Toronto Concrete Contractor · Reformity Inc.Concrete & Asphalt Driveways in Toronto
Heaved front walks, crumbling porch steps and cracked single-car driveways squeezed between semis are the typical Toronto concrete and asphalt job. They're also a property-standards matter: Chapter 629 of Toronto's Municipal Code requires steps, walks and driveways to be kept in good repair for safe passage, and driveways to be free of cracks, holes and ruts and graded so water drains away from the house. We rebuild them on a compacted base, with the slope set away from your walls.
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Concrete driveway plan — Control-joint layout, slopes and slab section. Click to enlarge.
Interlock driveway site plan
Drawn before we build
Drawn before we build in Toronto.
A plan showing slab thickness, control-joint layout, slopes away from the house and the curb details. If the curb cut changes, the same plan goes with the city's access permit application.
Concrete & Asphalt permits in Toronto
Repaving or rebuilding the part of a driveway or walkway that crosses the City boulevard needs a street work permit before work starts. A new driveway also needs zoning approval (a building permit or zoning certificate) first, and the City asks for new-driveway applications at least eight weeks ahead. Reformity prepares the metric-scale drawings and handles the application.
- Dimensions to your lot lines
- Materials, sizes and spacing
- Footing and base sections
- Code notes for the inspector
City of Toronto rules
Concrete & Asphalt rules in Toronto.
Checked against official municipal and provincial sources. Lots differ, so we confirm the rules for your address at the quote visit.
Driveway widening
Any driveway or walkway work that crosses City property (new, widened, relocated, rebuilt or even repaved) needs a street work permit first, and a new driveway needs zoning approval before that. Walkways wider than 1.5 m on City land need an encroachment agreement.
City of Toronto: permitsSite alteration & grading
In the City's mapped ravine and natural feature protection area, Chapter 658 requires a permit to place fill or change the grade, with a grading plan, a drainage plan and a geotechnical report. Exceptions include placing under 5 m³ of soil to maintain an existing manicured area, and grade changes in areas TRCA regulates.
Toronto Municipal Code Ch. 658Heritage districts
Toronto's Heritage Conservation Districts include Cabbagetown, Rosedale, Riverdale, Harbord Village, Wychwood Park and parts of the Annex. New construction, exterior alterations and additions there need a heritage permit; work not visible from the street, interior-only work and routine maintenance generally don't.
City of Toronto: heritage districtsFront-yard paving
Under 6 m of frontage, everything but a permitted driveway or parking pad must be landscaping; from 6 m to under 15 m, at least 50% of the front yard (60% at 15 m or more). At least 75% of that landscaping must be soft (planting, not hard surfaces), and a front yard with no driveway must be 75% soft.
Toronto Zoning By-law 569-2013Driveway width
For a detached or semi-detached house, Zoning By-law 569-2013 caps a front-yard driveway at 2.6 m wide on lots under 6 m of frontage. From 6 m to 23 m it's the lesser of 6.0 m and the width of the parking spaces behind the front wall (2.6 m if all parking is in the rear yard), on top of the front-yard landscaping minimums.
Toronto Zoning By-law 569-2013Front-yard parking pads
Parking in a front yard needs a City front yard parking licence unless zoning allows it. A licensed pad is for one car, must be permeable paving and is capped at 2.2 m or 2.6 m wide depending on lot width; homes with a private driveway generally can't apply, and parts of the former City of Toronto accept no new applications.
Toronto Municipal Code Ch. 918Steps, walks & driveways
Toronto's Property Standards by-law (Chapter 629) requires steps, landings, walks and driveways to be kept in good repair for safe passage. Driveways and parking areas must be paved (asphalt, concrete, interlock or an equivalent dust-free surface), kept free of cracks, holes and ruts, and graded so water drains away from the house.
Toronto Municipal Code Ch. 629
What we build in Toronto
Concrete & asphalt, done right.
- Broom-Finish Concrete
- Stamped / Decorative
- Exposed Aggregate
- Asphalt Paving
Neighbourhoods
Concrete & Asphalt across Toronto.
- Leaside
- The Beaches
- High Park
- Leslieville
- Riverdale
- The Annex
- Forest Hill
- Lawrence Park
- Roncesvalles
- Danforth
- Davisville
- Scarborough
Toronto Concrete & Asphalt FAQ
Quick answers.
Only within zoning: on most house lots with 6 m to 23 m of frontage, a driveway in the front yard can't be wider than the lesser of 6.0 m and the width of the parking spaces behind the front wall (2.6 m if all parking is in the rear yard), and the front-yard landscaping minimums still apply. Widening where the driveway crosses the City boulevard also needs a street work permit, so we check both before quoting a wider driveway.
Any driveway or walkway work that crosses City property (new, widened, relocated, rebuilt or even repaved) needs a street work permit first, and a new driveway needs zoning approval before that. Walkways wider than 1.5 m on City land need an encroachment agreement.
Under 6 m of frontage, everything but a permitted driveway or parking pad must be landscaping; from 6 m to under 15 m, at least 50% of the front yard (60% at 15 m or more). At least 75% of that landscaping must be soft (planting, not hard surfaces), and a front yard with no driveway must be 75% soft.
Send the form on this page or call 437-241-6287. We reply within one business day, visit your Toronto property to measure and check the City of Toronto rules for your lot, and give you a fixed written price.
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