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Toronto Ward 3

Etobicoke-Lakeshore: what you can build here

Fourplex as-of-right

Etobicoke-Lakeshore sits inside Toronto's citywide multiplex zoning, so a fourplex is allowed as of right on most detached lots here. A sixplex, in a detached building only, is allowed as of right in nine wards, and Etobicoke-Lakeshore is not one of them. The browse button below opens current listings in Etobicoke-Lakeshore.

Can you build a sixplex in Etobicoke-Lakeshore?

Not as of right. Toronto allows a sixplex as of right in nine wards, in a detached building only, and Etobicoke-Lakeshore is not one of them. A fourplex is allowed as of right here, as it is across Toronto.

Is a fourplex as-of-right in Etobicoke-Lakeshore?

Yes. A fourplex is allowed as of right on most detached residential lots in Etobicoke-Lakeshore, the same as it is across Toronto.

Committee rulings in Etobicoke-Lakeshore

Committee of Adjustment rulings on 4 to 60 unit files in this ward, newest first, by property address and City file number.

The last twelve months16 Oct 2025 to 16 Oct 2026

Rulings, by City file

27

Approved

63%

Median days, filing to ruling

105

Counted by City file. 15 of these 27 rulings cover more than one lot: they are counted here and are not listed. A ruling is an approval or a refusal at a hearing. Deferred and withdrawn files are left out, because neither says what the Committee decided.

11 Cannon Rd

Approved

10 units, Conversion of the existing building

Lot 30.2 m (99'-0") x 40.5 m (133'-0")

10 Sep 2026A0245/26EYK

5 units, including a suite, Houseplex

Lot 8.2 m (27'-0") x 36.6 m (120'-0")

10 Sep 2026A0226/26EYK

6 units, Apartment building

Lot 10.7 m (35'-0") x 30.8 m (101'-0")

23 Apr 2026A0074/26EYK

6 units, Apartment building

Lot 12.2 m (40'-0") x 30.8 m (101'-0")

23 Apr 2026A0073/26EYK

6 units, Apartment building

Lot size: Not on the record

23 Apr 2026A0092/26EYK

4 units, Houseplex

Lot 12.2 m (40'-0") x 38.4 m (126'-0")

23 Apr 2026A0302/25EYK

8 Newholm Rd

Approved

31 units, Apartment building

Lot 49.1 m (161'-0") x 53.3 m (175'-0")

26 Mar 2026A0106/25EYK

4 units

Lot 15.2 m (50'-0") x 39.6 m (130'-0")

15 Jan 2026A0407/25EYK

17 rulings that cover more than one lot, such as a lot split or a building on each of two lots, are not listed here, because each ruling listed shows the size and the units of one lot.

All 25 rulings in Etobicoke-LakeshoreRead the whole city's register

Ward boundaries and the rules change, and none of this is a zoning opinion on a specific lot. Confirm what an address allows with a TESA Scan.

Ward boundaries: City of Toronto Open Data. Sixplex wards: City of Toronto By-law 654-2025. Committee rulings: City of Toronto Committee of Adjustment records.