Toronto Ward 20

Scarborough Southwest: what you can build here

Fourplex as-of-right

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

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Can you build a sixplex in Scarborough Southwest?

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

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

Committee rulings in Scarborough Southwest

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

94%

Median days, filing to ruling

135

Counted by City file. 8 of these 16 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 Deferred and withdrawn files are left out, because neither says what the Committee decided.

169 McIntosh St

Approved

4 units, Houseplex

Lot 10.1 m (33'-0") x 42.7 m (140'-0")

11 Mar 2026A0013/26SC

171 McIntosh St

Approved

4 units, Houseplex

Lot 10.4 m (34'-0") x 42.7 m (140'-0")

11 Mar 2026A0014/26SC

460 Pharmacy Ave

Approved

4 units

Lot 15.2 m (50'-0") x 31.7 m (104'-0")

11 Mar 2026A0229/25SC

2495 Eglinton Ave E

Approved

4 units, Conversion of the existing building

Lot size: Not on the record

11 Feb 2026A0269/25SC

163 Audrey Ave

Approved

4 units, including a suite, Houseplex

Lot 9.1 m (30'-0") x 30.5 m (100'-0")

14 Jan 2026A0242/25SC

21 Bexhill Ave

Approved

4 units, Houseplex

Lot 12.2 m (40'-0") x 31.7 m (104'-0")

14 Jan 2026A0228/25SC

33 Leyton Ave

Approved

4 units, Houseplex

Lot 5.8 m (19'-0") x 36.6 m (120'-0")

14 Jan 2026A0235/25SC

397 Pharmacy Ave

Refused

10 units, Apartment building

Lot 10.7 m (35'-0") x 39.9 m (131'-0")

14 Jan 2026A0257/25SC

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 21 rulings in Scarborough Southwest 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.