Calgary Construction Data

Datasets available in Calgary

Beyond building permits, Calgary also has Contractor profiles, Planning applications, Business licences, Development permits, Building inspections, Property assessments, and Zoning in the same API, queryable with the same parameters.

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About Calgary Construction Data

Calgary building permits cover all permitted construction activity in the city: new homes and condos, commercial and industrial builds, residential renovations, additions, demolitions, and changes of use. BuildData also tracks contractor profiles, planning applications, business licences, development permits, building inspections, property assessments, and zoning for Calgary, available through the same API with the same parameters. BuildData collects and normalizes these records from Calgary’s open data portals on a daily-to-weekly cadence (by dataset), making 488k+ Calgary permits searchable through a single REST API.

18k+ building permits were issued in Calgary, AB over the past 12 months, representing $6.4B in declared construction value. Renovation permits lead by volume. Every record is geocoded and normalized to a consistent schema, so you can query Calgary the same way you query any other Canadian city in the dataset.

Common uses

• Proptech and real estate: track the new development pipeline, spot supply trends before listings hit market
• Insurance: verify construction activity and renovation history at the property level
• Urban planning and research: analyze permit trends by type, neighbourhood, and time period
• Construction and trades: identify new project opportunities as permits are issued across Alberta

Recent Calgary Building Permits

Latest permits issued in Calgary, loaded live from the BuildData API.