Postal zone M5: Downtown & Central Toronto
Building permits in postal area M5R, Toronto
PermitIndex has tracked 473 building permits issued in the M5R postal area (Toronto) over the trailing 12 months (source: City of Toronto Open Data).
Permits (12 mo)
473
With disclosed value
165
Total value
$85,858,787
Latest issued
Jul 17, 2026
How long approval took
27daysmedian, application to issuance, for permits in M5R
16% faster than the citywide median of 32 days.
- Slowest 10%
- waited more than 116 days
- Based on
- 473 permits, last 12 months
Measured from application date to issue date in the City of Toronto’s active-permit records. It describes permits already issued, not a processing commitment, and your own application may differ.
Permits by trade (last 12 months)
| Trade | Permits | Value |
|---|
Recent permits in M5R
| Issued | Trade | Value | Work | Address |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 17, 2026 | HVAC | Value not disclosed | Building Permit Related(MS) | 23 Bedford Rd, Toronto, ON |
| Jul 17, 2026 | HVAC | Value not disclosed | Building Permit Related(PS) | 111 Avenue Rd, Toronto, ON |
| Jul 17, 2026 | other | $175,000 | Fire Alarm | 77 Avenue Rd, Toronto, ON |
| Jul 17, 2026 | Addition | Value not disclosed | Fire Damage | 106 Scollard St, Toronto, ON |
| Jul 16, 2026 | HVAC | $1,000,000 | Interior Alterations | 9 Madison Ave, Toronto, ON |
| Jul 16, 2026 | HVAC | $20,000 | Other(MS) | 960 Bathurst St, Toronto, ON |
| Jul 16, 2026 | Deck | $35,000 | Deck | 40 Austin Ter, Toronto, ON |
| Jul 16, 2026 | Demolition | Value not disclosed | Interior Demolition | 17 Belmont St, Toronto, ON |
| Jul 15, 2026 | electrical | $500,000 | Other(BA) | 40 Scollard St, Toronto, ON |
| Jul 15, 2026 | Addition | $150,000 | Multiple Projects | 82 Madison Ave, Toronto, ON |
| Jul 15, 2026 | Addition | Value not disclosed | Building Permit Related(PS) | 82 Madison Ave, Toronto, ON |
| Jul 14, 2026 | Addition | Value not disclosed | Building Permit Related(PS) | 17 Bernard Ave, Toronto, ON |
| Jul 14, 2026 | Addition | Value not disclosed | Building Permit Related (DR) | 17 Bernard Ave, Toronto, ON |
| Jul 14, 2026 | interior_alteration | $100,000 | Multiple Projects | 5 Wells St, Toronto, ON |
| Jul 14, 2026 | plumbing | Value not disclosed | Building Permit Related(PS) | 5 Wells St, Toronto, ON |
| Jul 14, 2026 | plumbing | Value not disclosed | Back Water Valve (Sewer only) | 569 Huron St, Toronto, ON |
| Jul 14, 2026 | interior_alteration | $10,000 | Party Wall Admin Permits | 7 Wells St, Toronto, ON |
| Jul 14, 2026 | Addition | $500,000 | Multiple Projects | 17 Bernard Ave, Toronto, ON |
| Jul 14, 2026 | Addition | $60,000 | Addition(s) | 145 Howland Ave, Toronto, ON |
| Jul 14, 2026 | plumbing | Value not disclosed | Building Permit Related (DR) | 5 Wells St, Toronto, ON |
| Jul 13, 2026 | plumbing | $20,000 | Other(PS) | 960 Bathurst St, Toronto, ON |
| Jul 13, 2026 | Deck | Value not disclosed | Multiple Projects | 35 A Marlborough Ave, Toronto, ON |
| Jul 13, 2026 | interior_alteration | $350,000 | Interior Alterations | 16 Boswell Ave, Toronto, ON |
| Jul 13, 2026 | plumbing | Value not disclosed | Building Permit Related(PS) | 16 Boswell Ave, Toronto, ON |
| Jul 13, 2026 | plumbing | Value not disclosed | Building Permit Related (DR) | 16 Boswell Ave, Toronto, ON |
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M5R is a Forward Sortation Area: the first three characters of a Toronto postal code, in the M5 postal zone (Downtown & Central Toronto). This page tracks every building permit the City of Toronto has issued in M5R, updated daily from City of Toronto Open Data. Sign in for live data and daily alerts for this area.