Jasmine C. M. Fraser

Partner Admitted to the Ontario Bar: 2020
  • Toronto

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  • Bio
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  • Education

Jasmine’s land use planning experience gives her unique insight into municipal and planning matters. She regularly appears on behalf of homeowners, developers and municipalities before administrative tribunals, including the Ontario Land Tribunal. She also appears before the Ontario courts.

Jasmine is a member of the firm’s Municipal & Land Use Planning Group. She advises on all aspects of the Ontario Planning Act, Municipal Act, 2001, and other development-related statutes. Her excellent understanding of the evolving legal landscape and stakeholders’ needs allows her to effectively advance the land development process.

Jasmine spent several years as a land use planner in the firm’s Municipal & Land Use Planning Group. She also summered and articled at the firm. After completing her articles, Jasmine clerked for the Honourable Justice Catherine M. Kane of the Federal Court.

Jasmine is a member of the firm’s Diversity & Inclusion Committee.

Professional Involvement

Memberships

  • Member at Large, Municipal Law Section, Ontario Bar Association
  • Federation of Asian Canadian Lawyers (FACL)
  • Diversity & Inclusion Committee, Aird & Berlis LLP

Selected Publications

Co-Author, "Minor Variance Decisions in Ontario – 'Boilerplate' Reasons Still Insufficient," The Digest of Municipal & Planning Law, September 2025.

Co-Author, "Bill 17 and the Push to Build: How Ontario Plans to Speed Up Development," Aird & Berlis LLP, Municipal & Planning Law Bulletin, May 16, 2025.

Co-Author, "Bill 185, Cutting Red Tape to Build More Homes Act, 2024 Receives Royal Assent," Aird & Berlis LLP, Municipal & Planning Law Bulletin, June 7, 2024.

Co-Author, "First Reading of Bill 185 and the Draft 2024 Provincial Planning Statement," Aird & Berlis LLP, Municipal & Planning Law Bulletin, April 12, 2024.

Author, "Recent Legislative and Policy Changes Spurring Purpose-Built Rental Housing Developments in Ontario," The Digest of Municipal & Planning Law, May 2023.

Co-Author with Patrick Harrington and Matthew Helfand, "Analyzing Bill 97, the Helping Homebuyers, Protecting Tenants Act, 2023," Aird & Berlis LLP, April 14, 2023.

Author, "Ontario's Municipal Anti-bonusing Rule: When It Does Not Apply," The Digest of Municipal & Planning Law, July 2022.

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Education

  • JD (Cum Laude), University of Ottawa, 2019
  • BES (Urban Planning), University of Waterloo, 2013

Expertise

Municipal & Land Use Planning