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.
89 Finch Ave 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| Where and when | Decisions | Approved (all) | Approved | With conditions | Refused | Withdrawn | Typical time |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 18, last 3 years | 325 | 86% | 84% | 3% | 12% | 1% | 8 weeks |
| Within 1 km, last 3 years | 40 | 88% | 83% | 5% | 13% | 0% | 8 weeks |
| Ward 18, last 5 years | 597 | 89% | 86% | 3% | 11% | 1% | 10 weeks |
| Within 1 km, last 5 years | 69 | 93% | 88% | 4% | 7% | 0% | 11 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 Withdrawn applications have no hearing.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 18 | Approved |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Floor space index / gross floor area | 4 | too few decisions to estimate | 13 | 100% |
| Building height | 6 | too few decisions to estimate | 16 | 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 | 1 | too few decisions to estimate |
| Rear yard setback | 0 | too few decisions to estimate | 0 | too few decisions to estimate |
| Parking | 10 | 100% | 25 | 100% |
| 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 | 0 | too few decisions to estimate |
| Garden or laneway suite | 4 | too few decisions to estimate | 38 | 74% |
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”). 53 of the decisions within 1 km name none, so the category counts are a floor, not the full picture.
Conditions
3 of 64 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
- 89 Finch Ave W · 0 m · Approved on 2025-12-04To modify the existing three-storey building by constructing second and third floor additions at the rear of the building.File A0451/25NY: look it up in the City's Application Information Centre
- 68 Lorraine Dr · 140 m · Approved on 2023-03-09Proposal to construct a new two storey detached single family dwellingFile A0375/22NY: look it up in the City's Application Information Centre
- 61 Lorraine Dr · 210 m · Approved on 2024-03-07Proposal to construct a new dwelling.File A0023/24NY: look it up in the City's Application Information Centre
- 116 Holcolm Rd · 260 m · Approved on 2023-02-23Proposal to construct a new single family dwelling.File A0003/23NY: look it up in the City's Application Information Centre
- 120 Hendon Ave · 280 m · Approved on 2023-10-12 · Garden or laneway suiteTo construct a new garden suite in the rear yard of the subject property. The existing detached garage would be demolished. Please note this application was previously deferred…File A0258/23NY: look it up in the City's Application Information Centre