Building Billy Bishop Airport Act, 2026

The Government of Ontario is committed to: Modernizing Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport to unlock the airport’s economic potential for all of Ontario. Supporting more choice and convenience for air passenger traffic. Advancing Ontario’s economic and tourism objectives. Therefore, His Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Ontario, enacts as follows:

1 (1) In this Act, “Crown” means the Crown in right of Ontario; (“Couronne”) “Minister” means the Minister of Transportation or such other member of the Executive Council to whom responsibility for the administration of this Act is assigned or transferred under the Executive Council Act; (“ministre”) “land” includes any estate, term, easement, right or interest in, to, over or affecting land; (“bien-fonds”) “prescribed” means prescribed by the Minister under section 9; (“prescrit”) “regulations” means the regulations made under this Act; (“règlements”) “Tripartite Agreement” means the agreement dated June 30, 1983, as amended from time to time, between the Government of Canada, the City of Toronto and the Toronto Port Authority relating to the Toronto Island Airport, also known as the Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport; (“entente tripartite”) “vested real property” means the land, interes…

2 (1) Any land prescribed for the purposes of this subsection is vested in the Crown on the date prescribed in respect of the land and is under the Minister’s control. Buildings, structures, etc., vested in the Crown (2) If land is prescribed for the purposes of subsection (1), the following are also vested in the Crown on the date prescribed in respect of the land and are under the Minister’s control: 1. All interests in the land. 2. All buildings and structures located on the land and all interests in those buildings and structures. 3. All fixtures and all interests in fixtures installed or placed in or used in connection with the land or the buildings or structures described in paragraph 2. 4. All additions, alterations and improvements and all interests in those additions, alterations and improvements made in connection with the land or the buildings or structures described in paragr…

3 (1) The City of Toronto shall not encumber, sell, remove or otherwise dispose of, (a) any land that is part of the land identified by the Property Identification Numbers set out in Schedule 1; (b) any buildings or structures located on the land described in clause (a); (c) any interests in the land described in clause (a) and any interests in the buildings or structures described in clause (b); (d) any fixtures or any interests in fixtures installed or placed in or used in connection with the land described in clause (a) or the buildings or structures described in clause (b); or (e) any additions, alterations and improvements or interests in those additions, alterations and improvements made in connection with the land described in clause (a), the buildings or structures described in clause (b) or the fixtures described in clause (d). Transfer of land is void (2) The encumbrance, sale …

4 (1) The Crown shall pay compensation in respect of vested real property to the City of Toronto in accordance with this Act and the regulations. Same (2) The compensation payable to the City of Toronto shall be based on the market value of the vested real property as set out in the reports mentioned in subsection (4) and such other amounts as may be set out in the regulations. Costs deducted from compensation (3) If any amount, such as costs, is recoverable under this Act by the Crown against the City of Toronto, the compensation payable to the City in respect of any vested real property may be reduced by that amount or by a portion of that amount. Appraisal reports (4) The Minister, or another entity as may be specified in this Act or the regulations, shall prepare a report appraising the market value of vested real property. Same (5) A separate report shall be prepared under subsectio…

5 (1) On and after the prescribed date, the City of Toronto is deemed to have assigned all of its rights and obligations under the Tripartite Agreement to the Crown and any reference in the agreement to the City of Toronto shall be read as a reference to the Crown. Restrictions on City re agreement (2) The City of Toronto shall not encumber, assign, amend, terminate or otherwise dispose of its rights or obligations under the Tripartite Agreement. Encumbrance, etc., of right is void (3) The encumbrance, assignment, amendment, termination or disposal of any right or obligation under the Tripartite Agreement is void and of no effect. Deemed contravention, pre-Royal Assent (4) The encumbrance, assignment , amendment, termination or disposal of any right or obligation under the Tripartite Agreement by the City of Toronto after the day this Act receives First Reading and before the day that Ac…

6 (1) The Minister may give written notice to the City of Toronto requiring it to provide any information or data that, in the Minister’s opinion, is relevant to the vested real property under subsection 2 (1). Same (2) Without limiting the generality of subsection (1), a notice under that subsection may require the provision of copies of any contracts, records, reports, surveys, plans or any other document. Compliance (3) The City of Toronto shall comply with a notice served under subsection (1) within the time specified in the notice.

7 (1) Except as otherwise provided under this Act, a document that is required or permitted to be given or provided to, or served on, a person or entity under this Act is sufficiently given, provided or served if it is, (a) delivered directly to the person or entity; (b) sent by registered mail to the person’s or entity’s last known address; (c) sent by email to the person’s or entity’s last known email address; or (d) given by any other prescribed means. Deemed receipt (2) Subject to subsection (3), (a) a document sent under clause (1) (c) is deemed to have been received on the first business day after the day it was sent; and (b) a document sent under clause (1) (d) is deemed to have been received on the day specified by the regulations. Failure to receive document (3) Subsection (2) does not apply if the person establishes that they, acting in good faith, did not receive the document …

8 (1) No cause of action arises against the Crown or any current or former member of the Executive Council or employee, officer or agent of or advisor to the Crown as a direct or indirect result of, (a) the enactment, amendment or repeal of any provision of this Act; (b) the making, amendment or revocation of any provision of a regulation under this Act; (c) anything done or not done in accordance with this Act or a regulation under this Act; (d) any modification, revocation, cessation or termination of rights in real property, contractual rights or other rights resulting from anything referred to in clauses (a) to (c); or (e) any representation or other conduct that is related, directly or indirectly, to the actual or potential transfer of vested real property or any part thereof, whether the representation or other conduct occurred before or after section 2 of this Act came into force.…

9 The Minister may make regulations, (a) respecting anything that is referred to in this Act as being prescribed or otherwise dealt with in the regulations; (b) exempting any person or entity from a provision of this Act or the regulations, with or without conditions; (c) defining any word or expression used in this Act that is not already defined and further defining any word or expression used in this Act that is already defined in this Act; (d) requiring the City of Toronto or other specified person or entity to take specified actions with respect to vested real property; (e) governing the recovery by the Crown of costs from the City of Toronto or other prescribed person or entity, including prescribing circumstances in which the Crown may recover costs, prescribing the costs that may be recovered, requiring the City of Toronto or other prescribed person or entity to pay such costs an…

10 The Lieutenant Governor in Council may make regulations, (a) if the Lieutenant Governor in Council is of the opinion that an agreement may interfere with the vesting of real property under this Act, governing such agreements to the extent of the interference, including, (i) deeming specified terms or conditions to be or not to be included in an agreement, (ii) requiring the parties to an agreement to include specified terms or conditions in the agreement, (iii) prohibiting an agreement from including specified terms or conditions; (b) addressing the consequences of a contravention of or non-compliance with section 3 or 5, including, (i) respecting measures that shall be taken by the City of Toronto, the Minister or any other person or entity in connection with the contravention or non-compliance, (ii) governing the rights, powers and obligations of persons or entities who were directl…

11 (1) A regulation may adopt by reference, in whole or in part, with such changes as the maker of the regulation considers necessary, any document, including a code, formula, standard, protocol or procedure, and may require compliance with any document so adopted. Rolling incorporation by reference (2) The power to adopt by reference and require compliance with a document in subsection (1) includes the power to adopt a document as it may be amended from time to time. When effective (3) The adoption of an amendment to a document that has been adopted by reference comes into effect on publication of a notice of the amendment in The Ontario Gazette or in the registry established under the Environmental Bill of Rights, 1993.

12 If it so provides, a regulation is effective with respect to a period before it is filed and applies to rights in real property, contractual rights or other rights that existed at the time that the regulation was made.

13 Omitted (provides for coming into force of provisions of this Act).

14 Omitted (enacts short title of this Act).

SCHEDULE 1 LAND THAT CAN BE PRESCRIBED FOR THE PURPOSES OF SUBSECTION 2 (1) 1. Property Identification Number 21386-0314 (LT). 2. Property Identification Number 21418-0016 (LT). 3. Property Identification Number 21418-0017 (LT). 4. Property Identification Number 21418-0019 (LT). 5. Property Identification Number 21418-0020 (LT). 6. Property Identification Number 21418-0021 (LT). 7. Property Identification Number 21418-0107 (LT). 8. Property Identification Number 21418-0121 (LT). ______________