What records explain additional residential units at a Timmins home?
The City's Housing Action Plan 2024, which explains additional residential units under the Planning Act and the City's Zoning By-law 2011-7100, and section 4.6 of that by-law on converted dwellings.
Sources checked October 29, 2026
The rule in Timmins
Up to 3 homes on a lot
Timmins zoning by-law 2011-7100 s.4.6: the City says the Planning Act allows up to three dwelling units on a lot in a serviced residential area (in a detached house, semi-detached house or rowhouse, or one in an ancillary building), with one parking space per unit and a building permit but no rezoning; the zoning by-law limits a converted single detached dwelling to three units of at least 51 m² each.
From Timmins by-law 2011-7100 s.4.6, checked 29 Oct 2026
- The recordAdditional residential units
- Where to read itHousing Action Plan; City of Timmins Housing Action Plan 2024 and 1 more
- The free check reads itPick “Extra units allowed”
What the record shows
The City's Housing Action Plan 2024 describes additional residential units as self-contained units on the same lot as the main dwelling, with their own kitchen, bathroom and living area, and says the Planning Act allows up to three dwelling units on a lot in a serviced residential area, subject to a parking provision of one space per unit: a second or third unit inside a detached house, semi-detached house or rowhouse, or one unit in an ancillary building where the house holds no more than two. It says owners adding units this way are not required to apply for a rezoning, but must still apply through the building permit process. The plan also recommends that Council consider permitting secondary units on unserviced rural and residential estate lots; that is a recommendation, not a rule.
Section 4.6 of Zoning By-law 2011-7100 lets a single detached dwelling be converted to at most three dwelling units, each of at least 51 m², if the building is structurally suitable and keeps the outward look of a single detached home, and it keeps any basement below the regulatory flood line non-habitable. A permission in the zone does not make an existing basement apartment lawful; the building permit and its inspections are the records that do.
Where to read it yourself
- Housing Action Plan: the City's page on the plan and its eight recommendations
- City of Timmins Housing Action Plan 2024: the plan's section on the zoning by-law and additional residential units (PDF)
- Zoning By-law 2011-7100: the by-law text, with section 4.6 on converted dwellings and basement apartments (PDF)
What OfferDue covers in Timmins
Extra units allowed is in the free check as a summary of the City's rule, from our hand-kept table of city rules, and the full report reads the lot's zone where the City's zoning map is open data we can use; where it isn't, the report's line says where the City publishes it. Neither is confirmation that a particular unit holds a permit or may be occupied.
Free check: pick “Extra units allowed” See the sample report
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