Canadian Building Permit Data
An open observatory of building-permit activity across 32 cities in 7 provinces, refreshed from official municipal data. Issue times, project values, and trends by city, permit type, and neighbourhood.
3,167,039
Total permits on record
$467.4B
Declared value
32
Cities covered
across 7 provinces
2026-09-08
Data through
Featured study
Building Permit Wait Times by City: The 2026 Canadian Study
Every Canadian city we track, ranked by measured wait time where the data supports it, honest about the ones where it does not.
Featured report
BC Building Permits 2026: The State of the Province
Vancouver multiplex permits up 2.5x, median issue times at a post-2019 low, and city-by-city 2026 pace.
Monthly trend
| Month | Permits | Median days | Declared value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09 | 77 | 19 | $3.6M |
| 2026-08 | 10,515 | 20 | $2616.8M |
| 2026-07 | 13,460 | 22 | $3376.1M |
| 2026-06 | 17,561 | 25 | $4155.5M |
| 2026-05 | 13,745 | 25 | $3487.9M |
| 2026-04 | 12,710 | 24 | $3686.2M |
| 2026-03 | 12,781 | 26 | $10283.8M |
| 2026-02 | 9,641 | 28 | $3312.3M |
| 2026-01 | 10,298 | 40 | $3156.1M |
| 2025-12 | 10,139 | 35 | $3086M |
| 2025-11 | 12,060 | 28 | $3350.4M |
| 2025-10 | 15,054 | 28 | $3615.1M |
| 2025-09 | 13,300 | 28 | $3094.1M |
Permits by city
Toronto (565,031)Montreal (558,853)Calgary (496,659)Edmonton (245,467)Brampton (219,693)Winnipeg (162,620)Laval (153,250)Kitchener (75,698)Maple Ridge (66,916)Victoria (66,540)Quebec City (65,689)Kelowna (58,061)Airdrie (53,415)Vancouver (51,865)Hamilton (51,846)Red Deer (49,070)Greater Sudbury (48,726)Lethbridge (35,343)Mississauga (34,656)St. Catharines (19,210)Vaughan (16,991)Halifax (16,027)Thunder Bay (14,723)Prince George (12,617)Surrey (8,969)New Westminster (5,576)Barrie (5,359)Ottawa (3,821)
Permit cost benchmarks
NewImprovementBuilding Permit Related(PS)Building Permit Related(MS)ResidentialInterior AlterationsHome ImprovementNew BuildingSingle, Semi-detached & RowhousingNew ConstructionMultiple ProjectsBuilding Permit Related (DR)Commercial FinalOther Miscellaneous BuildingElectrical Permit (EP)DemolitionHouse CombinationBUILDING - RESIDENTIAL
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Source: Van Permit Audit national permit dataset, aggregated from official municipal open-data sources. Median issue times reflect 2018 to 2025 issued permits; permit-volume coverage windows vary by city. Citation: "Source: Van Permit Audit (vanpermitaudit.ca)."