Monitor our most recent coronavirus (COVID-19) updates.

Skip to content
CMHC Home Canada Mortgage
and Housing Corporation
  • Sign In or Register
  • FRANÇAIS
  • MENU
MENU
× FRANÇAIS
  • Home
  • Professionals
    • Project funding and mortgage financing
      • Funding programs
        • New construction
        • Renovation, repair and renewal
        • National Housing Co-Investment Funding
        • Innovation and research
        • Community (social) housing
        • Funding for Indigenous housing
        • National Housing Strategy Project Profiles
      • Mortgage loan insurance
        • Homeowner and small rental mortgage loan insurance
        • Homeowner Business Transformation (HBT)
          • Arrears Report Upload Tool - Coming 2022
          • Default Management Request Submission Tool
          • Homeowner Claims Submission Tool
          • User Access Management
        • Multi-unit mortgage loan insurance
          • MLI Select
        • Default, claims and properties for sale
        • Underwriting centre
        • emili
        • NHA approved lenders
        • Calculating GDS / TDS
        • Mortgage fraud
        • Contact mortgage loan insurance
        • Insured Mortgage Purchase Program (IMPP)
        • COVID-19: CECRA for small businesses has ended
      • Securitization
        • NHA Mortgage Backed Securities
        • Canada Mortgage Bonds
        • Canadian registered covered bonds
        • Blockchain in the housing industry
    • Housing markets, data and research
      • Housing markets
        • CMHC Reports Calendar
        • Housing market reports
        • Mortgage market and consumer reports
        • Rental Market Report
      • Housing research
        • Housing research reports
        • Housing surveys
        • Research awards and scholarships
        • Understanding core housing need
        • Collaborative Housing Research Network
      • Housing data
        • Data tables
          • Household characteristics data
          • Housing market data
          • Mortgage and debt data
          • Rental market data
        • Housing market information portal
        • Residential Mortgage Industry Data Dashboard
        • Housing in Canada Online (HiCO)
        • CMHC licence agreement for the use of data
        • Housing Knowledge Centre
    • Industry innovation and leadership
      • Housing innovation
      • Partnerships
      • Industry collaboration
      • Industry expertise
        • Affordable housing
        • Indigenous housing
        • Senior housing
        • Accessible and adaptable housing
        • Developing sustainable housing
        • Resources for mortgage professionals
        • CMHC e-newsletters
    • Events and speakers
      • Conferences
      • Speakers’ bureau
  • Consumers
    • Buying a home
      • Homebuying calculators
        • Mortgage calculator
        • Affordability calculator
        • Debt service calculator
      • Buying guides
        • Homebuying step by step
        • CMHC's condominium buyer's guide
      • Mortgage loan insurance for consumers
        • What is CMHC mortgage loan insurance?
        • Do I qualify for mortgage loan insurance?
        • CMHC mortgage loan insurance costs
        • CMHC Green Home
        • CMHC — home renovation financing options
        • FAQs — mortgage loan insurance
        • COVID-19: understanding mortgage payment deferral
      • First-time home buyer incentive
      • Incentives for homebuyers
      • Newcomers
    • Owning a home
      • Manage your mortgage
        • Mortgage fraud
        • Mortgage planning tips
        • Plan and manage your mortgage
        • Your credit report
        • Your home value
      • Aging in place
        • Housing options for Seniors
        • Housing and finance tips
        • Mortgage financing options for people 55+
        • Preventing fraud and financial abuse
    • Renting a home
      • I want to rent
        • Things to consider before renting
        • Types of housing for rent in Canada
        • Finding or advertising a rental property
        • Visiting the rental property
        • Lease and rental agreements
        • Signing the lease
        • Credit checks and bad credit
        • Rental payments and deposits
        • Roommates and pets
      • I am renting
        • Moving day
        • Landlord/Tenant responsibilities
        • Inspections
        • Maintenance and repairs
        • Complaints and evictions
        • Rent increases
        • When you can't pay rent
        • Renewing or terminating the lease
        • Moving out
      • COVID-19: eviction bans and suspensions to support renters
  • About CMHC
    • CMHC’s Story
    • Management and governance
      • Speakers’ bureau
      • Annual public meeting
      • Board of directors and committees
      • Our management committee
      • Pension governance
        • Pension overview
        • Key roles and responsibilities
        • Annual reports
    • Corporate reporting
      • CMHC annual report
      • Program evaluation
      • Quarterly financial reports
      • Joint auditors special examination report to CMHC board 2018
      • CMHC’s Insured Mortgage Deferral
      • Summary of the corporate plan
      • Transparency
        • Access to information and privacy protection
        • Redefining accessibility at CMHC
        • Briefing materials
        • Procurement
        • Travel, hospitality and conference expenditures
    • Contact us
      • CMHC departments
        • Connect with a housing solutions specialist – multi-unit
        • Contact mortgage loan insurance
        • Indigenous and the North Housing Solutions
      • Granville lsland
      • Media relations
      • National office
      • Regional offices
      • Holiday service hours
    • Careers
  • Media Newsroom
    • Coronavirus (COVID-19) updates
    • Media relations
  • National Housing Strategy
    • What is the strategy?
      • About the initiatives
      • How to apply
      • Help and resources
      • Priority areas for action
      • The National Housing Strategy Glossary of Common Terms
    • Federal/Provincial/Territorial housing agreements
    • Other funding and financing opportunities
  • The Housing Observer
  • Careers
  • Housing Knowledge Centre
 
  • Home
  • The Housing Observer
  • Trends in eviction applications for renovation, demolition or conversion in Toronto
  • Save page to My Folder
    Save
  • Share this page
    Share

Trends in eviction applications for renovation, demolition or conversion in Toronto

August 5, 2021

Save Icon

SAVE TO MY FOLDER

Trends in eviction applications for renovation, demolition or conversion in Toronto

SAVE
Close this Window   |   Manage my Folder
Save Icon

SAVE TO MY FOLDER

Trends in eviction applications for renovation, demolition or conversion in Toronto

Done Done!
Close this Window   |   Manage my Folder
Share icon

Share via

  • Facebook
  • LinkedIn
  • Mail
  • Twitter
  • print
Share icon

Share via

  • Facebook
  • LinkedIn
  • Mail
  • Twitter
  • print
share icon

Mail-blue Share via Email

Did You Know?

You can include an email signature?

Register | Sign In

×
Google Captcha Loader
share icon

Mail-blue Share via Email

Done Done!
Close this window

Our latest Housing Market Insight (PDF) report looks at eviction applications submitted for renovation, demolition or conversion in Toronto (development-led eviction). Research on the prevalence of this kind of eviction, which has increased markedly as per eviction application data, is sparse. We completed this work as part of our commitment to address housing data and knowledge gaps.

This report provides insight into the prevalence of development-led evictions in Canada’s largest municipality by using eviction applications as a proxy. Determining the prevalence of, and uncovering trends in, development-led eviction is important, as it an underexplored topic. This topic also relates directly to the potential loss of:

  • rental housing for certain households
  • limited affordable rental housing options

With this report, we set out to answer the following questions:

  1. What has been the prevalence of formal, development-led eviction applications, in and within, the City over time?
  2. Was the assumed development-related work, that inspired formal, development-led eviction applications, warranted?
  3. Who was submitting formal, development-led eviction applications in the City: existing or new rental property owners?

Key highlights include:

  • The prevalence of development-led eviction applications in Toronto was low. Nevertheless, these eviction applications did increase markedly over this period.
  • These applications were overwhelmingly concentrated in the former City of Toronto.
  • They were more likely to have been submitted for rentals in the secondary rental market than the primary rental market.
  • In the City’s primary rental market, applications correlated positively with the widening gap between average asking and average market rents. As the gap widened over time, more applications were submitted.
  • Rental units in older structures, in the City's primary rental market, tended to be the subject of development-led eviction applications.
  • City locales with a larger share of rental housing identified as requiring major repairs saw a greater number of applications.
  • It was relatively common to see development-led eviction applications submitted following sale of a rental property to a new owner.

Formal, development-led eviction applications submitted in the City of Toronto, by year, by area

Source: Landlord and Tenant Board Ontario, CMHC calculations

Text Version

Formal, development-led eviction applications submitted in the City of Toronto, by year, by area
  Outside of Former City of Toronto Former City of Toronto City of Toronto (Total)
2010 7 126 133
2011 20 17 37
2012 12 17 29
2013 34 26 60
2014 12 35 47
2015 19 41 60
2016 48 47 95
2017 46 64 110
2018 51 114 165
2019 48 156 204
2020 31 68 99

Download the full report to learn more (PDF)

Once you’ve read the report, take our survey and let us know what you think!

Get new analysis and reports as soon as they are released, sign up to receive our Housing Research Newsletter.

Related links

  • Housing Market Insights
  • Housing Market Outlook
  • Housing Market Assessment

Was this page relevant to your needs?

Thank you for your feedback!

Sorry to hear that! Can you tell us about the problem?

Google Captcha Loader

For further assistance, please contact us

Thank you. Your feedback has been submitted.

Discover related content using the tags below:

  • Statistics and Data
  • Affordable Housing
  • Housing Market Information
Date Published: August 5, 2021

By Topic

  • Professionals
    • Project funding and mortgage financing
    • Housing markets data and research
    • Industry innovation and leadership
    • Events and speakers
  • Consumers
    • Home buying
    • Owning a home
    • Renting a home

About Us

  • CMHC's Story
  • Management and Governance
  • Partnerships
  • Corporate Reporting
  • Contact Us
  • Careers

More

  • CMHC e-Newsletters
  • CMHC Library
  • Housing Observer Online
  • Media Newsroom
  • CMHC on Twitter
  • CMHC on LinkedIn
  • CMHC on Facebook
  • CMHC on Instagram
  • CMHC on YouTube
Privacy Policy    |    Terms and Conditions    |    Transparency     Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) ©2022 
Canada
loader icon