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.
666 Spadina 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| Where and when | Decisions | Approved (all) | Approved | With conditions | Refused | Withdrawn | Typical time |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 11, last 3 years | 480 | 87% | 87% | 0% | 8% | 5% | 10 weeks |
| Within 1 km, last 3 years | 106 | 83% | 83% | 0% | 11% | 6% | 9 weeks |
| Ward 11, last 5 years | 892 | 89% | 89% | <1% | 7% | 4% | 13 weeks |
| Within 1 km, last 5 years | 192 | 87% | 87% | 0% | 8% | 5% | 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 Withdrawn applications have no hearing.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 11 | Approved |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Floor space index / gross floor area | 4 | too few decisions to estimate | 26 | 92% |
| Building height | 3 | too few decisions to estimate | 37 | 95% |
| Lot coverage | 0 | too few decisions to estimate | 0 | too few decisions to estimate |
| Front yard setback | 1 | too few decisions to estimate | 1 | too few decisions to estimate |
| Side yard setback | 1 | too few decisions to estimate | 1 | too few decisions to estimate |
| Rear yard setback | 1 | too few decisions to estimate | 1 | too few decisions to estimate |
| Parking | 20 | 85% | 111 | 86% |
| Lot frontage / lot area | 0 | too few decisions to estimate | 2 | too few decisions to estimate |
| Building length / depth | 0 | too few decisions to estimate | 1 | too few decisions to estimate |
| Garden or laneway suite | 28 | 89% | 113 | 80% |
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”). 142 of the decisions within 1 km name none, so the category counts are a floor, not the full picture.
Conditions
0 of 167 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
- 161 Robert St · 80 m · Withdrawn on 2023-11-29To alter the existing two-and-one-half-storey semi-detached building by constructing rear partial first storey extensions, a rear second storey addition with terrace, and a rear…File A0976/23TEY: look it up in the City's Application Information Centre
- 648 Spadina Ave · 110 m · Approved on 2024-12-11 · Floor space index / gross floor areaTo alter the existing two-storey commercial building by increasing the permitted non-residential gross floor area for the restaurant use (through interior alterations).File A0935/24TEY: look it up in the City's Application Information Centre
- 108 Harbord St · 120 m · Approved on 2025-08-13To alter the existing two-storey mixed-use building by constructing a rear three-storey addition with a ground floor one-car garage (abutting the laneway). The side (east) second…File A0477/25TEY: look it up in the City's Application Information Centre
- 112 Harbord St · 130 m · Approved on 2023-01-18To alter the existing two-and-one-half-storey mixed-use building by constructing a complete third storey addition, with a rear second storey deck, and a rooftop deck. Also, to…File A0722/22TEY: look it up in the City's Application Information Centre
- 202 Robert St · 150 m · Approved on 2024-06-12To alter the existing two-and-one-half-storey townhouse dwelling by constructing a rear third storey addition (cantilevered on the north side). Also, to convert the existing side…File A0342/24TEY: look it up in the City's Application Information Centre