Ontario Land Tribunal
Tribunal ontarien de l’aménagement du territoire
ISSUE DATE: June 11, 2026
CASE NO(S).: OLT-24-000740
PROCEEDING COMMENCED UNDER subsection 29(11) of the Ontario Heritage Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. O.18, as amended
Applicant and Appellant: U-Pak Disposals Limited
Subject: Passing of Application
Description: To designate the subject property as being of cultural heritage value or interest
Reference Number: By-law 142-2024
Property Address: 6181 Major Mackenzie Drive
Municipality/UT: City of Vaughan
OLT Case No: OLT-24-000740
OLT Lead Case No: OLT-24-000740
OLT Case Name: U-Pak Disposals Limited v. Vaughan (City)
Heard: May 14, 2026, by Video Hearing
APPEARANCES:
Parties
Counsel/Representative*
U-Pak Disposals Limited
Charles Loopstra* David Lee
City of Vaughan
Max Rubin* Vanessa Lio
DECISION DELIVERED BY Jennifer campbell AND ORDER OF THE TRIBUNAL
1This Decision arises from a case management conference (“CMC”) before the Tribunal regarding the appeal brought by U-Pak Disposals Limited (“Appellant”) concerning an objection to By-Law No. 142-2024 passed by the City of Vaughan (“Respondent”) designating the property located at 6181 Major Mackenzie Drive, Vaughan, Ontario (“Property”) under the Ontario Heritage Act (“Act”).
BACKGROUND
2Cultural heritage staff of the Respondent submitted an initial report proposing designation of the Property under the Act for Heritage Vaughan Committee recommendation to Council of the Respondent on September 20, 2023. This matter was reviewed at a Committee of the Whole hearing on October 11, 2023, and Council of the Respondent affirmed its intent to designate the Property by publishing the intent on October 17, 2023.
3The Appellant subsequently filed an objection to the designation on March 28, 2024, following which the Parties and their advisors engaged in various communications with staff of the Respondent, and ultimately submitted an updated report to the Council of the Respondent. Despite the objection, the Respondent approved the designation, and By-Law No. 142-2024 designating the Property under the Act in recognition of its cultural heritage significance was implemented on October 17, 2024.
4The Appellant has appealed By-Law No. 142-2024 to the Tribunal on the following basis:
(i) The notice of intent to designate refers to only the heritage value of the buildings located on the Property, of which the Respondent is part owner as such buildings straddle the property line following a 2015 expropriation;
(ii) The construction of a deep storm sewer adjacent to the buildings may have affected their structural integrity; and
(iii) The buildings have been unoccupied for many years.
5The Appellant also disputes the accuracy of By-Law No. 142-2024 which (i) designates the entire Property, whereas Council of the Respondent only recommended designation of part of a building known as “Building A”; and (ii) fails to designate the portion of “Building A” that is located on the region’s property.
REVIEW OF ISSUES
6No draft Procedural Order or Issues List was submitted to the Tribunal in advance of the CMC. At the CMC, the Parties indicated that a revised cultural heritage evaluation report was in the process of being prepared which may lead to opportunities for settlement, and that minutes of settlement in respect of this matter were currently under review by the Parties.
7Accordingly, the Parties requested that they be afforded additional time to conclude minutes of settlement, and to revert to the Tribunal for the scheduling of a Settlement Hearing or, in the absence of settlement, to schedule a further CMC in order to proceed with a Merit Hearing. The Tribunal granted the request for such additional time and instructed the Parties to provide a further status update to the Tribunal on or before June 15, 2026.
ORDER
8THE TRIBUNAL ORDERS THAT the Parties provide a further status update by on or before June 15, 2026.
“Jennifer Campbell”
JENNIFER CAMPBELL MEMBER
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