To get on Woodsworth’s external waiting list, you must attend an information session. These are held irregularly and infrequently.
However we do not anticipate opening our waiting list in the near future. Our external waiting list is full.
When an info session is scheduled (i.e. when the external waiting list opens), Woodsworth announces it to members through our Weekly newsletter so they can inform family and friends. We publish it on this website. We notify the Co-op Housing Federation of Toronto and they publicize it on their website.
New members moving into the co-op have gone through the membership process as outlined in the Membership Bylaw #84. They have attended the info session, been interviewed by the Membership Committee, and been approved for membership by the Board of Directors.
Units are offered through the waiting lists. External members are offered a unit based on their position on the External Waiting List. Woodsworth staff manage waiting lists, allocating units, and move-ins.
Your place on the waiting list:
External applicants make requests for size and type of unit on the membership application form. Management transfers the requests to the external waiting lists.
Please ensure that Woodsworth management has up-to-date contact information for you if you are on the waiting list, including address, phone numbers, and email addresses.
Applicants will only be offered a unit that they qualify for based on the Occupancy Bylaw’s occupancy standards:
Occupancy Bylaw, Article 9.3 (a) says:
The minimum number of persons for each of the co-op’s unit sizes:
– for one-bedroom units, the minimum is 1 person
– for two-bedroom units, the minimum is 2 persons, except a single person may occupy a 2 bedroom unit in the mid-rise including Wilton Street
– for three-bedroom, the minimum is 3 persons
– for four-bedroom, the minimum is 4 persons
The number of persons does not include short-term guests or visitors.
Applicants can specify location, etc. but if the available unit is not a match, the household is skipped. It does not count as a refusal. [Article 4h] Adding special requests may delay being offered a unit.
Changes can be made to requested units, unit type, location without changing your position in the waiting list. (The Membership Bylaw, Article 4g].
To check your place on the external waiting list or update your information, please contact the Office by phone (416-363-3418) or by email – Contact management
Check out the rules about unit allocation, time lines (offers, refusals), and more: Summary of unit allocation procedures