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Montreal Building Permits
551k+ permit records from Montreal, Quebec. New construction, renovations, demolitions, and more — geocoded, normalized, and updated daily.
About Montreal Building Permit 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 collects and normalizes these records from Montreal’s open data portal daily, making 551k+ 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
Montreal Permits by Type
Breakdown of permit categories across all years on record.
Recent Montreal Building Permits
Latest permits issued in Montreal, loaded live from the BuildData API.
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Query Montreal Permits via API
Filter by type, date range, address, or construction value. Returns JSON.
GET /permit?municipality=montreal&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": "montreal",
"address": "123 MAIN ST",
"permit_type_canonical": "new_construction",
"status_canonical": "issued",
"issued_date": "2024-06-01",
"construction_value": 450000
}
]
}