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Edmonton Building Permits
240k+ permit records from Edmonton, Alberta. New construction, renovations, demolitions, and more — geocoded, normalized, and updated daily.
About Edmonton Building Permit Data
Edmonton 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 collects and normalizes these records from Edmonton’s open data portal daily, making 240k+ Edmonton permits searchable through a single REST API.
15k+ building permits were issued in Edmonton, AB over the past 12 months, representing $4.8B in declared construction value. Renovation permits lead by volume. Every record is geocoded and normalized to a consistent schema, so you can query Edmonton 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
Edmonton Permits by Type
Breakdown of permit categories across all years on record.
Recent Edmonton Building Permits
Latest permits issued in Edmonton, loaded live from the BuildData API.
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Query Edmonton Permits via API
Filter by type, date range, address, or construction value. Returns JSON.
GET /permit?municipality=edmonton&limit=10 HTTP/1.1
Host: builddata-canadian-construction-data-api.p.rapidapi.com
X-RapidAPI-Key: YOUR_KEY_HERE
X-RapidAPI-Host: builddata-canadian-construction-data-api.p.rapidapi.com{
"count": 10,
"results": [
{
"record_id": "BD-2024-00123",
"municipality": "edmonton",
"address": "123 MAIN ST",
"permit_type_canonical": "new_construction",
"status_canonical": "issued",
"issued_date": "2024-06-01",
"construction_value": 450000
}
]
}