Item - 2026.PH30.9

The Planning and Housing Committee recommends that:

1. City Council approve the grant awards for the 2026 Toronto Heritage Grant Program for the following five heritage properties to assist the recipients in funding the scope of conservation works generally described in Attachment 1 to the report (April 21, 2026) from the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning:

152 Spruce Street

113 Winchester Steet

159 Roxborough Drive

41 Winchester Street

273 Bloor Street West

2. City Council direct that the use of the grant awards outlined in Recommendation 1 of the report (April 21, 2026) from the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, be limited to only the conservation work approved by the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, and that the issuing of the grant awards be subject to the grant recipient satisfying all conditions as set out in the Letter of Understanding between the City and the grant recipient.

 This report recommends the approval of five grants totaling $207,000.00 under the Toronto Heritage Grant Program. The recommended recipients will generate approximately $347,584.78 in private investment for work to conserve irreplaceable cultural heritage resources that contribute to the City's social and economic prosperity by maintaining Toronto's unique sense of place.

The Toronto Heritage Grant Program provides matching grant funds for eligible restoration-based conservation work for heritage properties within the City of Toronto that are designated under Part IV or V of the Ontario Heritage Act (OHA). 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 or not-for-profit properties (including house form buildings) may be eligible for a grant equivalent to 50% of the cost of eligible work, with no maximum limit.   

The Toronto Heritage Grant Program has a budget of $317,000.00 in the City Planning 2026 Operating Budget and is administered by Heritage Planning, City Planning.

The five properties that have been recommended for grant awards vary in size and location across Toronto. Three projects are at residential properties (one of which is owned and operated by a not for profit organization) located within the Cabbagetown North, Cabbagetown South and Cabbagetown Northwest Heritage Conservation Districts (HCDs). Two other notable properties will benefit from heritage grants this year including Rosedale United Church, a 'Category A' property located in the North Rosedale Heritage Conservation District, and The Royal Conservatory of Music, an individually designated property under Part IV of the Ontario Heritage Act.  

At its meeting on April 27, 2026 the Toronto Preservation Board considered Item PB43.8 and made recommendations to City Council.

Summary from the report (April 7, 2026) from the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning:

This report recommends the approval of five grants totaling $207,000.00 under the Toronto Heritage Grant Program. The recommended recipients will generate approximately $347,584.78 in private investment for work to conserve irreplaceable cultural heritage resources that contribute to the City's social and economic prosperity by maintaining Toronto's unique sense of place.

The Toronto Heritage Grant Program provides matching grant funds for eligible restoration-based conservation work for heritage properties within the City of Toronto that are designated under Part IV or V of the Ontario Heritage Act (OHA). 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 or not-for-profit properties (including house form buildings) may be eligible for a grant equivalent to 50% of the cost of eligible work, with no maximum limit.

The Toronto Heritage Grant Program has a budget of $317,000.00 in the City Planning 2026 Operating Budget and is administered by Heritage Planning, City Planning.

The five properties that have been recommended for grant awards vary in size and location across Toronto. Three projects are at residential properties (one of which is owned and operated by a not for profit organization) located within the Cabbagetown North, Cabbagetown South and Cabbagetown Northwest Heritage Conservation Districts (HCDs). Two other notable properties will benefit from heritage grants this year including Rosedale United Church, a 'Category A' property located in the North Rosedale Heritage Conservation District, and The Royal Conservatory of Music, an individually designated property under Part IV of the Ontario Heritage Act.