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.
24 Victoria St, 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| Where and when | Decisions | Approved (all) | Approved | With conditions | Refused | Withdrawn | Typical time |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 3, last 3 years | 647 | 87% | 87% | 0% | 9% | 4% | 10 weeks |
| Within 1 km, last 3 years | 30 | 93% | 93% | 0% | 7% | 0% | 12 weeks |
| Ward 3, last 5 years | 1,168 | 87% | 87% | 0% | 9% | 3% | 10 weeks |
| Within 1 km, last 5 years | 45 | 93% | 93% | 0% | 4% | 2% | 10 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 Withdrawn applications have no hearing.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 3 | Approved |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Floor space index / gross floor area | 0 | too few decisions to estimate | 25 | 96% |
| Building height | 2 | too few decisions to estimate | 22 | 86% |
| Lot coverage | 0 | too few decisions to estimate | 11 | 100% |
| Front yard setback | 0 | too few decisions to estimate | 3 | too few decisions to estimate |
| Side yard setback | 0 | too few decisions to estimate | 25 | 96% |
| Rear yard setback | 0 | too few decisions to estimate | 1 | too few decisions to estimate |
| Parking | 4 | too few decisions to estimate | 53 | 85% |
| Lot frontage / lot area | 0 | too few decisions to estimate | 1 | too few decisions to estimate |
| Building length / depth | 0 | too few decisions to estimate | 9 | too few decisions to estimate |
| Garden or laneway suite | 3 | too few decisions to estimate | 50 | 76% |
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”). 36 of the decisions within 1 km name none, so the category counts are a floor, not the full picture.
Conditions
0 of 42 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
- 21 Louisa St · 60 m · Approved on 2024-03-28To construct a third floor addition in order to accommodate four additional dwelling units that will create a total of 10 dwelling units within the existing building.File A0064/24EYK: look it up in the City's Application Information Centre
- 2300 Lake Shore Blvd W · 140 m · Approved on 2024-02-08 · ParkingTo permit a temporary vehicle parking lot. A previous Committee of Adjustment application (A0518/17EYK) approved a variance related to permitting a vehicle parking lot.File A0352/22EYK: look it up in the City's Application Information Centre
- 47 Victoria St · 150 m · Approved on 2026-10-08To construct a second storey addition above the existing dwelling and to create a new dwelling unit in the basement. The altered dwelling will be a duplex.File A0151/25EYK: look it up in the City's Application Information Centre
- 24 Stanley Ave · 280 m · Approved on 2023-10-12To construct a rear sun room addition.File A0360/23EYK: look it up in the City's Application Information Centre
- 38 Grand Ave · 470 m · Approved on 2026-07-16To construct a two-storey rear addition and a deck in the rear yard.File A0179/26EYK: look it up in the City's Application Information Centre