Victoria Construction Data

108k+ building permit records from Victoria, British Columbia, plus contractor profiles, planning applications, business licences, property assessments, and zoning. One API, geocoded, normalized, and refreshed automatically.

108k
Total Permits
2k
Last 12 Months
$451M
Construction Value (12 mo.)
6
Permit Categories

Victoria construction leads, delivered weekly

Get every new Victoria building permit as a clean CSV in your inbox the week the project starts. Contractors, suppliers, and realtors use it to reach owners first. Pick your cities and dataset, 30-day free trial.

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Victoria construction leads, delivered weekly

Get every new Victoria building permit as a clean CSV in your inbox the week the project starts. Contractors, suppliers, and realtors use it to reach owners first. Pick your cities and dataset, 30-day free trial.

Start your Victoria lead feed →

Datasets available in Victoria

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

Building permits
108k records
/permit
Checked daily
Contractor profiles
147 records
/contractor
Checked daily
Planning applications
4k records
/planning_application
Checked weekly
Business licences
7k records
/licence
Checked daily
Property assessments
33k records
/assessment
Checked monthly
Zoning
755 zones
/zone
Checked monthly

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About Victoria Construction Data

Victoria 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, property assessments, and zoning for Victoria, available through the same API with the same parameters. BuildData collects and normalizes these records from Victoria’s open data portals on a daily-to-weekly cadence (by dataset), making 108k+ Victoria permits searchable through a single REST API.

2k+ building permits were issued in Victoria, BC over the past 12 months, representing $451M in declared construction value. Renovation permits lead by volume. Every record is geocoded and normalized to a consistent schema, so you can query Victoria 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

Victoria Permits by Type

Breakdown of permit categories across all years on record.

Renovation
91k
Addition
5k
New Construction
4k
Other
3k
Demolition
1k
Change of Use
1k

Recent Victoria Building Permits

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

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Victoria Planning Applications by Status

Breakdown of categories across all records on file.

Approved
4k
Other
151

Recent Planning Applications in Victoria

Latest planning application records, loaded live from the BuildData API.

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Victoria Business Licences by Category

Breakdown of categories across all records on file.

Real Estate
1k
Professional Service
1k
Retail
872
Health Wellness
865
Personal Service
836
Food Service
821

Recent Business Licences in Victoria

Latest business licence records, loaded live from the BuildData API.

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Property Assessments in Victoria

Property assessment records, loaded live from the BuildData API.

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Query Victoria Permits via API

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

curl --request GET --url "https://builddata-canadian-construction-data-api.p.rapidapi.com/permit?municipality=victoria&permit_type_canonical=new_construction&limit=10" --header "X-RapidAPI-Key: YOUR_KEY_HERE" --header "X-RapidAPI-Host: builddata-canadian-construction-data-api.p.rapidapi.com"

Victoria construction leads: FAQ

How do I get construction leads in Victoria?

Subscribe to a BuildData lead feed and every new Victoria building permit arrives as a CSV in your inbox each week, with the project address, type, value, and date. Pick Victoria plus any other cities you sell into. 30-day free trial.

Are Victoria building permits public?

Yes. Victoria publishes building permit records as open data. BuildData aggregates, geocodes, and normalizes them so you can search them or receive them as weekly leads.

How current is Victoria permit data?

BuildData refreshes Victoria permits automatically, so new permits show up within days and go out in the next scheduled feed.

What's included in a Victoria construction lead?

Each lead has the project address, permit type, construction value, issue date, and permit number, ready to drop straight into your CRM.

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