The City of Toronto is hoping new measures to cut design costs and speed up permit approval times for laneway and garden ...

A depiction of a garden suite and main house from the city of Edmonton, where garden suites have added "gentle density" to the city. In Toronto, the garden suite is not on a separate lot, but on ...

Inside Toronto’s very first backyard garden suite — ‘I’m hoping it’s somewhere my mum might want to come’ Once a one-car garage, this ...

Toronto just got it's first garden suite in Leaside after the neighbourhood came together this summer to build the city's first home of its kind in an incredible act of community spirit.

Garden suites were pitched as a way to expand Toronto’s housing options by building secondary homes on already existing residential properties, but a year after they were made legal in the city, not a ...

A for sale sign sits outside this East York multiplex advertising four different units: a one-bedroom basement suite, two-bedroom townhome, three-bedroom semi and garden suite.

Given how heavily officials discussed the potential of garden suites in Toronto, it's surprising how little has changed since the alternative housing type was finally made legal in the city in 2022.

Garden Suite of the Week: A Deer Park converted garage with a gas fireplace and custom barn doors At 450 square feet, the former garage also comes with a skylight, original wood and brick, and an ...

A garden suite is similarly a self-contained living accommodation usually built in a backyard, but is not on a public lane. Garden and laneway suites typically range between 500 to 600 square feet, ...