Hamilton Construction Data

Datasets available in Hamilton

Beyond building permits, Hamilton also has Contractor profiles, Planning applications, Business licences, and Zoning in the same API, queryable with the same parameters.

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About Hamilton Construction 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 also tracks contractor profiles, planning applications, business licences, and zoning for Hamilton, available through the same API with the same parameters. BuildData collects and normalizes these records from Hamilton’s open data portals on a daily-to-weekly cadence (by dataset), making 123k+ 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

Recent Hamilton Building Permits

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