Zoning and permitted uses
Check: Former municipal by-law area: check with the City
- This land is not covered by Toronto's Zoning By-law 569-2013; a former municipality's by-law still applies, which we don't read. Ask the City's zoning examiners which by-law and zone apply.
Toronto's former municipal zoning by-lawsConfirm with the City (Zoning Certificate, Preliminary Project Review)
Source: City of Toronto, Former municipal zoning by-law (not part of 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 63,914 people and 39,295 households within 1 km
- Within 1 km: 63,914 people · 39,295 households · area median household income about $90,900 · ages 6% under 15, 89% 15–64, 5% 65+.
- Within 3 km: 256,697 people · 147,415 households · area median household income about $81,000 · ages 7% under 15, 83% 15–64, 10% 65+.
- Within 5 km: 484,596 people · 260,985 households · area median household income about $83,200 · ages 9% under 15, 78% 15–64, 13% 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: 33,975 vehicles and 12,245 pedestrians at Spadina Ave / Fort York Blvd / Bremner Blvd (14 h count, 2025-11-04)
- Intersections (all modes):
- Fort York Blvd / Telegram Mews / Brunel Crt, 73 m: 7,121 vehicles, 11,288 pedestrians, 904 cyclists counted over 14 hours (2024-05-29).
- Spadina Ave / Fort York Blvd / Bremner Blvd, 191 m: 33,975 vehicles, 12,245 pedestrians, 977 cyclists counted over 14 hours (2025-11-04).
- Fort York Blvd / Dan Leckie Way / Canoe Landing Park Trl, 235 m: 8,958 vehicles, 10,182 pedestrians, 1,215 cyclists counted over 14 hours (2023-10-05).
- Road segments (24-hour vehicle counts):
- Fort York Blvd to Canoe Landing Park Trl, 94 m: about 7,733 vehicles on an average weekday (2024-05-28).
- Brunel Crt: Fort York Blvd - Canoe Landing Park Trl, 116 m: about 2,918 vehicles on an average weekday (2025-05-27).
- Spadina S / Gardiner Ramp (id: 12334932), 213 m: about 1,194 vehicles on an average weekday (2022-08-09).
- 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: 20 active applications within 500 m
- Official plan and/or zoning by-law amendment · 595 Front St W (and 1 more address) (250 m) · Under Review · 22 141536 STE 10 OZ
- Official plan and/or zoning by-law amendment · 10 Lower Spadina Ave (260 m) · Under Review · 24 228228 STE 10 OZ
- Site plan approval · 10 Lower Spadina Ave (260 m) · Under Review · 24 228193 STE 10 SA
- Official plan and/or zoning by-law amendment · 470 R Lake Shore Blvd W (370 m) · Under Review · 21 191414 STE 10 OZ
- Official plan and/or zoning by-law amendment · 467 Wellington St W (370 m) · OMB Approved · 22 179828 STE 10 OZ
- From the municipality's open data. Check the municipality's file for the latest status.
Official plan and/or zoning by-law amendment · 595 Front St W (and 1 more address)Official plan and/or zoning by-law amendment · 10 Lower Spadina AveSite plan approval · 10 Lower Spadina Ave
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: 92% of 50 minor variances within 1 km approved (5 years)
- Within 1 km, last 3 years: 25 decisions: 92% approved (92% approved, 0% with conditions, 4% refused, 4% withdrawn)
- Within 1 km, last 5 years: 50 decisions: 92% approved (92% approved, 0% with conditions, 4% refused, 4% withdrawn)
- Ward 10, last 3 years: 169 decisions: 93% approved (93% approved, 0% with conditions, 3% refused, 4% withdrawn)
- Ward 10, last 5 years: 279 decisions: 92% approved (92% approved, 0% with conditions, 4% refused, 4% withdrawn)
- Typical time from application to decision: 14 weeks (median of 48)
- Named in the application (1 km, 5 years): parking 18 (89% approved); floor space index / gross floor area 9; building height 8; lot frontage / lot area 2; 28 name no category
- Conditions: 0 of 46 approvals within 1 km are recorded as conditional. The City's open data does not publish the conditions; read the decision.
- 480 Front St W (250 m) · Approved 2022-09-21 · file A0837/22TEY
- 530 Front St W (310 m) · Approved 2024-06-12 · file A0335/24TEY · parking, lot frontage / lot area
- 485 Wellington St W (380 m) · Refused 2026-10-07 · file A0506/25TEY · floor space index / gross floor area, building height, parking
- 462 Wellington St W (450 m) · Approved 2025-03-26 · file A0997/24TEY · floor space index / gross floor area, building height, parking
- 422 Wellington St W (450 m) · Approved 2022-08-24 · file A0528/22TEY
- 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
Favourable: In a station area · St Andrew 1.2 km
- Nearest rapid transit or GO station: St Andrew (Line 1), 1.2 km in a straight line
- Inside the Front-Spadina 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 planning opinion. Confirm uses with the municipality before you sign.
