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26 Fairbank Ave, Toronto

Zoning RM

Residential Multiple Dwelling with a site-specific exception.

Height limit: 11 m, 3 storeys

An exception can change what’s allowed here; read it in the by-law before relying on this. Zoning By-law 569-2013

Homes allowed

  • ✅ Up to 4 homes in a house-form building
  • ✅ Plus a garden suite, or a laneway suite if the lot is on a public lane
  • — Sixplexes aren’t allowed as of right in ward 8 yet (only in 9 wards); a variance would be needed

Ward 8, Eglinton-Lawrence. Development charges are waived for multiplexes of up to 6 homes in Toronto.

Limits None mapped

  • Heritage: not on the register
  • Flood and conservation: none mapped

Rulings within 400 m

  • 64 Schell Ave · 302 m
    Approved · 4 units incl. a suite · Multiplex · Sep 17, 2026
  • 557 Nairn Ave · 296 m
    Approved · 7 units incl. a suite · New building · Aug 19, 2026
  • Approved · 7 units incl. a suite · Multiplex · Jul 22, 2026
  • Approved · 5 units incl. a suite · New building · Mar 4, 2026
  • Approved · 4 units incl. a suite · Multiplex · Jan 8, 2026
  • Approved · 5 units incl. a suite · Aug 27, 2025
  • Approved · 3 units · Conversion of a house · Aug 10, 2023
  • Approved · 3 units · Aug 11, 2022
  • Approved · 194 units · Jun 17, 2021
  • Approved · 3 units · Conversion of a house · Mar 21, 2019
  • Approved · 3 units · Multiplex · Aug 31, 2017

All rulings

Building permits here

  • Multiple Projects · 2015 · Revision Issued
    Rev 2: Proposed changed depth of front porch and interior alterationsConstruct a two storey rear addition (27.9m2), interior alterations (91

Development applications within 500 m

  • 1818 EGLINTON AVE W
    Site Plan · Under Review
  • 680 NORTHCLIFFE BLVD
    Site Plan · Under Review
  • 10 RAMSDEN RD
    Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · OMB Appeal
  • 10 RAMSDEN RD
    Site Plan · Under Review
  • 10 RAMSDEN RD
    Plan of Subdivision · Under Review
  • 1807 EGLINTON AVE W
    Site Plan · Under Review

For sale here now

A reading of the City’s public zoning maps, not a zoning opinion or legal advice. Site-specific exceptions, lot size, trees, heritage and servicing decide what a lot can really take: confirm with a zoning review or a planner before you buy. Sources: City of Toronto open data (zoning, wards, heritage register, building permits, Committee of Adjustment), conservation authorities’ open data.

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