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Guelph Construction Data

63k+ building permit records from Guelph, Ontario, plus planning applications, and zoning. One API, geocoded, normalized, and no longer updated (the city stopped publishing new permits).

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63k
Total Permits
hundreds of
Last 12 Months
4
Permit Categories

Datasets available in Guelph

Beyond building permits, Guelph also has Planning applications, and Zoning in the same API, queryable with the same parameters.

Building permits
63k records
/permit
Checked daily
Planning applications
26 records
/planning_application
Checked weekly
Zoning
3k zones
/zone
Checked monthly

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About Guelph Construction Data

Guelph 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 planning applications, and zoning for Guelph, available through the same API with the same parameters. BuildData collects and normalizes these records from Guelph’s open data portals on a daily-to-weekly cadence (by dataset), making 63k+ Guelph permits searchable through a single REST API.

hundreds of+ building permits were issued in Guelph, ON over the past 12 months. New Construction permits lead by volume. Every record is geocoded and normalized to a consistent schema, so you can query Guelph 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 Ontario

Guelph Permits by Type

Breakdown of permit categories across all years on record.

New Construction
23k
Addition
20k
Renovation
17k
Other
2k

Recent Guelph Building Permits

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

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Guelph Planning Applications by Status

Breakdown of categories across all records on file.

Other
26

Recent Planning Applications in Guelph

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

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Query Guelph 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=guelph&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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