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Toronto Ward 20

Scarborough Southwest: what you can build here

Fourplex as-of-right, sixplex not yet

In-scope listings

136

Infill lots

93

Multi-unit listings

21

Land listings

13

Scarborough Southwest sits inside Toronto's citywide multiplex zoning, so a fourplex is allowed as of right on most detached lots here. Below is what's active on the market in the ward right now, pulled from the same feed TESA reads before it buys.

Can you build a sixplex in Scarborough Southwest?

Not yet. Scarborough Southwest allows a fourplex as of right, but as-of-right sixplex is currently limited to a smaller set of wards elsewhere in the city.

Is a fourplex as-of-right in Scarborough Southwest?

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

The register in Scarborough Southwest

Committee of Adjustment decisions on four to ten unit files in this ward, newest first.

The last thirty days, in one lineTrailing thirty days, Jul 29 to Aug 28

Approval rate

Not confirmed

Decisions

0

Median days to decision

Not confirmed

The Committee decided nothing on a multiplex file in the last thirty days.

Committee of AdjustmentFiledJul 16, 2026

Outcome

Hearing Scheduled

Lot

Not confirmed

Lot area

Not confirmed

Days to decision

Not confirmed

Ward

Scarborough Southwest (Ward 20)

District

East
Committee of AdjustmentFiledNov 28, 2025

Outcome

TLAB Appeal

Lot

Not confirmed

Lot area

Not confirmed

Days to decision

Not confirmed

Ward

Scarborough Southwest (Ward 20)

District

East
Committee of AdjustmentFiledNov 25, 2025

Outcome

Deferred

Lot

Not confirmed

Lot area

Not confirmed

Days to decision

Not confirmed

Ward

Scarborough Southwest (Ward 20)

District

East
Committee of AdjustmentFiledNov 25, 2025

Outcome

Deferred

Lot

Not confirmed

Lot area

Not confirmed

Days to decision

Not confirmed

Ward

Scarborough Southwest (Ward 20)

District

East
Committee of AdjustmentFiledDec 31, 2024

Outcome

TLAB Appeal

Lot

Not confirmed

Lot area

Not confirmed

Days to decision

Not confirmed

Ward

Scarborough Southwest (Ward 20)

District

East
Committee of AdjustmentFiledDec 31, 2024

Outcome

TLAB Appeal

Lot

Not confirmed

Lot area

Not confirmed

Days to decision

Not confirmed

Ward

Scarborough Southwest (Ward 20)

District

East
Committee of AdjustmentFiledAug 16, 2024

Outcome

Postponed

Lot

Not confirmed

Lot area

Not confirmed

Days to decision

Not confirmed

Ward

Scarborough Southwest (Ward 20)

District

East
Read the whole city's register

What you see here comes from TESA's live listings feed and is indicative only, not a zoning opinion. Ward boundaries, listing counts, and program eligibility change; confirm what a specific address allows with a TESA Scan.

Ward boundaries and sixplex eligibility: City of Toronto Open Data.