Protect Ontario by Building Faster and Smarter Act, 2025

RÉSUMÉ DU REGISTRE OFFICIEL

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SCHEDULE 1 BUILDING CODE ACT, 1992 This Schedule amends the Building Code Act, 1992 . New subsection 28 (6) of the Act provides for restrictions on the Building Materials Evaluation Commission’s powers in certain circumstances. Clause 29 (1) (a) of the Act is repealed and related amendments are made to section 29 of the Act. New subsection 35 (1.1) of the Act clarifies that certain sections of the Municipal Act, 2001 and the City of Toronto Act, 2006 do not authorize a municipality to pass by-laws respecting the construction or demolition of buildings. SCHEDULE 2 BUILDING TRANSIT FASTER ACT, 2020 The Schedule adds a definition of “provincial transit project” to the Building Transit Faster Act, 2020 and makes related changes. SCHEDULE 3 CITY OF TORONTO ACT, 2006 The Schedule amends section 114 of the City of Toronto Act, 2006 to remove the timing restrictions with respect to when a portable classroom was placed on a school site for the purposes of the definition of “development” in subsection 114 (1) of the Act. The Act is also amended to provide certain rules with respect to information and material prepared by a person authorized to practise a prescribed profession. SCHEDULE 4 DEVELOPMENT CHARGES ACT, 1997 The Schedule makes multiple amendments to the Development Charges Act, 1997 . Some of the more significant amendments are described below. New section 4.4 provides that the development of any part of a building or structure intended for use as a long-term care home is exempt from development charges. Subsection 19 (1.1) is re-enacted to provide for additional circumstances in which sections 10 to 18 of the Act, which set out the process associated with passing a development charge by-law, do not apply to an amendment to a development charge by-law. Various amendments are made to section 26.1 to add residential development other than rental housing development as a type of development in respect of which development charges may be paid at a time that is different than what is set out under section 26. For this type of development, development charges shall be paid either on the day a permit is issued under the Building Code Act, 1992 authorizing occupation of the building or on the day the building is first occupied, whichever comes first. Section 26.1 is also amended to specify that a person required to pay a development charge under that section may pay the charge before the day it is payable even in the absence of an agreement under section 27. Section 26.2 is amended to provide that the rules related to determining the amount of a development charge based on the date of certain applications under the Planning Act or the City of Toronto Act, 2006 do not apply if the total amount of all charges, including any interest, that are payable based on those rules exceeds the total amount of all charges that would be payable if the amount were determined in accordance with section 26. Section 41 is amended to provide that if two or more services are deemed to be one service by the regulations, a credit that relates to any one of those services may be used towards a part of a development charge that relates to any of those services. SCHEDULE 5 METROLINX ACT, 2006 The Schedule amends the Metrolinx Act, 2006 to provide that the Minister may direct a municipality or its municipal agencies to provide the Minister or the Corporation with information and data that may be required to support the development of a provincial transit project or transit-oriented community project. SCHEDULE 6 MINISTRY OF INFRASTRUCTURE ACT, 2011 The Schedule amends the Ministry of Infrastructure Act, 2011 by repealing section 7.1 and paragraph 2.1 of subsection 19 (2). New section 10.1 is added to the Act; it provides that the Minister may, by directive, direct a municipality or its agencies to provide the Minister or Ontario Infrastructure and Lands Corporation with certain information, data and documents. The Schedule also revokes Ontario Regulation 378/24. SCHEDULE 7 PLANNING ACT The Schedule amends the Planning Act . Here are some of the highlights: 1. Section 16 of the Act is amended and new section 35.1.1 is added to the Act. These provisions provide for restrictions on official plans and zoning by-laws with respect to prohibiting the using a parcel of urban residential land for an elementary school, a secondary school or a use ancillary to such schools. 2. New subsections 17 (21.1) and (21.2) of the Act require the council of a municipality or the planning board to obtain the Minister’s approval before making certain amendments to an official plan. 3. New subsections 34 (1.4) to (1.7) of the Act set out rules with respect to minimum distances that buildings on certain lands must be setback from parcel boundaries. 4. Section 41 of the Act is amended to remove the timing restrictions with respect to when a portable classroom was placed on a school site for the purposes of the definition of development in subsection 41 (1) of the Act .