Zoning relief files before council
Minor variances, zoning by-law amendments, temporary use by-laws and removals of a holding provision, together. Which of these a shoreline setback takes is set by the municipality's official plan, so the family is comparable where its parts are not.
per 1,000 permanent residents · 2026
Divided by the 2025 population, the nearest published to this figure.
4.4× between the largest and the smallest.
per 1,000 person-years · 2026
Divided by the 2021 population, the nearest published to this figure.
2.7× between the largest and the smallest.
per 1,000 peak residents · 2026
Divided by the 2021 population, the nearest published to this figure.
2.0× between the largest and the smallest.
What these figures carry
- A file appears here when it reaches council, which is not when it was received. This is council caseload, not application volume.
- Counted over harvested packages only. A municipality with fewer meetings here has fewer harvested meetings, not necessarily fewer meetings.
Which way is better
Contested. Caseload is demand, not performance. A council with more planning files before it is a council in a place where more people want to build, which is neither an achievement nor a failing. Nothing on this page is ranked, and the bars are ordered by size rather than by merit.
Where this figure comes from →