Toronto Construction Data

Datasets available in Toronto

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

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About Toronto Construction 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 also tracks contractor profiles, planning applications, business licences, and zoning for Toronto, available through the same API with the same parameters. BuildData collects and normalizes these records from Toronto’s open data portals on a daily-to-weekly cadence (by dataset), making 242k+ Toronto permits searchable through a single REST API.

31k+ building permits were issued in Toronto, ON over the past 12 months, representing $14.7B 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

Recent Toronto Building Permits

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