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Ottawa Construction Data

83k+ building permit records from Ottawa, Ontario, plus contractor profiles, planning applications, and zoning. One API, geocoded, normalized, and refreshed automatically.

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83k
Total Permits
217
Last 12 Months
$109M
Construction Value (12 mo.)
6
Permit Categories

Datasets available in Ottawa

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

Building permits
83k records
/permit
Checked daily
Contractor profiles
6k records
/contractor
Checked daily
Planning applications
1k records
/planning_application
Checked weekly
Zoning
13k zones
/zone
Checked monthly

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About Ottawa Construction Data

Ottawa 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, and zoning for Ottawa, available through the same API with the same parameters. BuildData collects and normalizes these records from Ottawa’s open data portals on a daily-to-weekly cadence (by dataset), making 83k+ Ottawa permits searchable through a single REST API.

217+ building permits were issued in Ottawa, ON over the past 12 months, representing $109M in declared construction value. Addition permits lead by volume. Every record is geocoded and normalized to a consistent schema, so you can query Ottawa 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

Ottawa Permits by Type

Breakdown of permit categories across all years on record.

Addition
34k
Renovation
24k
New Construction
21k
Demolition
3k
Other
99
Change of Use
49

Recent Ottawa Building Permits

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

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Ottawa Planning Applications by Status

Breakdown of categories across all records on file.

Other
1k

Recent Planning Applications in Ottawa

Latest planning application records, loaded live from the BuildData API.

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Query Ottawa Permits via API

Filter by type, date range, address, or construction value. Returns JSON.

curl --request GET --url "https://builddata-canadian-construction-data-api.p.rapidapi.com/permit?municipality=ottawa&permit_type_canonical=new_construction&limit=10" --header "X-RapidAPI-Key: YOUR_KEY_HERE" --header "X-RapidAPI-Host: builddata-canadian-construction-data-api.p.rapidapi.com"

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