2023 Toronto Heritage Grant Awards

Applicants may receive a grant once every five years for up to 50% of the cost of eligible conservation work. Owners of house form buildings may receive up to $10,000.00 or, if replacing an entire cedar or slate roof assembly, up to $20,000.00 every ten years. Owners of non-house form buildings and any tax-exempt properties including house form buildings may be eligible for a grant equivalent to 50% of the cost of eligible conservation work, with no maximum limit. The Toronto Heritage Grant Program has a budget of $317,000.00 in the City Planning 2022 Operating Budget and is administered by Heritage Planning, City Planning. The properties that have been recommended for a grant award vary in size and location across Toronto. Several grant projects are at residential properties located in Heritage Conservation Districts (HCDs), including properties located within the Cabbagetown North, Riverdale, West Annex and Draper Street Heritage Conservation Districts. In addition, there are a few notable Part IV-designated properties benefitting from heritage grants this year, including the St. Anne's Anglican Church, Armadale Free Methodist Church, The Heintzman House and the St. Andrew's Church Manse. Due to the high demand for funding assistance, which exceeded the program budget, two projects are not being recommended for the full amount of the grant request. Of the 11 applications for funding, 10 were recommended for approval in whole or part and one was not recommended as the proposed works were deemed not to qualify in accordance with the rules of the Toronto Heritage Grant Program.

City Council direct that the use of the grant awards outlined in Recommendation 1 of this report be limited to only the conservation work approved by the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, and that the issuing of the grant award be subject to the grant recipient satisfying all conditions as set out in the Letter of Understanding between the City and the grant recipient.