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Heritage Conservation Districts

What is a heritage conservation district?

The Ontario Heritage Act plays an important role in enabling a municipality to designate the whole or any part of an area as a Heritage Conservation District. This allows City Council to protect and enhance the special character of groups of properties in an area. The character is established by the overall heritage quality of buildings, streets and open spaces as seen together.

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Kingswood Road South Heritage Conservation District and Poll
A revised Heritage Conservation District Plan (PDF 2.89 MB) has been produced for general review. A Poll (PDF 75 KB) of property owners is to be undertaken in order to determine the level of support in the area for the initiative.

Harbord Village Heritage Conservation District Phase 2 A revised Heritage Conservation District Plan (PDF 4.69 MB) has been produced by the Consultant for general review. The plan will be considered at the public meeting of the Toronto Preservation Board on October 22, 2009 and at the statutory public meeting of the Toronto and East York Community Council on November 10, 2009.
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How is a Heritage conservation district designated?

Council may choose to pass a by-law to define an area within the municipality as an area to be examined for designation as a heritage conservation district.

While the Ontario Heritage Act does not require a study or plan for the area, such an examination provides background to the historical, architectural and character defining features that make the area special. Design guidelines may also be developed for the proposed area.

The local community is encouraged to participate in this process. After the examination and approval by the Toronto Preservation Board, City Council passes a by-law that establishes the heritage conservation district.

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Heritage Conservation Districts Existing Heritage conservation districts across Toronto:
  1. Blythwood (PDF 564 kb)
  2. Cabbagetown-Metcalfe (PDF 2.6 MB)
  3. Cabbagetown-North (PDF 3.1 MB)
  4. Cabbagetown-South (PDF 6.5 MB)
  5. Draper Street (PDF 1.3 MB)
  6. East Annex
  7. Fort York
  8. Harbord Village (PDF 5.1 MB)
  9. Lyall Avenue
  10. North Rosedale
  11. South Rosedale (PDF 7.1 MB)
  12. Wychwood Park (PDF 1.5 MB)
  13. Weston (PDF 2.5 MB)
  14. Yorkville-Hazelton (PDF 4.4 MB)
  15. Riverdale Phase 1 - Part 1(PDF 2.52 MB), Part 2 (PDF 710 KB)
    Riverdale Phase 1 (PDF 11.9 MB)

Heritage Conservation Districts Under Study:

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