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Richmond Construction Data

718+ building permit records from Richmond, British Columbia. New construction, renovations, demolitions, and more, geocoded, normalized, and updated daily.

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718
Total Permits
709
Last 12 Months
4
Permit Categories

Datasets available in Richmond

Richmond currently has building permit data. Inspections, business licences, development permits, and planning applications are added as the city publishes them.

Building permits
718 records
/permit

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About Richmond Construction Data

Richmond 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 Richmond’s open data portals daily, making 718+ Richmond permits searchable through a single REST API.

709+ building permits were issued in Richmond, BC over the past 12 months. Renovation permits lead by volume. Every record is geocoded and normalized to a consistent schema, so you can query Richmond 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 British Columbia

Richmond Permits by Type

Breakdown of permit categories across all years on record.

Renovation
299
Other
249
New Construction
157
Addition
13

Recent Richmond Building Permits

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

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Query Richmond 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=richmond_bc&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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