Item - 2021.PH25.18

The Planning and Housing Committee:

1. Received the report (June 9, 2021) from the Chief Planning and Executive Director, for information.

The City Planning Division monitors development activity in the city. This report and the attached bulletin summarize development activity in the city over the past five years. Information from the Division's Land Use Information System II and other sources have been analyzed to provide an overview of all development projects with any development activity between January 1, 2016 and December 31, 2020. Development activity refers to progress at any stage of the approvals and development processes, including application submission, development review, development approval, building permit application, building permit issuance, construction, occupancy and completion. The bulletin illustrates how the city has grown over these five years and how it may continue to develop over time.

In total, 503,362 residential units and 12,853,823 million square metres of non-residential gross floor area (GFA) were proposed by projects with development activity between January 1, 2016 and December 31, 2020. Of this, 93,836 residential units and 2,413,647 square metres of non-residential GFA were built. There were 162,757 residential units approved but not yet built, and an additional 246,769 units in projects still under review. Similarly, there was 5,561,590 square metres of non-residential GFA approved and not yet built, and a further 4,878,586 square metres in projects under review. In total, there were 409,526 residential units and 10,440,176 m2 of non-residential GFA in projects that are either under review or active, indicating a continuation of strong development activity in Toronto in the coming years. If all of these residential units were realized over time, they would increase the total number of dwellings in the city by over one third.