Item - 2025.GG26.38

The General Government Committee:

1. Received the report (November 24, 2025) from the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management, for information.

This report provides the annual status update on fire and life safety compliance at the City of Toronto (the City), as directed by City Council via item AU13.11. The report presents the 2024 compliance rates against the 2018 to 2023 baseline data. The completion and compliance rates have continued to improve since the implementation of the Safety and Compliance team (formerly the Fire and Life Safety Program Office) within Corporate Real Estate Management.

Throughout 2024, Corporate Real Estate Management finalized the centralization of all City Divisions into the Safety and Compliance program. Corporate Real Estate Management has made significant progress implementing the Master Fire Program, awarded new competitive procurements for inspections, tested and maintained services, and recruited new staff to enable the hybrid service model.

In collaboration with the City of Toronto’s Auditor General’s Office, staff have confirmed that the requirement to report annually to City Council on compliance levels stemming from AU13.11 has been fulfilled. Since the Auditor General’s Office's report in 2017, the City has seen a steady increase in fire and life safety compliance rates, maintaining over 90 percent compliance for the past two years. Given this progress, starting in 2026, staff will report compliance rates internally to all City Divisions, impacted Agencies, Boards, and Corporations, and will provide this information to Councillor Offices upon request. The Auditor General’s Office is supportive of this approach.