Connect with your neighbourhood!

 Saturday, April 5th, 10 am–2pm, 

Fairfield Seniors Centre

80 Lothian Avenue

• Pick up a free bag of compost
• Drop off household waste
• Learn about environmental initiatives

Learn more at www.toronto.ca/environment_days

Casting Call for Attic Renovation Show!

The IRRA has been contacted by JS Casting about  an exciting new attic renovation show for A+E Factual Studios.  They are looking for homeowners in Toronto and the GTA who need a designer's help to transform their attic into a dream space! 

This is a casting opportunity for homeowners who are planning an attic renovation in the next 6 to 12 months. We're looking for projects big and small.

Anyone interested in the series can apply at https://www.jscasting.com/now-casting/newatticrenoshow, or reach out to the casting producer, Kayla Del Valle [kayla@jscasting [dot] com], directly.

City Wide: Tues Apr 8th, 6:30 pm - 8 pm

(Virtual Meeting)

Please click HERE to register [under Meetings and Events section] 

Note : there are also some in person meetings scheduled

Meeting Purpose:

Expanding Housing Options in Neighbourhoods (EHON) is a City of Toronto initiative to facilitate more low-rise housing in residential neighbourhoods to meet the needs of our growing City. The upcoming meeting with Etobicoke Resident Association members will consult on two KEY initiatives:

1. Fourplex: On May 10, 2023, Toronto’s City Council approved an Official Plan Amendment and Zoning By-law Amendment to permit multiplexes city-wide: https://secure.toronto.ca/council/agenda-item.do?item=2023.PH3.16.  This means fourplexes can be built on any/every existing residential lot in the City. City Staff are monitoring the implementation of fourplexes.
2. Sixplex: On February 5, 2025, Toronto’s City Council approved Scarborough’s “Ward 23 – Six-Unit Multiplex Pilot Study” and City staff are now reviewing the potential of increasing multiplex permissions to allow sixplexes on single family properties city-wide, without changing building size permissions.

City staff will present findings and seek feedback on the fourplex monitoring program and provide insight into policy changes to increase the maximum number of permitted units in detached houses city-wide from four to six. The feedback received from this consultation will inform City staff’s recommendations to the City’s Planning and Housing Committee this year.

More info on Multiplexes and the Ward 23 Sixplex study:

More information is available on the City’s Multiplex Study webpage: https://www.toronto.ca/city-government/planning-development/planning-studies-initiatives/multiplex-housing/.  There is an informative article here on the Ward 23 Multiplex Study: https://storeys.com/fiveplexes-sixplexes-scarborough-north/

Have a question about where and how to vote in the upcoming Federal election?

Please click HERE

FYI - the IRRA catchment area is in the Etobicoke-Centre riding

Live Green Toronto's Neighbourhood Outreach Survey

Help Us Make Toronto Greener: Your Opinion Matters!

Deadline : April 11th

The City of Toronto's Live Green program is dedicated to providing grants, incentives, resources, and tools to help residents take action on climate change. Our goal is to help Toronto reduce community-wide greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions to net zero by 2040.

Live Green Toronto engages tens of thousands of residents every year at more than 100 events across the city. We are working to expand our presence in your neighbourhood and would love to hear from you. By completing this short survey, you will help us understand ways you and your community would like to engage with Live Green Toronto and which environmental issues matter most to you.

Our long-term goal is to reach all of Toronto’s neighbourhoods, ensuring that every resident has the support and resources needed to make our city one of the greenest in North America.

Please click HERE to access the survey.

 Toronto Seniors' Strategy Survey: Seeking input on the priorities of seniors in Toronto

The City of Toronto is seeking input to understand the priorities of seniors and older adults to inform the development of the next Toronto Seniors' Strategy.

Toronto’s senior population is growing and increasingly diverse. Building on the first and second Toronto Seniors' Strategies, the third Toronto Seniors' Strategy will continue to develop and adapt municipal (local) programs, policies, and strategic initiatives delivered by the City of Toronto to better support seniors.

Please click HERE to access the survey.

On Feb 6 2025 the City held a public consultation session to inform the  community about the plans and proposed changes to 'Block 3' of the Bloor Kipling development.  

Of particular note is the proposal to increase the height of one building from 30 storeys to 42  storeys.  This would increase the number of units from 491 to 698.

Here is a link to the presentation: 

https://a-us.storyblok.com/f/1017201/x/8038638f0e/bloor-kipling-block-3-community-meeting-presentation-final_feb-5.pdf

Please click HERE for more information about the entire project. 

 Saturday, July 5th, 10 am–2pm, 

Mimico Adult Centre (tentative)

255 Royal York Blvd

• Pick up a free bag of compost
• Drop off household waste
• Learn about environmental initiatives

Learn more at www.toronto.ca/environment_days

Two Fourplexes Proposed for 1090 Kipling Ave

A proposal has been submitted to build two fourplexes [total of eight units] at 1090 Kipling Ave.  This development would replace the current single unit dwelling.

Due to a combination of minor variances, including reducing side and back setbacks, and height of first floor, on July 18th 2024 the Committee of Adjustment refused this development proposal.

Subsequently the Developer submitted an appeal to the Toronto Local Appeals Board  [TLAB].  That hearing occurred on Nov 14, 2024, with the developer once again being denied.  The developer has subsequently appealed this decision.  No date is known for a decision on this latest appeal.

For more information please click HERE

The IRRA has received word that the property owner of 1006 and 1008 Kipling Ave is considering submitting a Zoning Review Application as the first step toward building a 7 storey, 46 residential unit apartment building.

More information about this possible development will be posted as it becomes available.

How To Report Dangerous Driving

If you witness dangerous driving such as:  speeding,  ignoring stop signs, going through red lights or illegal turning, you are encouraged to report it to Toronto Police Services so they are made aware of the problem and take action if possible.  

Note: while a location of the incident is required, specific details about the vehicle[s] such as make, model or licence plate number is not.

Click HERE for more information and to submit at report.

Together we can make our neighbourhood a safer place to live, work and play!