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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.

What's New

Policies and Terms of Reference for Designating Heritage Conservation Districts (HCD) in Toronto
Heritage Preservation Services have recently produced draft "Policies and Terms of Reference for Designating Heritage Conservation Districts (HCD) in Toronto".

As part of the review of this draft policy, we are currently undertaking a process of consultation with relevant provincial and municipal agencies, professional practitioners and interested members of the public. The consultation meeting for interested members of the public is scheduled for 6:30 p.m., Wednesday, November 3, 2010 in Committee Room 4, Second Floor, City Hall, 100 Queen Street West. View the Public Meeting Notice.

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.

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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. Cabbagetown Northwest (PDF 2.3 MB)
  6. Draper Street (PDF 1.3 MB)
  7. East Annex
  8. Fort York
  9. Harbord Village (PDF 5.1 MB)
  10. Harbord Village Phase 2 (PDF 4.6 MB)
  11. Lyall Avenue
  12. North Rosedale
  13. Queen Street West
  14. South Rosedale (PDF 7.1 MB)
  15. Union Station District
  16. Wychwood Park (PDF 1.5 MB)
  17. Weston (PDF 2.5 MB)
  18. Yorkville-Hazelton (PDF 4.4 MB)
  19. Riverdale Phase 1 - Part 1(PDF 2.52 MB), Part 2 (PDF 710 KB)
    Riverdale Phase 1 (PDF 11.9 MB)
  20. Kingswood Road South
Heritage Conservation Districts Under Study: 		 
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