VPA's own 227-permit figure for Kamloops above measures how many permits were issued, not how long any one of them took to process, so it is not directly comparable to this official target.
Over the trailing 12 months, 227 building permits were issued inKamloops, BC, an average of 57 permits per month. If you're planning a renovation or build here, that activity is the real signal: it tells you how busy the permit office is, what kind of work is moving, and where your own application will sit in the queue.
Kamloops permit activity at a glance
Metric
Value
Permits issued (last 12 months)
227
Average permits per month
57
Average project value
n/a
Permit activity by type of work in Kamloops
Where the work actually is matters more than any headline. Here are the most common permit categories in Kamloops over the last 12 months, ranked by volume, with the average project value for each, so you can see what kind of projects are moving and what they're worth:
Type of work
Permits
Avg value
BUILDING PERMITS
100
n/a
PLUMBING PERMITS
96
n/a
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
31
n/a
Permit volume trend
Kamloops issued 227 permits over the trailing 12 months. The busiest single month was Mar 2026 (81 permits). Application activity rises in spring and summer, exactly when the permit office is busiest, so submitting a complete application off-peak can mean a shorter queue.
What drives building permit wait times
Permit processing time is rarely about a single step. The biggest levers are:
Application completeness. Missing drawings, unsigned forms, or a site plan that doesn't match the zoning trigger a resubmission cycle, each round can add weeks.
Type of work. A like-for-like alteration is reviewed against fewer regulations than a new building, which needs zoning, building, and often servicing sign-offs.
Project value and complexity. Higher-value projects attract more reviewers and more conditions, which is why the average always exceeds the median.
Seasonal volume. Application spikes in spring and summer lengthen the queue.
How to read these benchmarks
These are permit-volume benchmarks, they measure how many permits were issued and what they were worth. They are not approval rates: the underlying dataset has no approval-versus-denial field, so we never report rejection percentages. Use the volume and by-work-type breakdown to gauge how active the permit office is and where your project fits.The single best way to stay on the fast end is to submit a complete, compliant application the first time.
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Source: Wolf Codes permit dataset of over 3.1 million Canadian building permits. Volume and timing figures on this page cover the trailing 12 months, analysed August 2026. Permit-volume and (where available) application-to-issuance timing benchmarks from the Wolf Codes permit dataset. The data has no approval/denial column, so these are NOT approval rates — they measure how many permits were issued, their declared value, and how long issued permits took where a processing-time field is published. Only cities with at least 50 qualifying permits are reported.