The weekly briefing for your neighbourhood
The week’s notable changes across up to 5 neighbourhoods: new proposals and hearings, demolitions, heritage listings, serious collisions, affordable housing, park projects and more. No address needed.
What you get
For each neighbourhood with news that week: a line of counts, then the notable items in full, in plain words. Background figures that rarely change are left out.
Planning
New proposals and applications, with the number of homes and storeys, plus hearings, comment deadlines and decisions.
Building permits
How many building permits and garden or laneway suite permits were issued, and every demolition in full.
Housing
The net change in short-term rentals, affordable housing projects that reach a new stage, and new RentSafe scores for apartment buildings.
Heritage
Buildings added to the City’s Heritage Register.
Serious collisions
Where and when someone was killed or seriously injured, and who was involved.
Street work and parks
Major City road projects that are about to start, and park projects.
Storefronts
New storefront businesses licensed that week, by their business name.
Child care
Child care centres that open or close, named with their address.
New data this week
A short note when crime figures, 311 requests, yearly data or neighbourhood rankings are updated.
Each neighbourhood ends with a link to its page, with everything in full.
How it works
Pick up to 5 neighbourhoods
Start typing a name 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 Wednesday
One email with a section for each neighbourhood that had news. Quiet ones are left out.
Questions
What does it cost?
Nothing. The neighbourhood briefing is free.
How often will I hear from you?
Once a week, on Wednesday. Neighbourhoods with a quiet week are left out, and if they were all quiet, there’s no email.
Do I need to give an address?
No. If you also want updates about your own block, the address briefing comes on Sundays. You can get one, the other or both.
Why up to 5?
Each neighbourhood gets its own section, so five keeps the email short enough to read.
Will I see the same item in both briefings?
Sometimes. The two briefings are separate: something near your address can also be news in a neighbourhood you follow.
Where does the information come from?
City of Toronto open data and Toronto Police, refreshed nightly. Each neighbourhood links to its page with everything in full.
How do I stop it or change my neighbourhoods?
Every email has a link to your settings and its own unsubscribe link. Your address briefing isn’t affected. Lost your emails? Use Manage your briefings.
What do you do with my email address?
We use it only to send the briefing. We never sell or share it. See the privacy policy.