Laval Building Permit Search

See what was built at any Laval address: what was done, when, by which contractor, and the declared value. The city has stopped publishing new permits, so this is the record up to 2026-03-31.

Permits and their status, licences, planning applications, heritage designation, zoning and what is nearby. Free to search.

153k
Total Permits
1k
Last 12 Months
3
Permit Categories

Datasets available in Laval

Beyond building permits, Laval also has Contractor profiles, Property assessments, Major projects, and Zoning in the same API, queryable with the same parameters.

Building permits
153k records
/permit
Checked daily
Contractor profiles
7k records
/contractor
Checked daily
Property assessments
127k records
/assessment
Checked monthly
Major projects
26 records
/major_project
Checked weekly
Zoning
2k zones
/zone
Checked monthly

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About Laval Construction Data

Laval 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, property assessments, major projects, and zoning for Laval, available through the same API with the same parameters. BuildData collects and normalizes these records from Laval’s open data portals on a daily-to-weekly cadence (by dataset), making 153k+ Laval permits searchable through a single REST API.

1k+ building permits were issued in Laval, QC over the past 12 months. Change of Use permits lead by volume. Every record is geocoded and normalized to a consistent schema, so you can query Laval 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 Quebec

Laval Permits by Type

Breakdown of permit categories over the last two years.

Change of Use
2k
Renovation
1k
New Construction
499

Recent Laval Building Permits

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

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Property Assessments in Laval

Property assessment records, loaded live from the BuildData API.

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Major Projects in Laval

Planned and under-construction capital projects, loaded live from the BuildData API.

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Building with this? Every Laval record above is on the API at /permit?municipality=laval. See the documentation.

Laval's records are still here

The city stopped publishing new permits, but everything it did publish is still searchable by address.

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