Committee of Adjustment · Toronto
Variance odds
Planning a bigger house, an addition or a garden suite that needs a minor variance? See how the Committee of Adjustment decided similar applications near your lot: approvals, refusals and withdrawals in your ward and within 1 km, over the last 3 and 5 years.
1164 Queen St W, Toronto
Past decisions don't predict future ones; not a planning opinion. Counts of the City's recorded decisions on minor variance applications. With fewer than 10 decisions we say “too few decisions to estimate”.
| Where and when | Decisions | Approved (all) | Approved | With conditions | Refused | Withdrawn | Typical time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ward 9, last 3 years | 388 | 93% | 93% | 0% | 6% | 2% | 10 weeks |
| Within 1 km, last 3 years | 119 | 88% | 88% | 0% | 7% | 5% | 10 weeks |
| Ward 9, last 5 years | 779 | 92% | 92% | 0% | 6% | 2% | 14 weeks |
| Within 1 km, last 5 years | 219 | 91% | 91% | 0% | 5% | 4% | 13 weeks |
Typical time: median from the application date to the hearing at which the Committee decided (approved or refused). Withdrawn applications have no hearing.
| Category | Within 1 km | Approved | Ward 9 | Approved |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Floor space index / gross floor area | 10 | 100% | 14 | 100% |
| Building height | 12 | 100% | 24 | 100% |
| Lot coverage | 0 | too few decisions to estimate | 0 | too few decisions to estimate |
| Front yard setback | 0 | too few decisions to estimate | 0 | too few decisions to estimate |
| Side yard setback | 0 | too few decisions to estimate | 2 | too few decisions to estimate |
| Rear yard setback | 1 | too few decisions to estimate | 2 | too few decisions to estimate |
| Parking | 40 | 93% | 99 | 92% |
| Lot frontage / lot area | 3 | too few decisions to estimate | 7 | too few decisions to estimate |
| Building length / depth | 0 | too few decisions to estimate | 0 | too few decisions to estimate |
| Garden or laneway suite | 32 | 88% | 154 | 86% |
The City publishes each application's purpose, not its list of variances. We count a category only when the purpose names it (“parking”, “lot coverage”, “side yard setback”). 146 of the decisions within 1 km name none, so the category counts are a floor, not the full picture.
Conditions
0 of 200 approvals within 1 km in the last 5 years are recorded as conditional. The City's open data records whether a decision had conditions, not what they were; common ones are building to the submitted plans and arborist or engineering requirements. Read the decision for the file.
Nearest comparable decisions
- 1166 Queen St W · 10 m · Approved on 2024-11-20 · ParkingTo alter the existing three-storey mixed-use building by constructing a rear two-storey addition (with a mezzanine above the second floor). The existing third floor will be…File A0812/24TEY: look it up in the City's Application Information Centre
- 7 Northcote Ave · 50 m · Approved on 2022-10-26 · Garden or laneway suiteTo alter the existing two-and-one-half-storey townhouse dwelling by constructing a rear third storey addition with a terrace, a front second storey balcony, a rear ground floor…File A0854/22TEY: look it up in the City's Application Information Centre
- 11 Northcote Ave · 60 m · Approved on 2026-03-18 · Garden or laneway suiteTo construct a new three-storey detached dwelling (fourplex), with side (south) cantilevered second and third storeys, a rear covered ground floor deck with stairs, a front second…File A0002/26TEY: look it up in the City's Application Information Centre
- 9 Beaconsfield Ave · 70 m · Approved on 2025-09-10 · ParkingTo permit a front yard parking pad on the existing interlock area abutting the east side of Beaconsfield Avenue, and to alter the vehicle access from Beaconsfield Avenue to the…File A0543/25TEY: look it up in the City's Application Information Centre
- 20 Beaconsfield Ave · 90 m · Approved on 2026-05-06 · Rear yard setback, Parking, Garden or laneway suiteTo alter the existing two-and-one-half-storey detached dwelling by constructing a front one-car carport structure and to permit a new front yard parking space, abutting…File A0597/25TEY: look it up in the City's Application Information Centre