1999 permits
Toronto building permits from 1999: 633 are still open
Of the building permits Toronto issued in 1999, 633 remained in the City’s active permit register as of Sep 2, 2026, and half of them have been open for at least 9,885 days (about 27 years).
This is not annual permit volume. The 1999 figures on this page count permits that are still openin the City of Toronto’s active permit register today. Permits drop out of that register once they close, so older years show fewer surviving records the further back you go. Toronto issues roughly 40,000 permits a year; the counts here are the unclosed remainder, and they cannot be compared between years as a trend.
Still open
633
Median time open
9,885 d
Median value
$10,000
Total value
$84,061,334
Value figures cover the 416 of 633 still-open 1999 permits that disclose an estimated construction cost. Medians, not averages: the cost distribution has a long tail and an average would overstate the typical permit.
What stage the 1999 permits are at
63 of them (10.0%) show no sign of work having begun: the permit was issued and the file has not moved past that point.
| Status | Permits | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Inspection | 563 | 88.9% |
| Permit Issued | 60 | 9.5% |
| Work Not Started | 3 | 0.5% |
| Revoked | 2 | 0.3% |
| Order Complied | 2 | 0.3% |
| VIOLATION | 1 | 0.2% |
| Permit Revoked | 1 | 0.2% |
| Work Suspended | 1 | 0.2% |
Still-open 1999 permits by trade
| Trade | Permits | Total value |
|---|---|---|
| Addition | 157 | $10,105,950 |
| Interior alteration | 149 | $12,677,801 |
| Other / unclassified | 70 | $10,708,800 |
| HVAC | 68 | $849,808 |
| Plumbing | 65 | $137,600 |
| New build | 58 | $30,079,175 |
| Deck | 21 | $668,600 |
| Window / Door | 16 | $3,431,100 |
| Demolition | 13 | $15,303,000 |
| Roofing | 9 | $48,500 |
| Pool | 6 | $50,500 |
| Electrical | 1 | $500 |
Neighbourhoods with the most open 1999 permits
| Rank | Neighbourhood | Open permits | Total value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Beaches | 27 | $355,700 |
| 2 | Palmerston-Little Italy | 24 | $1,082,879 |
| 3 | Wellington Place | 21 | $9,233,000 |
| 4 | Greenwood-Coxwell | 20 | $16,353,300 |
| 5 | Etobicoke City Centre | 20 | Value not disclosed |
| 6 | South Riverdale | 19 | $1,653,000 |
| 7 | Woodbine Corridor | 17 | $184,200 |
| 8 | Trinity-Bellwoods | 17 | $77,597 |
| 9 | East Willowdale | 16 | Value not disclosed |
| 10 | Islington | 14 | $240,000 |
| 11 | Dovercourt Village | 14 | $333,590 |
| 12 | Little Portugal | 14 | $233,600 |
| 13 | Bedford Park-Nortown | 12 | $569,000 |
| 14 | Junction-Wallace Emerson | 12 | $4,433,200 |
| 15 | West Humber-Clairville | 11 | Value not disclosed |
| 16 | Yonge-Bay Corridor | 11 | $345,000 |
| 17 | Wychwood | 10 | $13,677,196 |
| 18 | Lawrence Park South | 10 | $396,300 |
| 19 | Rosedale-Moore Park | 10 | $368,500 |
| 20 | Danforth | 9 | $97,300 |
Top 20 neighbourhoods by open-permit count. Areas outside this list still have open 1999 permits.
Largest 1999 projects still open
The highest-value permits from 1999 that have not closed out, ranked by estimated construction cost.
| Address | Work | Status | Open | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1309 Queen St E, Toronto, ON | New Building | Inspection | 9,766 d | $13,700,000 |
| 1130 Bathurst St, Toronto, ON | Unknown | Permit Issued | 10,017 d | $11,000,000 |
| 480 St Clair Ave W, Toronto, ON | Unknown | Inspection | 9,985 d | $8,500,000 |
| 50 Camden St, Toronto, ON | Unknown | Inspection | 9,870 d | $6,000,000 |
| 319 George St, Toronto, ON | Unknown | Inspection | 9,891 d | $5,000,000 |
| 1 Rankin Cres, Toronto, ON | Unknown | Inspection | 9,786 d | $4,200,000 |
| 207 Yonge St, Toronto, ON | Unknown | Inspection | 9,985 d | $3,700,000 |
| 1 Minho Blvd, Toronto, ON | Unknown | Permit Issued | 10,097 d | $2,429,196 |
| 121 Bloor St E, Toronto, ON | Alteration to Existing Building | Inspection | 9,768 d | $2,000,000 |
| 126 John St, Toronto, ON | Unknown | Inspection | 9,774 d | $1,500,000 |
| 347 Danforth Rd, Toronto, ON | Alteration to Existing Building | Inspection | 9,802 d | $1,400,000 |
| 1307 Queen St E, Toronto, ON | New Building | Inspection | 9,766 d | $1,370,000 |
| 480 St Clair Ave W, Toronto, ON | Unknown | Inspection | 10,081 d | $1,200,000 |
| 559 Jarvis St, Toronto, ON | Unknown | Inspection | 9,834 d | $1,200,000 |
| 2300 Yonge St, Toronto, ON | Unknown | Inspection | 10,002 d | $1,000,000 |
| 480 St Clair Ave W, Toronto, ON | Unknown | Inspection | 9,800 d | $1,000,000 |
| 1313 Lake Shore Blvd E, Toronto, ON | Unknown | Permit Issued | 10,030 d | $900,000 |
| 982 Eastern Ave, Toronto, ON | Unknown | Inspection | 9,830 d | $880,000 |
| 322 Clinton St, Toronto, ON | Unknown | Inspection | 10,103 d | $855,679 |
| 126 John St, Toronto, ON | Unknown | Inspection | 10,010 d | $850,000 |
| 50 Eglinton Ave E, Toronto, ON | Unknown | Inspection | 10,103 d | $800,000 |
| 78 Pembroke St, Toronto, ON | Unknown | Inspection | 9,820 d | $800,000 |
| 480 St Clair Ave W, Toronto, ON | Unknown | Inspection | 9,800 d | $500,000 |
| 134 Tecumseth St, Toronto, ON | Unknown | Inspection | 9,841 d | $480,000 |
| 30 A De Grassi St, Toronto, ON | Unknown | Inspection | 9,820 d | $400,000 |
“Open” counts days from issue date to Sep 3, 2026. A permit remaining open does not by itself mean a project is abandoned; the City closes permits on final inspection, and some long-running projects are still legitimately active.
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Frequently asked questions
- How many Toronto building permits from 1999 are still open?
- 633 permits issued in Toronto during 1999 were still in the City's active permit register as of Sep 2, 2026. This is the count of permits that have not closed out, not the number of permits Toronto issued in 1999. The City issues roughly 40,000 permits a year, and closed permits are removed from the published file.
- How long have Toronto's 1999 permits been open?
- Half of the 633 still-open permits from 1999 have been open for at least 9,885 days (about 27 years), measured from issue date to Sep 3, 2026. One in ten has been open longer than 10,048 days (about 27 years). These are permits the City has not closed out, which can mean a long-running project, a stalled one, or one that was finished without being signed off.
- How many 1999 Toronto permits were never started?
- 63 of the 633 surviving 1999 permits (10.0%) sit at a status indicating work has not visibly begun, such as "Permit Issued" or "Work Not Started". The approval was granted and the file shows no progression past it. The remainder are at inspection or revision stages.
- Can I compare 1999 to other years?
- No. Each year's count reflects how long its permits have had to close, so an older year showing fewer permits means more of them closed, not that less was built. Comparing 1999 to another year measures elapsed time rather than construction activity. Use the status and trade breakdowns within 1999 instead.