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Vancouver Building Permits
50k+ permit records from Vancouver, British Columbia. New construction, renovations, demolitions, and more — geocoded, normalized, and updated daily.
About Vancouver Building Permit Data
Vancouver 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 Vancouver’s open data portal daily, making 50k+ Vancouver permits searchable through a single REST API.
4k+ building permits were issued in Vancouver, BC over the past 12 months, representing $6.5B in declared construction value. Addition permits lead by volume. Every record is geocoded and normalized to a consistent schema, so you can query Vancouver 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
Vancouver Permits by Type
Breakdown of permit categories across all years on record.
Recent Vancouver Building Permits
Latest permits issued in Vancouver, loaded live from the BuildData API.
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Query Vancouver Permits via API
Filter by type, date range, address, or construction value. Returns JSON.
GET /permit?municipality=vancouver&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": "vancouver",
"address": "123 MAIN ST",
"permit_type_canonical": "new_construction",
"status_canonical": "issued",
"issued_date": "2024-06-01",
"construction_value": 450000
}
]
}