The 2024 City Budget approved a reinstatement of Committee of Adjustment user fee rate increases as recommended through the 2022 Development Application Fee Review (2022.PH34.6). As a result, effective April 1, 2024, there will be a 10 per cent increase to Minor Variance and Consent application fees.

Committee of Adjustment

The Committee of Adjustment (CofA) is an independent quasi-judicial body administrative tribunal that makes decisions under the Planning Act on applications for minor variance, consent, and permissions to extend or enlarge legal non-conforming uses.

The Committee is comprised of 35 citizen members appointed by Council. Members serve a 4-year term. The Committee operates as smaller panels in four districts that correspond to the four Community Councils.

The Committee receives between 3000 and 4500 applications at over 90 hearings each year.

Learn more about minor variances and consent applications.


Application Information Centre and Status Updates

Search the City Planning Application Information Centre for active Committee of Adjustment applications and status updates.

Committee of Adjustment applications (minor variance & consent) are available publicly on the Application Information Centre for approximately 90 days following a final and binding decision on an application.

Closed applications from the last ten years within a 500m or 1000m radius of a property can be accessed for a fee using the Committee of Adjustment Research Request Portal.


Committee of Adjustment Hearing Schedules and Agendas

Find Your Ward

Use your address to find your ward. Once you know your ward, you can find your district.


Public Hearings

Public Hearing Format

Committee of Adjustment public hearings are held in a hybrid in-person and virtual format. This means applicants and the public have the choice to join in person or virtually on Webex, an on-line digital platform, by telephone, computer, smartphone or tablet. City staff and panel members will attend the hearings in person. Learn how to register and participate in this new hearing format.

Written Submissions and Comments

Written comments can be sent to the Committee in advance. Written submissions to the Committee of Adjustment must be emailed in PDF format, no later than 4:30 pm, five business days before the hearing date.

View Hearings on YouTube

Public hearings are also livestreamed and uploaded on the Toronto City Planning YouTube Channel.

Closed Captions on YouTube

Closed caption subtitles are generally made available 24 hours after the hearing. YouTube closed captions are generated automatically using speech recognition technology. There may be discrepancies between the words spoken and the captions that are generated as YouTube works to improve their closed captioning service.


Privacy Notice

The information collected on the Committee of Adjustment application form is considered to be a public record as defined by section 27 of the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act.

Our public hearings are recorded on video and posted to YouTube on our publicly accessible channel. As such, any information disclosed during the public hearings will be shared online to the general public.


Forms, Submission Guidelines & Fees

Development application forms, submission requirements and fees.

Research Request Portal

Search for Committee of Adjustment decisions for a particular area.

Appeals

As of November 28, 2022, only the applicant, the Minister, specified persons and public bodies can appeal.

Process & Participation

Committee of Adjustment brochure, Rules of Procedure and answers to frequently asked questions.