Calgary Construction Data

488k+ building permit records from Calgary, Alberta, plus contractor profiles, planning applications, business licences, development permits, building inspections, property assessments, and zoning. One API, geocoded, normalized, and refreshed automatically.

488k
Total Permits
18k
Last 12 Months
$6.4B
Construction Value (12 mo.)
4
Permit Categories

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.

Building permits
488k records
/permit
Checked daily
Contractor profiles
13k records
/contractor
Checked daily
Planning applications
8k records
/planning_application
Checked weekly
Business licences
22k records
/licence
Checked daily
Development permits
190k records
/development_permit
Checked weekly
Building inspections
1.5M records
/inspection
Checked weekly
Property assessments
600k records
/assessment
Checked monthly
Zoning
10k zones
/zone
Checked monthly

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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

Calgary Permits by Type

Breakdown of permit categories across all years on record.

Renovation
316k
New Construction
152k
Demolition
17k
Other
2k

Recent Calgary Building Permits

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

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Calgary Planning Applications by Status

Breakdown of categories across all records on file.

Approved
7k
Cancelled
1k
Refused
242
Other
199
Pending
193

Recent Planning Applications in Calgary

Latest planning application records, loaded live from the BuildData API.

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Calgary Business Licences by Category

Breakdown of categories across all records on file.

Retail
5k
Personal Service
2k
Industrial
2k
Food Service
2k
Other
2k
Automotive
1k

Recent Business Licences in Calgary

Latest business licence records, loaded live from the BuildData API.

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Calgary Development Permits by Status

Breakdown of categories across all records on file.

Approved
142k
Expired
21k
Cancelled
18k
Refused
4k
Pending
3k
Other
220

Recent Development Permits in Calgary

Latest development permit records, loaded live from the BuildData API.

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Calgary Building Inspections by Result

Breakdown of categories across all records on file.

Conditional Pass
332k
Pass
318k
Fail
296k
Other
29k

Recent Building Inspections in Calgary

Latest building inspection records, loaded live from the BuildData API.

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Property Assessments in Calgary

Property assessment records, loaded live from the BuildData API.

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Query Calgary Permits via API

Filter by type, date range, address, or construction value. Returns JSON.

curl --request GET --url "https://builddata-canadian-construction-data-api.p.rapidapi.com/permit?municipality=calgary&permit_type_canonical=new_construction&limit=10" --header "X-RapidAPI-Key: YOUR_KEY_HERE" --header "X-RapidAPI-Host: builddata-canadian-construction-data-api.p.rapidapi.com"

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