Since 2023 Toronto lets you build a multiplex — up to four units city-wide, and up to six in nine pilot wards — on most residential lots as-of-right. Here's what's allowed, how many units your lot can hold, and where to find one.
Sample of lots for sale across Toronto.
Across Toronto, most residential lots now allow up to four units (a fourplex) without a rezoning. In the nine Expanding Housing Options in Neighbourhoods (EHON) pilot wards you can go to six units (a sixplex). Many deeper lots can add a garden suite at the rear for one more unit, and lots fronting a designated major street can qualify for a small apartment building well beyond six units.
Use the interactive map to see every lot's as-of-right unit count, lot width and depth, zoning, and whether it's in a sixplex ward or on a major street. There are 2,648 lots for sale right now. Open any one for a full massing study, design options and an MLI Select proforma.
Rental buildings of five or more units can qualify for CMHC's MLI Select program — higher leverage and longer amortization in exchange for affordability, energy-efficiency or accessibility points. Every listing includes an MLI Select proforma so you can see the takeout financing and returns before you buy.
Up to four units (a fourplex) as-of-right on most residential lots, or up to six in the nine EHON pilot wards. Deep lots can add a garden suite, and major-street lots can support a small apartment building.
No. A fourplex is permitted as-of-right on most residential lots city-wide, so no rezoning or minor variance is required for the unit count itself.
A sixplex is a six-unit multiplex. Toronto permits it as-of-right only in nine pilot wards: Parkdale-High Park, Davenport, Spadina-Fort York, University-Rosedale, Toronto-St. Paul's, Toronto Centre, Toronto-Danforth, Beaches-East York, Scarborough North.
As-of-right unit potential shown here is a planning guide generated from Toronto's multiplex and Expanding Housing Options in Neighbourhoods (EHON) permissions, not legal advice. Always confirm what a specific lot allows with the City of Toronto or a qualified planner before purchasing or designing.
