 2014.
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What’s the zoning here?
R (d0.6) · as of Feb 20, 2026
What could change around it?
24 active development records within 250 m of this address.
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  • Nearest TTC transit stop
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  • Street-tree density
  • Building violations & orders
  • Property standards orders (ML&S)
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  • 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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838 Shaw St

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Building permit timeline

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

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2014

  1. 2014

    1 filing
    View permits (1)

    1. Jul 21, 2014

      Back Water Valve (Sewer only) installation.

Nearby Development

Within 250 m

Active and recent development within 250 m of this address.

37 locations shown

  • 1

    828 Shaw St

    Committee of Adjustment ×4
    30 m
  • 2

    828 Shaw St

    Committee of Adjustment ×4
    31 m
  • 3

    828 Shaw St

    New Build ×2
    33 m
  • 4

    839 Shaw St

    Renovation
    40 m
  • 5

    ROBLOCKE AVE / From: IRENE AVE / To: LEEDS ST

    Scheduled Construction
    70 m
  • 6

    806 Shaw St

    Renovation
    90 m
  • 7

    CARLING AVE / From: IRENE AVE / To: LEEDS ST

    Scheduled Construction
    103 m
  • 8

    800 Shaw St

    Renovation
    106 m
  • 9

    442 Shaw St

    Renovation
    112 m
  • 10

    778 Crawford St

    Committee of Adjustment
    117 m
  • 11

    778 Crawford St

    Renovation
    120 m
  • 12

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

    Scheduled Construction
    126 m
  • 13

    36 Roblocke Ave

    Renovation
    137 m
  • 14

    791 Shaw St

    Renovation
    141 m
  • 15

    171 Pendrith St

    New Build Demolition
    152 m
  • 16

    177 Pendrith St

    Renovation
    156 m
  • 17

    15 Roblocke Ave

    Renovation
    162 m
  • 18

    752 Crawford St

    Renovation
    169 m
  • 19

    752 Crawford St

    Committee of Adjustment
    169 m
  • 20

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

    Scheduled Construction
    171 m
  • 21

    134 Pendrith St

    Renovation
    174 m
  • 22

    936 Shaw St

    Renovation
    178 m
  • 23

    103 Pendrith St

    Renovation
    184 m
  • 24

    101 Pendrith St

    Renovation ×2
    187 m
  • 25

    877 Ossington Ave

    Committee of Adjustment
    193 m
  • 26

    822 Ossington Ave

    Renovation
    198 m
  • 27

    822 Ossington Ave

    Committee of Adjustment
    203 m
  • 28

    110 Pendrith St

    Renovation
    212 m
  • 29

    IRENE AVE / From: SHAW ST / To: ROBLOCKE AVE

    Scheduled Construction
    219 m
  • 30

    IRENE AVE / From: ROBLOCKE AVE / To: CARLING AVE

    Scheduled Construction
    223 m
  • 31

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

    Scheduled Construction
    229 m
  • 32

    728 Crawford St

    Committee of Adjustment
    230 m
  • 33

    86 Pendrith St

    Renovation
    234 m
  • 34

    CARLING AVE / From: BLOOR ST W / To: IRENE AVE

    Scheduled Construction
    238 m
  • 35

    880 Ossington Ave

    Renovation
    240 m
  • 36

    880 Ossington Ave

    Committee of Adjustment
    240 m
  • 37

    91 Barton Ave

    Renovation Demolition
    242 m
3

New Build

20

Renovation

2

Demolition

14

Committee of Adjustment

8

Scheduled Construction

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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838 Shaw St in Toronto has 1 building permit on record dating back to 2014, most recently on July 21, 2014.