Vancouver Construction Data

Datasets available in Vancouver

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

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About Vancouver Construction 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 also tracks contractor profiles, planning applications, business licences, development permits, property assessments, and zoning for Vancouver, available through the same API with the same parameters. BuildData collects and normalizes these records from Vancouver’s open data portals on a daily-to-weekly cadence (by dataset), making 51k+ Vancouver permits searchable through a single REST API.

4k+ building permits were issued in Vancouver, BC over the past 12 months, representing $6.1B 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

Recent Vancouver Building Permits

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