Preservation Board is asked to weigh heritage designation of 70 Gerrard Street East

Ward 13, Toronto Centre

Preservation Board is asked to weigh a staff recommendation that City Council state its intention to designate 70 Gerrard Street East under the Ontario Heritage Act. Staff concur the property meets six of the nine Ontario Regulation 9/06 criteria, and designation would let City Council review proposed alterations or demolitions.

Province decides

Also in this item

• The property is one of eighteen pre-1870 listed properties citywide identified as candidates for designation under provincial Bill 23 amendments to the Ontario Heritage Act, which require listed properties to be designated or removed from the Heritage Register by January 1, 2027.

How to act

Email your councillor before the voteCouncillor Chris Moise, Ward 13, Toronto Centre
Read the item on the city record

Preservation Board meets on November 16, 2026, to consider the item.

The journey

Mon, Nov 16 · Toronto Preservation Board · scheduled, not yet heard

Why is this story here?

ContainedThe item concerns one property at 70 Gerrard Street East. If designated, it is bounded to that site and reversible only through a separate process, so it passes the test for a bounded decision.Touches a narrow groupIf City Council states its intention and designation follows, the effect falls on one address and the people who use or own it, not on a broad group of residents.

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The record as the City filed it

Staff recommended

The Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning recommends that: 1. City Council state its intention to designate the property at 70 Gerrard Street East under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act in accordance with the Statement of Significance for 70 Gerrard Street East (Reasons for Designation) attached as Attachment 1, to the report, October 28, 2026, from the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning.

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2. If there are no objections to the designation, City Council authorize the City Solicitor to introduce the Bill in Council designating the property under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act.

Considered

2026-11-16 · Toronto Preservation Board · not yet heard

Official title: 70 Gerrard Street East - Notice of Intention to Designate a Property under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act · the item as the City filed it · meeting video