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.
225 Wallace Ave, 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| Where and when | Decisions | Approved (all) | Approved | With conditions | Refused | Withdrawn | Typical time |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 | 104 | 92% | 92% | 0% | 5% | 3% | 11 weeks |
| Ward 9, last 5 years | 779 | 92% | 92% | 0% | 6% | 2% | 14 weeks |
| Within 1 km, last 5 years | 210 | 92% | 92% | 0% | 7% | 1% | 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 Withdrawn applications have no hearing.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 | 7 | too few decisions to estimate | 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 | 1 | too few decisions to estimate | 2 | too few decisions to estimate |
| Rear yard setback | 0 | too few decisions to estimate | 2 | too few decisions to estimate |
| Parking | 25 | 88% | 99 | 92% |
| Lot frontage / lot area | 2 | 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 | 29 | 83% | 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”). 152 of the decisions within 1 km name none, so the category counts are a floor, not the full picture.
Conditions
0 of 193 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
- 193 Rankin Cres · 140 m · Approved on 2025-07-30To alter the existing three-storey semi-detached dwelling by enclosing the rear third storey rooftop deck.File A0417/25TEY: look it up in the City's Application Information Centre
- 276 Wallace Ave · 160 m · Approved on 2023-09-06To alter the existing two-storey semi-detached dwelling by constructing a rear second storey rear addition that will be partially cantilevered above the existing rear deck.File A0941/22TEY: look it up in the City's Application Information Centre
- 151 Campbell Ave · 180 m · Approved on 2022-11-09 · ParkingTo alter the existing two-storey semi-detached dwelling by constructing a new basement secondary suite for a total of three residential units within this dwelling. A total of two…File A1005/22TEY: look it up in the City's Application Information Centre
- 151 Campbell Ave · 180 m · Approved on 2022-05-25 · Floor space index / gross floor area, Side yard setback, Lot frontage / lot areaTo alter the existing semi-detached dwelling by constructing a basement secondary suite. Also, to maintain the existing front and side yard setbacks, the front yard landscaping…File A0234/22TEY: look it up in the City's Application Information Centre
- 568 St Clarens Ave · 190 m · Approved on 2024-07-10To construct a two-storey ancillary building (detached garage with storage space above) in the rear yard, abutting the laneway.File A0447/24TEY: look it up in the City's Application Information Centre