Study areas are determined by the location of the underground drainage system (sewer pipes). Your home may be located in other study areas where studies have been completed or planned for current drainage capacity assessment.

Learn more on individual study area, please go to specific study areas below.

Study Area Study Began Study Completed
Study Area 1 (East York – O’Connor Drive/St. Clair Avenue East) 2013 2014
Study Area 2 (Leaside) 2013 2014
Study Area 3 (Keele Street/Eglinton Avenue West) 2008 2011
Study Areas 4 & 5 (Humber River/Black Creek) 2012 2014
Study Area 6 (Weston – Black Creek/Humber River) 2012 2014
Study Areas 7, 8, 9, 10 (Highway 427/Rathburn Road) 2007 2011
Study Area 9 (Burnhamthorpe Road and Renforth Drive Sewer Infiltration and Inflow Pilot Study) 2007 2012
Study Areas 11 & 12 (Islington Avenue/Steeles Avenue West) 2007 2011
Study Area 13 & 15 (Jane Street/Sheppard Avenue West) 2011 2014
Study Area 14 (Black Creek/Finch Avenue West) 2006 2009
Study Area 16 (Black Creek/Highway 401/Dufferin Street) 2007 2012
Study Area 17, 18 & 19 (Allen Road/Highway 401) 2012 2014
Study Area 20 (Lawrence Park) 2013 2018
Study Area 21 (Don Mills and York Mills area) 2013 2016
Study Area 22 (Victoria Village) 2011 2014
Study Area 23 (DVP and York Mills area) 2013 2016
Study Area 24 (Yonge and Sheppard) 2012 2016
Study Area 25 (Yonge and Sheppard) 2012 2016
Study Area 26 (Yonge and Sheppard) 2012 2016
Study Area 27 (Yonge and Sheppard) 2012 2016
Study Area 28 (Finch Avenue – Bathurst Street to Bayview Avenue) 2006 2008
Study Area 29 (West of Hwy 404 – Highway 401 to Steeles Avenue) 2006 2008
Study Area 30 (Victoria Park Avenue – Eglinton Avenue to Steeles Avenue) 2006 2008
Study Area 31 (Warden Avenue/Finch Avenue East) 2007 2011
Study Area 32 (Eastern Beaches) 2008 2012
Study Area 33 Addendum (Southwest Scarborough) 2020 2021
Study Area 34 (Southwest Scarborough) 2016 2018
Study Area 35, 36, 38, 39, 41 (Etobicoke) 2015 2018
Study Area 37 (York – Cedarvale) 2015 2019
Study Area 40 (Avenue Road  – Eglinton Avenue and Yonge Area) 2016 2019
Study Area 43 (Bayview and York Mills) 2018 2021
Study Area 45 (Black Creek) 2017 2022
Study Area 46 (East York – Broadview, O’Connor) 2019 2022
Study Area 47 (Taylor-Massey Creek – Wexford) 2019 2023
Study Area 48 (Rexdale – Finch, Highway 27) 2019 2022
Study Area 49 (Etobicoke – Islington-Bloor, Park Lawn, South Kingsway) 2019 2022
Study Area 50 (Etobicoke – Eglinton, Renforth) 2019 2022
Study Area 51 (Etobicoke – Royal York, Kingsway) 2019 2023
Study Area 53 (Lake Shore Boulevard-Mimico Creek) 2019 2023
Study Area 54 (Etobicoke – Highway 427, Queensway) 2019 2022
Study Area 55 (Don River – Eglinton) 2019 2022
Study Area 56 (Rouge River South) 2019 2023
Study Area 57 (South Scarborough – Highland Creek East) 2019 2024
Study Area 58 (Don River sewershed – Keele Street/Steeles Avenue to Victoria Park/Eglinton Avenue) 2019 2024
Study Area 60 (Agincourt – Highland Creek West) 2019 2023
Study Area 61 (Etobicoke – Steeles, Weston Road) 2019 2022
Study Area 63 (Agincourt – Highland Creek East) 2019 2023
Study Area 64 (Rouge River North) 2019 2023
Study Area 65 (Finch Avenue – Allen Road to Keele Street) 2019 2024
Study Area 66 (Keele, Sheppard, Allen Road) 2019 2022
Study Area 67 (Scarborough northeast – Steeles, Port Union Road) 2019 2022

Please note that “Study Began” refers to the year that the study started, whereas “Study Completed” is the year that both the study and public consultation on the environmental assessment (if required) were completed. Study areas requiring an environmental assessment took longer to complete than those without.

Heavy machinery putting in a newer sewer into the ground
Sewer upsize installation
A view of a large cement-walled storage tank
Underground storage tank
Large grated catch basins near the edge of a motor vehicle road and side of the sidewalk
High capacity catch basins
A large empty grassy area above ground
Dry pond

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