Montreal Construction Data

Datasets available in Montreal

Beyond building permits, Montreal also has Property assessments, and Zoning in the same API, queryable with the same parameters.

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About Montreal Construction Data

Montreal 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 property assessments, and zoning for Montreal, available through the same API with the same parameters. BuildData collects and normalizes these records from Montreal’s open data portals on a daily-to-weekly cadence (by dataset), making 553k+ Montreal permits searchable through a single REST API.

20k+ building permits were issued in Montreal, QC over the past 12 months. Renovation permits lead by volume. Every record is geocoded and normalized to a consistent schema, so you can query Montreal 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

Recent Montreal Building Permits

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