The weekly briefing for your block
What’s new near your address each week: planning applications, building permits, new businesses, safety and more, in plain words. No news that week, no email.
What you get
Everything new near your address that week, in plain words, with a link to the source. Each section only appears when it has something new, and each says which area it covers.
At your address
Your addressNew building permits, City orders, by-law investigations or heritage listings on your own building. For apartment buildings, new RentSafe scores and fire inspection results.
Planning applications
Within 250 mNew rezonings, site plans, minor variances and lot splits, explained in a sentence, plus decisions, official notices, appeals and hearing dates with a calendar file.
Building permits
Within 250 mNew buildings, laneway and garden suites, additions and demolitions, and early signs that a project is coming. Smaller jobs are left out.
New businesses
Your neighbourhoodStorefronts that got a City licence that week: restaurants, cafés, shops and salons, by their business name.
Street work
Within 250 mCity road, laneway and sidewalk projects that are about to start on streets near you, and utility crews’ permits to dig.
Safety
Within 500 mHow many major crimes were reported nearby, by type, each time Toronto Police publish new data (never individual crimes), and collisions where someone was seriously hurt.
Housing
Within 500 mNewly registered short-term rentals (as a count), rooming house licences, affordable housing projects that reach a new stage, and approved rental demolitions.
Community
Within 500 mChild care centres, EarlyON centres, public spaces and shelters that open or close nearby, and child care inspections that found problems.
Transit and city services
Near youChanges to the TTC routes at stops near you, and a heads-up when your garbage day moves.
Every briefing ends with a link to the full report for your address.
How it works
Pick your address
Start typing and choose it from the list, then add your email.
Confirm by email
Click the link we send. Nothing else arrives until you do.
Read it on Sunday
One short email, only in weeks when something new happened near you.
Questions
What does it cost?
Nothing. The weekly briefing is free.
How often will I hear from you?
Once a week, on Sunday, and only when something new happened near your address. If you follow more than one address, you get one email with a section for each.
What counts as “near”?
It depends on the item: planning applications, building permits and street work within 250 m, safety, housing and community services within 500 m, and new businesses across your neighbourhood. Each section of the briefing says which.
Where does the information come from?
City of Toronto open data, Toronto Police and TTC schedules, refreshed nightly. Every item links to its source.
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