2026 permits
Toronto building permits from 2026: 20,475 are still open
Of the building permits Toronto issued in 2026, 20,475 remained in the City’s active permit register as of Sep 2, 2026, and half of them have been open for at least 118 days.
This is not annual permit volume. The 2026 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
20,475
Median time open
118 d
Median value
$100,000
Total value
$10,286,252,615
Value figures cover the 7,224 of 20,475 still-open 2026 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 2026 permits are at
9,873 of them (48.2%) show no sign of work having begun: the permit was issued and the file has not moved past that point.
| Status | Permits | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Permit Issued | 9,829 | 48.0% |
| Inspection | 7,858 | 38.4% |
| Revision Issued | 2,728 | 13.3% |
| Work Not Started | 30 | 0.1% |
| Ready for Issuance | 12 | 0.1% |
| Revocation Pending | 11 | 0.1% |
| Application Acceptable | 2 | 0.0% |
| Not Started | 2 | 0.0% |
| Application On Hold | 1 | 0.0% |
| Issuance Pending | 1 | 0.0% |
| Under Review | 1 | 0.0% |
Still-open 2026 permits by trade
| Trade | Permits | Total value |
|---|---|---|
| Plumbing | 4,154 | $85,019,976 |
| Addition | 3,353 | $604,613,199 |
| HVAC | 3,204 | $355,712,133 |
| Interior alteration | 3,099 | $1,567,554,850 |
| New build | 1,939 | $6,723,957,373 |
| Other / unclassified | 1,469 | $99,060,248 |
| Demolition | 1,149 | $321,554,475 |
| Deck | 967 | $193,224,908 |
| Window / Door | 626 | $74,743,251 |
| Roofing | 344 | $92,105,165 |
| Pool | 106 | $21,749,910 |
| Electrical | 65 | $146,957,128 |
Neighbourhoods with the most open 2026 permits
| Rank | Neighbourhood | Open permits | Total value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yonge-Bay Corridor | 922 | $892,098,975 |
| 2 | Rockcliffe-Smythe | 530 | $64,354,634 |
| 3 | Annex | 422 | $167,705,199 |
| 4 | Rosedale-Moore Park | 356 | $274,080,773 |
| 5 | South Riverdale | 345 | $50,580,631 |
| 6 | Stonegate-Queensway | 298 | $36,681,680 |
| 7 | Banbury-Don Mills | 296 | $51,309,139 |
| 8 | Wellington Place | 295 | $281,473,277 |
| 9 | Downtown Yonge East | 295 | $215,061,020 |
| 10 | Trinity-Bellwoods | 283 | $20,553,144 |
| 11 | Kensington-Chinatown | 281 | $104,038,091 |
| 12 | Wexford/Maryvale | 269 | $18,318,400 |
| 13 | The Beaches | 263 | $18,038,885 |
| 14 | Yorkdale-Glen Park | 254 | $39,288,332 |
| 15 | St Lawrence-East Bayfront-The Islands | 252 | $136,269,314 |
| 16 | West Humber-Clairville | 241 | $71,354,218 |
| 17 | Leaside-Bennington | 232 | $30,372,619 |
| 18 | Newtonbrook West | 229 | $40,387,186 |
| 19 | Junction-Wallace Emerson | 229 | $206,375,169 |
| 20 | Etobicoke City Centre | 228 | $569,939,736 |
Top 20 neighbourhoods by open-permit count. Areas outside this list still have open 2026 permits.
Largest 2026 projects still open
The highest-value permits from 2026 that have not closed out, ranked by estimated construction cost.
| Address | Work | Status | Open | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1001 Queen St W, Toronto, ON | New Building | Inspection | 244 d | $850,971,654 |
| 0 Heath St W, Toronto, ON | New Building | Permit Issued | 169 d | $805,000,000 |
| 5207 Dundas St W, Toronto, ON | New Building | Inspection | 188 d | $450,000,000 |
| 170 Roehampton Ave, Toronto, ON | New Building | Inspection | 37 d | $415,000,000 |
| 1141 Bloor St W, Toronto, ON | New Building | Inspection | 20 d | $275,000,000 |
| 8 Elm St, Toronto, ON | New Building | Inspection | 174 d | $270,000,000 |
| 110 Broadway Ave, Toronto, ON | New Building | Inspection | 213 d | $211,725,000 |
| 285 Queen St E, Toronto, ON | New Building | Inspection | 115 d | $200,000,000 |
| 285 Queen St E, Toronto, ON | New Building | Permit Issued | 112 d | $200,000,000 |
| 1200 Sheppard Ave E, Toronto, ON | New Building | Inspection | 240 d | $150,000,000 |
| 4630 Kingston Rd, Toronto, ON | New Building | Inspection | 105 d | $150,000,000 |
| 8 Locust St, Toronto, ON | New Building | Permit Issued | 71 d | $135,000,000 |
| 120 Peter St, Toronto, ON | Other(MS) | Permit Issued | 161 d | $130,000,000 |
| 5 Scrivener Sq, Toronto, ON | New Building | Inspection | 9 d | $120,000,000 |
| 640 Lansdowne Ave, Toronto, ON | New Building | Inspection | 171 d | $113,184,835 |
| 300 Bloor St W, Toronto, ON | New Building | Inspection | 63 d | $110,000,000 |
| 717 Church St, Toronto, ON | New Building | Inspection | 170 d | $100,000,000 |
| 77 King St W, Toronto, ON | Interior Alterations | Inspection | 111 d | $100,000,000 |
| 100 Broadway Ave, Toronto, ON | New Building | Permit Issued | 210 d | $90,000,000 |
| 18 Brownlow Ave, Toronto, ON | New Building | Inspection | 72 d | $85,984,380 |
| 155 Balmoral Ave, Toronto, ON | New Building | Inspection | 85 d | $85,500,000 |
| 300-304 The East Mall, Toronto, ON | New Building | Inspection | 140 d | $85,000,000 |
| 300-304 The East Mall, Toronto, ON | New Building | Inspection | 140 d | $85,000,000 |
| 2992 Sheppard Ave E, Toronto, ON | New Building | Inspection | 69 d | $85,000,000 |
| 294 Sherbourne St, Toronto, ON | New Building | Inspection | 136 d | $80,524,620 |
“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 2026 are still open?
- 20,475 permits issued in Toronto during 2026 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 2026. The City issues roughly 40,000 permits a year, and closed permits are removed from the published file.
- How long have Toronto's 2026 permits been open?
- Half of the 20,475 still-open permits from 2026 have been open for at least 118 days, measured from issue date to Sep 3, 2026. One in ten has been open longer than 218 days. 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 2026 Toronto permits were never started?
- 9,873 of the 20,475 surviving 2026 permits (48.2%) 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 2026 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 2026 to another year measures elapsed time rather than construction activity. Use the status and trade breakdowns within 2026 instead.