Zoning and permitted uses
Information: Zone RD (f13.5; a557) (x471) (Residential Detached): not one of the commercial or employment zones we cover
- Site-specific exception x471 apply here (Chapter 900 of the by-law): an exception can add or remove permitted uses, so read it before relying on the list below.
- The use checker covers Toronto's commercial (CL, CR, CRE), apartment-commercial (RAC) and employment (E, EL, EH, EO) zones. For this zone, read its permitted uses in By-law 569-2013 and confirm with the City.
- This is a reading of the by-law's use lists, not a zoning approval. Before you sign a lease or buy, confirm the use with the City of Toronto's zoning examiners (a Zoning Certificate or a Preliminary Project Review).
City of Toronto Zoning By-law 569-2013Confirm with the City (Zoning Certificate, Preliminary Project Review)
Source: City of Toronto, Zoning By-law 569-2013 (open data) (2026-02-20). Public records; not a legal, zoning or planning opinion. Confirm uses with the municipality before you sign.
Trade area: people within 1, 3 and 5 km
Information: About 9,224 people and 3,735 households within 1 km
- Within 1 km: 9,224 people · 3,735 households · area median household income about $58,100 · ages 16% under 15, 67% 15–64, 17% 65+.
- Within 3 km: 76,906 people · 26,055 households · area median household income about $91,400 · ages 16% under 15, 66% 15–64, 18% 65+.
- Within 5 km: 215,159 people · 72,455 households · area median household income about $91,200 · ages 16% under 15, 66% 15–64, 18% 65+.
- Statistics Canada, 2021 Census of Population, by dissemination area: an area counts when its centre is inside the circle. Income is the household-weighted average of the areas' median household incomes for 2020, not a true median.
Source: Statistics Canada, Census of Population 2021, Census Profile by dissemination area, and 2021 dissemination area boundary file (2022-04-27). Public records; not a legal, zoning or planning opinion. Confirm uses with the municipality before you sign.
Traffic: cars, pedestrians and cyclists
Information: 30,681 vehicles and 277 pedestrians at Kingston Rd / Amiens Rd (14 h count, 2026-01-22)
- Intersections (all modes):
- Morningside Ave / Warnsworth St, 130 m: 10,147 vehicles, 97 pedestrians, 1 cyclists counted over 8 hours (2022-02-01).
- Morningside Ave / Tefft Rd, 193 m: 8,046 vehicles, 142 pedestrians, 7 cyclists counted over 8 hours (2023-12-10).
- Kingston Rd / Amiens Rd, 227 m: 30,681 vehicles, 277 pedestrians, 3 cyclists counted over 14 hours (2026-01-22).
- Road segments (24-hour vehicle counts):
- Falaise Rd: Rodda Blvd - Warnsworth St, 340 m: about 883 vehicles on an average weekday (2024-08-27).
- Morningside Ave: Beath St - Morningside Park Trl, 360 m: about 24,869 vehicles on an average weekday (2026-03-24).
- Falaise Rd: Kingston Rd - Rodda Blvd, 525 m: about 769 vehicles on an average weekday (2024-08-27).
- City of Toronto counts are taken on single days as needed, not continuously: a count is a snapshot of that day. Intersection counts cover 8 or 14 daytime hours; midblock counts are 24-hour averages.
Source: City of Toronto, Traffic Volumes at Intersections for All Modes (most recent count per location) (2026-11-01); City of Toronto, Traffic Volumes - Midblock Vehicle Speed, Volume and Classification Counts (most recent count per location) (2026-11-01). Public records; not a legal, zoning or planning opinion. Confirm uses with the municipality before you sign.
Licensed restaurants and bars nearby
Not available: Not included yet
- The AGCO publishes its liquor sales licences and the applications under public notice, but its open-data licence terms are not yet clear enough for us to republish them. We will add them once that is confirmed. Meanwhile, the AGCO's own page lists current applications.
AGCO: liquor licence applications under public noticeAGCO data inventory
Public records; not a legal, zoning or planning opinion. Confirm uses with the municipality before you sign.
Active development applications
Information: 7 active applications within 500 m
- Consent (Committee of Adjustment) · 38 Warnsworth St (170 m) · Postponed · B0013/23SC
- Minor variance (Committee of Adjustment) · 38 Warnsworth St (170 m) · Postponed · A0077/23SC
- Minor variance (Committee of Adjustment) · 38 Warnsworth St (170 m) · Postponed · A0078/23SC
- Site plan approval · 310 Morningside Ave (and 1 more address) (180 m) · Under Review · 26 242184 ESC 24 SA
- Site plan approval · 4566-4568 Kingston Rd (200 m) · NOAC Issued · 22 140209 ESC 25 SA
- From the municipality's open data. Check the municipality's file for the latest status.
Site plan approval · 310 Morningside Ave (and 1 more address)Site plan approval · 4566-4568 Kingston Rd
Source: City of Toronto, Development Applications (City Planning, Application Information Centre) (2026-11-01); City of Toronto, Committee of Adjustment Applications (Active Applications) (2026-10-31); City of Brampton, GeoHub, Planning_Land_Use_Development: OPA ZBA Subdivision, Draft Plan of Condo, Site Plan Approval, Minor Variance, Consent to Sever (2026-11-01); York Region, Active Development Application Boundaries (York Region's review of applications in its nine municipalities) (2026-10-27). Public records; not a legal, zoning or planning opinion. Confirm uses with the municipality before you sign.
Variance odds (Committee of Adjustment)
Favourable: 77% of 31 minor variances within 1 km approved (5 years)
- Within 1 km, last 3 years: 18 decisions: 61% approved (61% approved, 0% with conditions, 22% refused, 17% withdrawn)
- Within 1 km, last 5 years: 31 decisions: 77% approved (77% approved, 0% with conditions, 13% refused, 10% withdrawn)
- Ward 25, last 3 years: 99 decisions: 77% approved (77% approved, 0% with conditions, 13% refused, 10% withdrawn)
- Ward 25, last 5 years: 194 decisions: 78% approved (78% approved, 0% with conditions, 15% refused, 7% withdrawn)
- Typical time from application to decision: 12 weeks (median of 28)
- Named in the application (1 km, 5 years): garden or laneway suite 4; parking 1; 26 name no category
- Conditions: 0 of 24 approvals within 1 km are recorded as conditional. The City's open data does not publish the conditions; read the decision.
- 21 Amiens Rd (0 m) · Approved 2022-01-13 · file A0353/21SC
- 32 Fairwood Cres (140 m) · Approved 2022-02-10 · file A0395/21SC
- 341 Morningside Ave (180 m) · Approved 2026-07-08 · file A0059/26SC
- 31 Beath St (190 m) · Approved 2025-06-04 · file A0083/25SC · garden or laneway suite
- 56 Amiens Rd (270 m) · Withdrawn 2025-12-03 · file A0227/25SC · garden or laneway suite
- 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 planning opinion. Confirm uses with the municipality before you sign.
Provincially Significant Employment Zone
Information: Not in a Provincially Significant Employment Zone
- Provincially Significant Employment Zones were identified by the Minister in 2019 (data current as of January 7, 2020). Provincial policy on employment areas changed with the 2024 Provincial Planning Statement; confirm the current status with the municipality.
Source: Ontario Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing, Provincially Significant Employment Zones (current as of 2020-01-07) (2020-01-07). Public records; not a legal, zoning or planning opinion. Confirm uses with the municipality before you sign.
Transit and station areas
Information: Guildwood GO station 2.3 km away
- Nearest rapid transit or GO station: Guildwood GO (Lakeshore East), 2.3 km in a straight line
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 planning opinion. Confirm uses with the municipality before you sign.
