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.
181 Dundas St E, 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| Where and when | Decisions | Approved (all) | Approved | With conditions | Refused | Withdrawn | Typical time |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 13, last 3 years | 105 | 96% | 96% | 0% | 2% | 2% | 11 weeks |
| Within 1 km, last 3 years | 60 | 100% | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 11 weeks |
| Ward 13, last 5 years | 196 | 95% | 95% | 0% | 4% | 2% | 14 weeks |
| Within 1 km, last 5 years | 112 | 98% | 98% | 0% | 2% | 0% | 15 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 Withdrawn applications have no hearing.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 13 | Approved |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Floor space index / gross floor area | 9 | too few decisions to estimate | 16 | 100% |
| Building height | 7 | too few decisions to estimate | 13 | 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 | 0 | too few decisions to estimate |
| Rear yard setback | 0 | too few decisions to estimate | 0 | too few decisions to estimate |
| Parking | 27 | 96% | 39 | 92% |
| Lot frontage / lot area | 1 | too few decisions to estimate | 3 | too few decisions to estimate |
| Building length / depth | 0 | too few decisions to estimate | 0 | too few decisions to estimate |
| Garden or laneway suite | 2 | too few decisions to estimate | 4 | too few decisions to estimate |
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”). 76 of the decisions within 1 km name none, so the category counts are a floor, not the full picture.
Conditions
0 of 110 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
- 225 Jarvis St · 60 m · Approved on 2025-05-07 · Floor space index / gross floor area, ParkingTo alter the development standards of the 49-storey mixed-use building (as approved under Site Specific Zoning By-laws 764-2020(OMB) and 765-2020(OMB)) by increasing the…File A0170/25TEY: look it up in the City's Application Information Centre
- 225 Jarvis St · 60 m · Approved on 2024-09-04To permit access to the loading area of the 49-storey mixed-use building (as approved under Site Specific Zoning By-laws 764-2020(OMB) and 765-2020(OMB)) from the abutting street…File A0621/24TEY: look it up in the City's Application Information Centre
- 202 Jarvis St · 80 m · Approved on 2023-08-09To construct a new 14-storey building (the 15th storey will be used for mechanical equipment) with a front third storey roof terrace, east and west side roof terraces on the…File A0498/23TEY: look it up in the City's Application Information Centre
- 212 Dundas St E · 100 m · Approved on 2026-07-15 · Building height, Lot frontage / lot areaTo alter the development standards (as approved under Site Specific Zoning By-law 1334-2023(OLT)) for the 44-storey mixed-use building, by increasing the overall height of the…File A0335/26TEY: look it up in the City's Application Information Centre
- 75 Mutual St · 130 m · Approved on 2025-04-09To alter the existing three-storey detached building by constructing a fourth storey addition, and a rear four-storey addition. This building will contain a total of 18 dwelling…File A1048/24TEY: look it up in the City's Application Information Centre