1745 Bathurst St

Second units and garden suites

Favourable: Garden suite: likely allowed

• Likely allows additional units
• Second unit: likely allowed · Third unit: likely allowed
• Garden suite: likely allowed · Laneway suite: not likely
• Up to 2 additional units per lot in this municipality
• No public lane found along the lot (a laneway suite needs 3.5 m of lot line on a lane)
• Screening from open data and the municipal by-law; not a zoning opinion. Confirm with the municipality.

Source: City of Toronto, Property Boundaries (lot outlines and stated lot area) (2026-10-31); City of Toronto, Zoning By-law 569-2013 (Zoning Area) (2026-02-20); City of Toronto, Toronto Centreline (public lanes) (2026-10-30); City of Toronto, Ravine & Natural Feature Protection area (2026-11-01); York Region, Parcel (property boundaries across York Region) (2026-11-01); York Region, Regional Official Plan 2022, Map 1 (Urban Area, Towns and Villages) (2026-11-01); Town of Newmarket, Zoning By-laws 2010-40 and 2019-06 (2026-10-10); Statistics Canada, 2021 Census census subdivisions (cartographic boundary file) (2026-11-01); Toronto and Region Conservation Authority, TRCA Regulated Area (Regulation Limit 2025, O. Reg. 41/24) (2026-11-01); Lake Simcoe Region Conservation Authority, Regulation Limit (O. Reg. 41/24) (2026-11-01); Province of Ontario, Oak Ridges Moraine land use designations (2017 Plan) (2026-11-01); Province of Ontario, Greenbelt designations (2017 Plan) (2026-11-01). Public records; not a legal, zoning or engineering opinion.

Multiplex potential

Favourable: Multiplex: up to 6 units, potentially suitable

• Potentially suitable
• Up to 6 units under the City's multiplex rules (Sixplex Overlay)
• Preliminary screening from open data. Not a zoning opinion or development approval. Confirm with the City and a qualified professional.

Source: City of Toronto, Property Boundaries (lot outlines and stated lot area) (2026-10-30); City of Toronto, Zoning By-law 569-2013 (Zoning Area) (2026-02-20); City of Toronto, City Wards (25-ward model) (2026-02-20); City of Toronto, Heritage Register (2026-09-01); City of Toronto, Heritage Conservation Districts (2026-09-01); City of Toronto, Ravine & Natural Feature Protection area (last refreshed by the City Jul 23, 2019) (2019-07-23); Toronto and Region Conservation Authority, TRCA Regulated Area (Regulation Limit 2025, O. Reg. 41/24) (2026-10-31). Public records; not a legal, zoning or engineering opinion.

Variance odds (Committee of Adjustment)

Favourable: 92% of 230 minor variances within 1 km approved (5 years)

• Within 1 km, last 3 years: 120 decisions: 93% approved (93% approved, 1% with conditions, 4% refused, 3% withdrawn)
• Within 1 km, last 5 years: 230 decisions: 92% approved (91% approved, 1% with conditions, 4% refused, 4% withdrawn)
• Ward 12, last 3 years: 488 decisions: 91% approved (91% approved, 0% with conditions, 6% refused, 2% withdrawn)
• Ward 12, last 5 years: 904 decisions: 91% approved (91% approved, 0% with conditions, 6% refused, 3% withdrawn)
• Typical time from application to decision: 11 weeks (median of 220)
• Named in the application (1 km, 5 years): parking 21 (95% approved); garden or laneway suite 6; lot frontage / lot area 3; building height 1; 201 name no category
• Conditions: 2 of 211 approvals within 1 km are recorded as conditional. The City's open data does not publish the conditions; read the decision.
• 2010 Bathurst St (100 m) · Approved 2025-10-22 · file A0602/25TEY
• 14 Rosemary Lane (110 m) · Approved 2024-03-27 · file A0120/24TEY · lot frontage / lot area
• 35 Peveril Hill N (130 m) · Approved 2024-10-02 · file A0675/24TEY · parking
• 35 Peveril Hill N (130 m) · Refused 2024-07-03 · file A0438/24TEY · parking
• 108 Dewbourne Ave (150 m) · Approved 2023-05-31 · file A0246/23TEY
• Past decisions don't predict future ones; not a planning opinion.

Variance odds by categoryCity's Application Information Centre

Source: City of Toronto, Committee of Adjustment Applications (Closed Applications since 2017) (2026-10-31); City of Toronto, Committee of Adjustment Applications (Active Applications: decided, in the appeal period) (2026-10-31). Public records; not a legal, zoning or engineering opinion.

Flood, Moraine and Greenbelt

Favourable: Outside mapped flood and hazard areas

• Not within a conservation authority's mapped regulated area (flooding, erosion, wetlands). Mapping is approximate.
• Outside the Oak Ridges Moraine Conservation Plan area.
• Outside the Greenbelt Plan area.

Source: Toronto and Region Conservation Authority, TRCA Regulated Area (Regulation Limit 2025, O. Reg. 41/24) (2026-04-29); Lake Simcoe Region Conservation Authority, Regulation Limit (O. Reg. 41/24) (2026-10-31); Credit Valley Conservation, Generic Regulations Limit (2025) (2026-10-27); Central Lake Ontario Conservation Authority, CLOCA Regulated Areas (natural hazards regulation mapping, Nov 2025) (2026-10-31); Hamilton Conservation Authority, HCA Regulated Areas (O. Reg. 41/24) (2026-08-04); Province of Ontario, Oak Ridges Moraine: land use designations (Oak Ridges Moraine Conservation Plan, 2017) (2026-10-31); Province of Ontario, Greenbelt designations (Greenbelt Plan, 2017) (2026-10-31); Province of Ontario, Wetlands (Land Information Ontario): Provincially Significant Wetlands and other evaluated wetlands (2026-10-31); Province of Ontario, Areas of Natural and Scientific Interest (ANSI), life science and earth science (Land Information Ontario) (2026-10-31); Province of Ontario, Wooded Area (Land Information Ontario): mapped woodland cover, not a significance determination (2026-10-31). Public records; not a legal, zoning or engineering opinion.

Transit and station areas

Favourable: In a station area · Forest Hill 150 m

• Nearest rapid transit or GO station: Forest Hill (Line 5), 150 m in a straight line
• 3 stations within 1 km
• Inside the Forest Hill Protected Major Transit Station Area. Station area boundaries and density targets come from the Official Plan. Confirm with the municipality.

Source: City of Toronto, Merged GTFS – TTC Routes and Schedules (subway and LRT routes, their shapes and the stations they serve) (2026-11-01); Province of Ontario, Ontario Railway Network (ORWN) track and station, filtered to GO Transit (Land Information Ontario; 2016 attribute vintage) (2026-10-31); York Region, Regional Official Plan 2022, Map 10 – Rapid Transit Network (proposed subway service and stations) (2026-10-31); City of Toronto, Minister-Approved Major Transit Station Areas (MTSA and Protected MTSA delineations) (2026-02-03); York Region, Regional Official Plan 2022, Appendix 2 – Major Transit Station Areas (boundaries and minimum density targets) (2026-10-31); Durham Region, Regional Official Plan (2024 consolidation), Map 3 – Protected Major Transit Station Areas (2026-10-31); City of Brampton, Brampton Plan, Schedule 1B – Primary Major Transit Station Areas (2026-06-11). Public records; not a legal, zoning or engineering opinion.

Commute

Favourable: Union Station: under 40 min by car, under 40 min by transit

• To Union Station: under 40 min by car · under 40 min by transit
• To Highway 404 / 407: under 40 min by car · over 60 min by transit
• Typical weekday morning, estimated from open road and transit schedule data (not live traffic or a trip planner).

Source: LSG commute estimate, Roads © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL); LSG commute estimate, TTC schedules: City of Toronto, Open Government Licence – Toronto; LSG commute estimate, Data used in this product or service is provided with the permission of Metrolinx. Public records; not a legal, zoning or engineering opinion.

Parks

Favourable: Nearest park: Forest Hill Memorial Cenotaph, 410 m

• 10 parks and green spaces within 800 m

Source: City of Toronto, Green Spaces (2026-10-27); City of Brampton, Parks (2026-10-19); City of Brampton, Recreational Trails (2026-10-19); City of Ottawa, Parks and Greenspace (2026-10-31); OpenStreetMap, Parks, nature reserves and conservation areas (2026-10-29); OpenStreetMap, Named paths, trails and cycleways (2026-10-29). Public records; not a legal, zoning or engineering opinion.

Heritage

Favourable: No heritage status found

• Not found on the City's Heritage Register or in a Heritage Conservation District.
• Heritage status limits changes; confirm with the municipality.

Source: City of Toronto, Heritage Register (listed properties, and properties designated under Part IV or Part V of the Ontario Heritage Act) (2026-09-01); City of Toronto, Heritage Conservation Districts (2026-06-23). Public records; not a legal, zoning or engineering opinion.

Contaminated sites

Favourable: No federal contaminated sites within 500 m

• From government records. Absence from this map doesn't mean a site is clean; get a Phase I ESA.

Source: Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat, Federal Contaminated Sites Inventory (2026-10-31). Public records; not a legal, zoning or engineering opinion.