Toronto Ward 21

Scarborough Centre: what you can build here

Fourplex as-of-right

Scarborough Centre 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 Scarborough Centre is not one of them. The browse button below opens current listings in Scarborough Centre.

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Can you build a sixplex in Scarborough Centre?

Not as of right. Toronto allows a sixplex as of right in nine wards, in a detached building only, and Scarborough Centre 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 Scarborough Centre?

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

Committee rulings in Scarborough Centre

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

Approved

Under 10

Median days, filing to ruling

425

Counted by City file. 3 of these 7 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 Deferred and withdrawn files are left out, because neither says what the Committee decided. Fewer than 10 rulings in twelve months, so no approval rate is shown.

1251 Warden Ave

Refused

25 units, Apartment building

Lot 12.2 m (40'-0") x 38.1 m (125'-0")

7 Oct 2026A0124/26SC

978 Pharmacy Ave

Refused

25 units, Apartment building

Lot 12.2 m (40'-0") x 38.1 m (125'-0")

7 Oct 2026A0123/26SC

910 Pharmacy Ave

Approved

30 units, Apartment building

Lot 25.3 m (83'-0") x 36.0 m (118'-0")

6 May 2026A0231/25SC

198 Tower Dr

Approved

4 units

Lot 12.2 m (40'-0") x 38.1 m (125'-0")

14 Jan 2026A0319/24SC

29 Tardree Pl

Approved

5 units, including a suite, Houseplex

Lot 35.0 m (115'-0") x 72.2 m (237'-0")

8 Oct 2025A0190/25SC

182 Tower Dr

Approved

4 units, including a suite, Houseplex

Lot 12.2 m (40'-0") x 38.1 m (125'-0")

4 Jun 2025A0078/25SC

62 Seminole Ave

Approved

4 units

Lot 12.5 m (41'-0") x 38.4 m (126'-0")

9 Apr 2025A0039/25SC

3 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 7 rulings in Scarborough Centre 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.