10 of these 31 cities publish processing-time data (cross-city median: 29 days) and appear first, fastest wait first; the rest are sorted by permit volume. Only cities with at least 50 permits in the last 12 months are shown.
Thunder Bay
ON12
median days
30.6
avg days
642
permits (12 mo)
Kelowna
BC16
median days
34.9
avg days
3,313
permits (12 mo)
Montreal
QC22
median days
48.5
avg days
23,716
permits (12 mo)
Winnipeg
MB23
median days
46.9
avg days
23,267
permits (12 mo)
Kitchener
ON23
median days
42.6
avg days
5,354
permits (12 mo)
St. Catharines
ON27
median days
81.5
avg days
2,863
permits (12 mo)
Toronto
ON29
median days
78.2
avg days
56,659
permits (12 mo)
Mississauga
ON40
median days
107.7
avg days
5,771
permits (12 mo)
Vaughan
ON57
median days
93.4
avg days
23,729
permits (12 mo)
Vancouver
BC68
median days
114.9
avg days
6,730
permits (12 mo)
Calgary
AB37,619
permits (12 mo)
$458K
avg project value
Edmonton
AB24,267
permits (12 mo)
$401K
avg project value
Quebec City
QC16,602
permits (12 mo)
n/a
avg project value
Victoria
BC13,704
permits (12 mo)
$176K
avg project value
Brampton
ON11,922
permits (12 mo)
$1K
avg project value
Regina
SK10,023
permits (12 mo)
$483K
avg project value
Maple Ridge
BC7,019
permits (12 mo)
$635K
avg project value
Surrey
BC5,903
permits (12 mo)
$2.3M
avg project value
Airdrie
AB5,811
permits (12 mo)
$127K
avg project value
Red Deer
AB4,815
permits (12 mo)
$1.1M
avg project value
Greater Sudbury
ON4,133
permits (12 mo)
$377K
avg project value
Ottawa
ON4,030
permits (12 mo)
$581K
avg project value
Lethbridge
AB3,974
permits (12 mo)
$254K
avg project value
Halifax
NS3,725
permits (12 mo)
$823K
avg project value
Laval
QC3,648
permits (12 mo)
$3K
avg project value
Barrie
ON2,878
permits (12 mo)
n/a
avg project value
New Westminster
BC916
permits (12 mo)
$592K
avg project value
Prince George
BC544
permits (12 mo)
$608K
avg project value
Burnaby
BC510
permits (12 mo)
$1.6M
avg project value
Kamloops
BC227
permits (12 mo)
n/a
avg project value
Richmond
BC96
permits (12 mo)
$888K
avg project value