Ontario
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Committee of adjustment workload could shrink
Proposed new rules could sideline the committee of adjustment when Ontario property owners add one or two additional residential units on lots zoned for single-family homes in urban areas.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Ad hoc venues trigger risk management headaches
Public gatherings in informal, unlicensed venues are creating risk management headaches for local officials in large and small Ontario communities.
Canadian Property Management
Energy storage becomes a planning consideration
Energy storage gets new prominence in the most recent update of Ontario’s directives for land use planning, now explicitly listed as an energy supply option municipalities should consider.
REMI Network
Ontario and Nova Scotia form skilled trades partnership
The governments of Ontario and Nova Scotia signed a Memorandum of Understanding to improve interprovincial mobility for skilled tradespeople.
CondoBusiness
New builder disclosure requirements proposed
The Ontario government is seeking input on proposed additional disclosure requirements from builders with the purchase agreements for new condominium units.
REMI Network
New children’s treatment centre breaks ground in Chatham-Kent
The 58,000‐square‐foot facility will offer a larger space for children and youth with special needs.
Canadian Property Management
Swing space allowance enables booze sales haste
Temporary leeway to shelve alcohol in various, non-contiguous areas of Ontario grocery stores is part of the two-week advance in the rollout of the province's new liquor retailing regime.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Purpose-built rental property tax status in flux
Toronto is among Ontario municipalities contemplating a recently authorized optional property tax subclass to convey discounted tax rates for newly constructed purpose-built rental housing.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Ontario seeks input on accessibility standards
Provincially appointed committee examines the objectives and details of guidance and requirements under the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act and the Ontario Building Code.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Déjà vu for Ontario’s residential rent increases
The Ontario government will hold the allowable rate for residential rent increases at 2.5 per cent for a third consecutive year in 2025, again falling below the average inflation rate.
REMI Network
Ontario boosts capacity to ease overcrowded jails
The Ontario government is adding more beds to several adult correctional facilities and reopening two intermittent detention centres.
Canadian Property Management
Ontario retailers ponder alcohol sales viability
Leases and logistics will be major factors in whether Ontario retailers can act on pending flexibility to sell beer, wine, cider and ready-to-drink alcohol-infused beverages in grocery and convenience stores.
CondoBusiness
Consumer protection on Ontario’s condo agenda
The Ontario government reiterates its awareness that “more than one million Ontarians call a condominium community home” as it launches one public consultation and promises another.
CondoBusiness
Mortgage practices up for review in Ontario
Consumer protection, professional conduct and administrative processes are focus areas of Ontario's in-progress review of the Mortgage Brokerages, Lenders and Administrators Act.
Canadian Property Management
IESO seeks Indigenous energy project proponents
The application window is now open for Indigenous communities and organizations undertaking energy planning, infrastructure development and ongoing energy management projects.
Facility Cleaning & Maintenance
Clean washrooms tapped to be employers’ duty
Proposed amendments to Ontario’s Occupational Health and Safety Act would make employers responsible for the cleaning regimen in workplace washrooms.
Construction Business
Ontario proposes new site rules to support women
The Ontario government is introducing new site rules to ensure clean washrooms and available menstrual products for women.
