MarkhamHeritageHeritage Permits
A By-Law to Establish Procedures For Processing Permit Applications under the Ontario Heritage Act
Published by City of Markham
This is the City of Markham’s document, as published on its website on 18 October 2026. The municipality may have changed it since: check the current version at the source. Legal notice
- Type
- By-law
- Published by
- City of Markham
- Date
- December 13, 2022
- Also called
- By-law 2023-20
- Form reference
- Ontario Heritage Act, R.S.O 1990, c. O.18
- For
- owner
- Signed by
- City Clerk · Mayor
- Building types
- All building types
- Pages
- 18
- Instruments
- Ontario Heritage Act, R.S.O 1990, c. O.18 · Ontario Regulation 9/06
Overview
The City of Markham's By-law 2023-20, the Procedural By-law for Heritage Permits, passed December 13, 2022 and printed as a consolidated version with amending By-law 2023-142. Its parts set out the work that needs no application, the Minor and Major Heritage Permit processes, delegation of approvals, standard conditions, demolition or removal, heritage permits alongside land use planning applications, appeals, and offence and restoration provisions. Five schedules list the submission materials for minor, major and demolition applications and the process for relocated or retained heritage buildings.
What it covers
- Part I – Short Title
- Part II - Definitions
- Part III – No Application Required
- Part IV – Minor Heritage Permit Application and Process
- Part V - Major Heritage Permit Applications and Process
- Part VI – Delegation for Approval of Permits
- Part VII – Additional Delegation and Related Process
- Part VIII – Requirements Related to Heritage Approvals
- Part XII – Demolition or Removal
- Part XIII – Heritage Permits and Land Use Planning Applications
- Part XIV – Council Retains Ultimate Authority
- Part XV – Appeals of Heritage Permits
- Part XVI – Other Approvals
- Part XVII – Offense and Restoration Provisions
- Part XVIII – Schedules
- Part XIX - Administration and Effective Date
- Submission Requirements for a Minor Heritage Permit Application
- Submission Requirements for a Major Heritage Permit Application
- Submission Requirements to Demolish a Building on a Designated Heritage Property
- Process Requirements for a Relocated Heritage Building - Major Heritage Permit
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