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 17,566 people and 7,610 households within 1 km
- Within 1 km: 17,566 people · 7,610 households · area median household income about $106,300 · ages 14% under 15, 70% 15–64, 16% 65+.
- Within 3 km: 126,723 people · 54,985 households · area median household income about $106,700 · ages 13% under 15, 69% 15–64, 18% 65+.
- Within 5 km: 345,149 people · 141,935 households · area median household income about $106,300 · ages 14% under 15, 68% 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: 40,946 vehicles and 188 pedestrians at Hwy 401 Collectors E Yonge St N Ramp / Lord Seaton W Yonge Ramp / Yonge St (14 h count, 2026-08-25)
- Intersections (all modes):
- Hwy 401 Collectors E Yonge St N Ramp / Lord Seaton W Yonge Ramp / Yonge St, 906 m: 40,946 vehicles, 188 pedestrians, 97 cyclists counted over 14 hours (2026-08-25).
- Bayview Ave / Fife Rd / Fifeshire Rd, 928 m: 35,026 vehicles, 104 pedestrians, 57 cyclists counted over 14 hours (2024-11-19).
- Humberstone Dr / Everson Dr / Avondale Park Trl, 928 m: 1,694 vehicles, 2,350 pedestrians, 57 cyclists counted over 14 hours (2024-10-01).
- Road segments (24-hour vehicle counts):
- Fenn Ave: Gordon Rd - Owen Blvd, 750 m: about 2,623 vehicles on an average weekday (2026-03-31).
- Avondale Ave: Tradewind Ave - Oakburn Cres, 872 m: about 1,361 vehicles on an average weekday (2024-04-16).
- Everson Dr to Avondale Park Trl (id: 30100206), 887 m: about 1,809 vehicles on an average weekday (2024-06-04).
- 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: 2 active applications within 500 m
- Minor variance (Committee of Adjustment) · 187 Lord Seaton Rd (300 m) · Hearing Scheduled · A0749/17NY
- Minor variance (Committee of Adjustment) · 54 Yorkminster Rd (430 m) · Hearing Scheduled · A0089/21NY
- From the municipality's open data. Check the municipality's file for the latest status.
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: 89% of 80 minor variances within 1 km approved (5 years)
- Within 1 km, last 3 years: 43 decisions: 86% approved (86% approved, 0% with conditions, 7% refused, 7% withdrawn)
- Within 1 km, last 5 years: 80 decisions: 89% approved (88% approved, 1% with conditions, 6% refused, 5% withdrawn)
- Ward 15, last 3 years: 380 decisions: 93% approved (89% approved, 4% with conditions, 5% refused, 2% withdrawn)
- Ward 15, last 5 years: 819 decisions: 93% approved (90% approved, 3% with conditions, 6% refused, 1% withdrawn)
- Typical time from application to decision: 9 weeks (median of 76)
- Named in the application (1 km, 5 years): garden or laneway suite 2; floor space index / gross floor area 1; building height 1; parking 1; 77 name no category
- Conditions: 1 of 71 approvals within 1 km are recorded as conditional. The City's open data does not publish the conditions; read the decision.
- 166 Lord Seaton Rd (90 m) · Approved 2025-07-24 · file A0250/25NY
- 166 Lord Seaton Rd (90 m) · Approved 2023-02-02 · file A0741/22NY
- 166 Lord Seaton Rd (90 m) · Refused 2022-09-08 · file A0420/22NY
- 125 Lord Seaton Rd (130 m) · Approved 2026-04-30 · file A0109/26NY
- 129 Lord Seaton Rd (150 m) · Approved with conditions 2022-12-07 · file A0269/22NY
- 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: York Mills station 1.3 km away
- Nearest rapid transit or GO station: York Mills (Line 1), 1.3 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.
