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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 months11 Oct 2025 to 11 Oct 2026

Rulings

27

Approved

63%

Median days, filing to ruling

105

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 Deferred and withdrawn files are left out, because neither says what the Committee decided.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 RdCity fileA0245/26EYK

Ruling

Approved, 10 Sep 2026

Units

10 unitsConversion of the existing building

Lot

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

Lot area

1,227 m² (13,207 ft²)

Days to ruling

43

Ward

Etobicoke-Lakeshore (Ward 3)

Zone

RM

Filed

29 Jul 2026
7 Sixteenth StCity fileA0226/26EYK

Ruling

Approved, 10 Sep 2026

Units

5 units, including a suiteHouseplex

Lot

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

Lot area

306 m² (3,294 ft²)

Days to ruling

59

Ward

Etobicoke-Lakeshore (Ward 3)

Zone

RM

Filed

13 Jul 2026
399 Kipling AveCity fileA0074/26EYK

Ruling

Approved, 23 Apr 2026

Units

6 unitsApartment building

Lot

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

Lot area

328 m² (3,531 ft²)

Days to ruling

56

Ward

Etobicoke-Lakeshore (Ward 3)

Zone

RM

Filed

26 Feb 2026
401 Kipling AveCity fileA0073/26EYK

Ruling

Approved, 23 Apr 2026

Units

6 unitsApartment building

Lot

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

Lot area

375 m² (4,036 ft²)

Days to ruling

56

Ward

Etobicoke-Lakeshore (Ward 3)

Zone

RM

Filed

26 Feb 2026
66 George StCity fileA0092/26EYK

Ruling

Refused, 23 Apr 2026

Units

6 unitsApartment building

Lot

Not on the record

Lot area

Not on the record

Days to ruling

45

Ward

Etobicoke-Lakeshore (Ward 3)

Zone

RM

Filed

9 Mar 2026
76 Twenty Fourth StCity fileA0302/25EYK

Ruling

Approved, 23 Apr 2026

Units

4 unitsHouseplex

Lot

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

Lot area

464 m² (4,994 ft²)

Days to ruling

261

Ward

Etobicoke-Lakeshore (Ward 3)

Zone

RD

Filed

5 Aug 2025
8 Newholm RdCity fileA0106/25EYK

Ruling

Approved, 26 Mar 2026

Units

31 unitsApartment building

Lot

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

Lot area

2,601 m² (27,997 ft²)

Days to ruling

388

Ward

Etobicoke-Lakeshore (Ward 3)

Zone

RA

Filed

3 Mar 2025
6 Birchlea AveCity fileA0407/25EYK

Ruling

Refused, 15 Jan 2026

Units

4 units

Lot

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

Lot area

603 m² (6,491 ft²)

Days to ruling

100

Ward

Etobicoke-Lakeshore (Ward 3)

Zone

RD

Filed

7 Oct 2025

7 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 line shows the size and the homes of one lot.

Read 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.