Toronto Building Permits

240k+ permit records from Toronto, Ontario. New construction, renovations, demolitions, and more — geocoded, normalized, and updated daily.

240k
Total Permits
30k
Last 12 Months
$14.2B
Construction Value (12 mo.)
6
Permit Categories

About Toronto Building Permit Data

Toronto 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 Toronto’s open data portal daily, making 240k+ Toronto permits searchable through a single REST API.

30k+ building permits were issued in Toronto, ON over the past 12 months, representing $14.2B in declared construction value. Renovation permits lead by volume. Every record is geocoded and normalized to a consistent schema, so you can query Toronto 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

Toronto Permits by Type

Breakdown of permit categories across all years on record.

Renovation
167k
Addition
45k
New Construction
21k
Other
3k
Demolition
3k
Change of Use
35

Recent Toronto Building Permits

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

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Query Toronto Permits via API

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

Request
GET /permit?municipality=toronto&limit=10 HTTP/1.1
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X-RapidAPI-Key: YOUR_KEY_HERE
X-RapidAPI-Host: builddata-canadian-construction-data-api.p.rapidapi.com
Response
{
  "count": 10,
  "results": [
    {
      "record_id": "BD-2024-00123",
      "municipality": "toronto",
      "address": "123 MAIN ST",
      "permit_type_canonical": "new_construction",
      "status_canonical": "issued",
      "issued_date": "2024-06-01",
      "construction_value": 450000
    }
  ]
}

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