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Thunder Bay Building Permits
14k+ permit records from Thunder Bay, Ontario. New construction, renovations, demolitions, and more — geocoded, normalized, and updated daily.
About Thunder Bay Building Permit Data
Thunder Bay 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 Thunder Bay’s open data portal daily, making 14k+ Thunder Bay permits searchable through a single REST API.
1k+ building permits were issued in Thunder Bay, ON over the past 12 months, representing $329M in declared construction value. Other permits lead by volume. Every record is geocoded and normalized to a consistent schema, so you can query Thunder Bay 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
Thunder Bay Permits by Type
Breakdown of permit categories across all years on record.
Recent Thunder Bay Building Permits
Latest permits issued in Thunder Bay, loaded live from the BuildData API.
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Query Thunder Bay Permits via API
Filter by type, date range, address, or construction value. Returns JSON.
GET /permit?municipality=thunder_bay&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": "thunder_bay",
"address": "123 MAIN ST",
"permit_type_canonical": "new_construction",
"status_canonical": "issued",
"issued_date": "2024-06-01",
"construction_value": 450000
}
]
}