New Construction permit cost in Canada
Median $194,000.
Across 39,766 new construction building permits on record in Canada, the median declared project value is $194,000.
$116,600
Lower (25th pct)
$194,000
Median (50th pct)
$357,418
Higher (75th pct)
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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).”