The Sky is not the Limit: New Flight Path MZOs Reduce Potential Height of Development in Toronto’s Downtown

On Friday, January 26, 2024, the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing issued a Ministerial Zoning Order (MZO), O. Reg. 10/24, reducing the heights of the protected air ambulance flight paths for St. Michael’s Hospital and the Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids). The air ambulance flight paths serve to protect the airspace around hospitals from encroachment from new development, as well as construction cranes. Linked to this article are copies of the issued mapping confirming the new height of the flight paths.