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Toronto neighbourhoods ranked by planning applications

Name: Toronto neighbourhoods ranked by planning applications
Creator: City of Toronto
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Yorkdale-Glen Park had the most active planning applications of Toronto’s 158 neighbourhoods: 48. Rexdale-Kipling had the fewest, at 1. The typical neighbourhood had 11.

City of Toronto, Development Applications and Committee of Adjustment Applications · Data as of Nov 10, 2026 · How it’s measured

Most active planning applications

Area

Typical neighbourhood: 11· active planning applications

Rank	Neighbourhood
1	Yorkdale-Glen Park	48
2	Lansing-Westgate	45
3	Wellington Place	44
4	Clairlea-Birchmount	41
5	Bridle Path-Sunnybrook-York Mills	40
6	South Riverdale	39
7	Annex	37
8	Long Branch	37
9	Stonegate-Queensway	33
10	Bedford Park-Nortown	32
11	Moss Park	32
12	Mount Pleasant East	32
13	Newtonbrook West	32
14	St Lawrence-East Bayfront-The Islands	32
15	Etobicoke City Centre	31
16	West Humber-Clairville	31
17	Leaside-Bennington	30
18	Willowdale West	30
19	Mimico-Queensway	29
20	High Park-Swansea	28
21	Junction Area	28
22	Banbury-Don Mills	27
23	Englemount-Lawrence	27
24	Islington	27
25	East Willowdale	26
26	Lawrence Park South	26
27	Clanton Park	25
28	Wexford/Maryvale	25
29	Briar Hill-Belgravia	24
30	Newtonbrook East	24
31	Oakwood Village	24
32	Yonge-Eglinton	24
33	Yonge-St.Clair	24
34	Lawrence Park North	23
35	South Eglinton-Davisville	23
36	Yonge-Bay Corridor	23
37	Birchcliffe-Cliffside	22
38	Woburn North	22
39	Bay-Cloverhill	21
40	Downtown Yonge East	21
41	South Parkdale	21
42	St.Andrew-Windfields	21
43	Harbourfront-CityPlace	20
44	Kensington-Chinatown	20
45	York University Heights	20
46	Forest Hill South	19
47	Greenwood-Coxwell	19
48	Trinity-Bellwoods	19
49	Weston	19
50	Agincourt South-Malvern West	18
51	Alderwood	18
52	Bayview Village	18
53	High Park North	17
54	Wychwood	17
55	Church-Wellesley	16
56	Flemingdon Park	16
57	Tam O'Shanter-Sullivan	16
58	The Beaches	16
59	Caledonia-Fairbank	15
60	Little Portugal	15
61	Oakdale-Beverley Heights	15
62	Scarborough Village	15
63	Victoria Village	15
64	West Hill	15
65	Avondale	14
66	Cliffcrest	14
67	Downsview	14
68	Humewood-Cedarvale	14
69	Junction-Wallace Emerson	14
70	Pelmo Park-Humberlea	14
71	Rosedale-Moore Park	14
72	Thorncliffe Park	14
73	University	14
74	Mount Dennis	13
75	O'Connor-Parkview	13
76	Princess-Rosethorn	12
77	Rockcliffe-Smythe	12
78	Casa Loma	11
79	Dorset Park	11
80	Dufferin Grove	11
81	East End-Danforth	11
82	Edenbridge-Humber Valley	11
83	Fort York-Liberty Village	11
84	Henry Farm	11
85	Humbermede	11
86	Keelesdale-Eglinton West	11
87	Palmerston-Little Italy	11
88	Roncesvalles	11
89	West Queen West	11
90	Westminster-Branson	11
91	Bathurst Manor	10
92	Humber Heights-Westmount	10
93	Kingsway South	10
94	Milliken	10
95	Morningside Heights	10
96	North Riverdale	10
97	North St.James Town	10
98	Oakridge	10
99	Playter Estates-Danforth	10
100	Weston-Pelham Park	10
101	Bendale-Glen Andrew	9
102	Cabbagetown-South St.James Town	9
103	Danforth East York	9
104	Forest Hill North	9
105	Guildwood	9
106	Humber Summit	9
107	New Toronto	9
108	North Toronto	9
109	Corso Italia-Davenport	8
110	East L'Amoreaux	8
111	Eringate-Centennial-West Deane	8
112	Lambton Baby Point	8
113	Old East York	8
114	Runnymede-Bloor West Village	8
115	West Rouge	8
116	Blake-Jones	7
117	Broadview North	7
118	Danforth	7
119	Highland Creek	7
120	Hillcrest Village	7
121	Humber Bay Shores	7
122	Kennedy Park	7
123	Rustic	7
124	Steeles	7
125	Thistletown-Beaumond Heights	7
126	Beechborough-Greenbrook	6
127	Brookhaven-Amesbury	6
128	Kingsview Village-The Westway	6
129	Malvern West	6
130	Maple Leaf	6
131	Markland Wood	6
132	Parkwoods-O'Connor Hills	6
133	Regent Park	6
134	Woodbine Corridor	6
135	Centennial Scarborough	5
136	Don Valley Village	5
137	Golfdale-Cedarbrae-Woburn	5
138	Malvern East	5
139	Taylor-Massey	5
140	Willowridge-Martingrove-Richview	5
141	Agincourt North	4
142	Bayview Woods-Steeles	4
143	Eglinton East	4
144	Etobicoke West Mall	4
145	L'Amoreaux West	4
146	Morningside	4
147	Black Creek	3
148	Fenside-Parkwoods	3
149	Glenfield-Jane Heights	3
150	Ionview	3
151	Mount Olive-Silverstone-Jamestown	3
152	Woodbine-Lumsden	3
153	Bendale South	2
154	Elms-Old Rexdale	2
155	Pleasant View	2
156	Yonge-Doris	2
157	Dovercourt Village	1
158	Rexdale-Kipling	1

Map: planning applications by neighbourhood

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Numbers match the ranks in the table. Shades split the neighbourhoods into groups of similar size.

Questions about planning applications in Toronto

Which Toronto neighbourhood has the most active planning applications?

Yorkdale-Glen Park, with 48. Lansing-Westgate (45) and Wellington Place (44) were next.

Which Toronto neighbourhood has the fewest active planning applications?

Rexdale-Kipling, with 1. Dovercourt Village (1) and Yonge-Doris (2) were next lowest.

What is typical for a Toronto neighbourhood?

The typical (median) neighbourhood had 11: half are above it and half below.

How is this measured?

Development applications (rezonings, site plans, subdivisions) and Committee of Adjustment applications (minor variances and consents) still waiting for a decision or under appeal. A site with several files counts once. Source: City of Toronto, Development Applications and Committee of Adjustment Applications.