Canadian Building Permit Data
An open observatory of building-permit activity across Canada, refreshed from official municipal data. Issue times, project values, and trends by city, permit type, and neighbourhood.
2,313,706
Permits since 2018
$594.7B
Declared value
32
Cities covered
2026-06-16
Data through
Monthly trend
| Month | Permits | Median days | Declared value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06 | 1,002 | n/a | $7.9M |
| 2026-05 | 7,405 | 25 | $2694.8M |
| 2026-04 | 15,762 | 23 | $5160.7M |
| 2026-03 | 16,444 | 26 | $14166.9M |
| 2026-02 | 12,962 | 26 | $4371.6M |
| 2026-01 | 13,859 | 38 | $4316.2M |
| 2025-12 | 14,803 | 30 | $4620.4M |
| 2025-11 | 18,139 | 25 | $4790.3M |
| 2025-10 | 23,143 | 27 | $7185.2M |
| 2025-09 | 20,865 | 25 | $5536M |
| 2025-08 | 21,087 | 28 | $6573.7M |
| 2025-07 | 23,105 | 26 | $6402.1M |
| 2025-06 | 23,198 | 28 | $6886.5M |
Permits by city
Toronto (571,886)Vaughan (429,532)Montreal (185,365)Calgary (177,705)Winnipeg (165,656)Edmonton (124,190)Victoria (99,244)Brampton (97,532)Quebec City (63,181)Mississauga (56,450)Vancouver (44,019)Hamilton (43,217)Laval (38,275)Maple Ridge (37,724)Airdrie (26,201)Kitchener (25,078)Kelowna (18,172)Greater Sudbury (17,583)Surrey (16,772)Halifax (13,557)Lethbridge (12,540)St. Catharines (10,170)Thunder Bay (9,792)Red Deer (8,638)Prince George (7,244)New Westminster (5,610)Barrie (4,877)Ottawa (2,158)
Permit cost benchmarks
New ConstructionAlteration and improvementsBuilding Permit Related(PS)Building Permit Related(MS)ImprovementNewInterior AlterationsElectrical Permit (EP)Construct NewHome ImprovementCertificat d'autorisationNew BuildingMultiple ProjectsBuilding Permit Related (DR)Single, Semi-detached & RowhousingBack Water Valve (Sewer only)RESIDENTIALChange of Use - Two Unit Dwelling
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Source: Van Permit Audit national permit dataset, aggregated from official municipal open-data sources, issue dates 2018 to present. Citation: “Source: Van Permit Audit (vanpermitaudit.ca).”