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Hamilton Building Permits
51k+ permit records from Hamilton, Ontario. New construction, renovations, demolitions, and more — geocoded, normalized, and updated daily.
About Hamilton Building Permit Data
Hamilton 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 Hamilton’s open data portal daily, making 51k+ Hamilton permits searchable through a single REST API.
hundreds of+ building permits were issued in Hamilton, 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 Hamilton 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
Hamilton Permits by Type
Breakdown of permit categories across all years on record.
Recent Hamilton Building Permits
Latest permits issued in Hamilton, loaded live from the BuildData API.
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Query Hamilton Permits via API
Filter by type, date range, address, or construction value. Returns JSON.
GET /permit?municipality=hamilton&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": "hamilton",
"address": "123 MAIN ST",
"permit_type_canonical": "new_construction",
"status_canonical": "issued",
"issued_date": "2024-06-01",
"construction_value": 450000
}
]
}