{
 "title": "Toronto building permits, October 2026: 2,321 issued",
 "headline": "Toronto issued 2,321 building permits from October 1–23, 2026, worth $1.27B in estimated construction; together they create 4,082 new homes, and 143 were permits for new houses.",
 "period_start": "2026-10-01",
 "period_end": "2026-10-23",
 "period_label": "October 1–23, 2026",
 "period_note": "Permits the City of Toronto issued from October 1–23, 2026, as listed in its active building permits open data. The city's file had permits issued up to October 23, 2026 when this report was built on October 27, 2026.",
 "stats": [
  [
   "2,321",
   "building permits issued, October 1–23, 2026"
  ],
  [
   "$1.27B",
   "estimated construction value on 765 permits that list one"
  ],
  [
   "4,082",
   "new dwelling units the permits create"
  ],
  [
   "$75K",
   "typical (median) permit value"
  ]
 ],
 "summary": [
  "The City of Toronto issued 2,321 building permits from October 1–23, 2026. Together they carry $1.27B in estimated construction value, counting the 765 permits (33%) that list a value; the typical (median) permit was $75K.",
  "Small Residential Projects permits were the most common type (509, 22% of the total). 143 permits were for new houses, and all the month's permits together create 4,082 new dwelling units.",
  "Each permit is counted once, at its latest revision. Plumbing, mechanical and drain permits are often filed alongside a building permit for the same project, so the count is of permits, not of separate projects."
 ],
 "method": "Permits with an issued date from October 1–23, 2026 in the city's active permits file. A permit listed more than once (revisions) is counted once. Estimated value is the construction cost the applicant declares to the city; about a third of Toronto permits leave it blank, so value totals cover only permits that list one. New homes are the dwelling units created that the city records on each permit.",
 "source": {
  "name": "City of Toronto, Building Permits – Active Permits (open data)",
  "url": "https://open.toronto.ca/dataset/building-permits-active-permits/",
  "licence": "Open Government Licence – Toronto",
  "licence_url": "https://open.toronto.ca/open-data-license/"
 },
 "chart": {
  "title": "Toronto building permits by type, October 1–23, 2026",
  "rows": [
   {
    "label": "Small Residential Projects",
    "value": 509
   },
   {
    "label": "Plumbing",
    "value": 439
   },
   {
    "label": "Mechanical (HVAC)",
    "value": 411
   },
   {
    "label": "Building Additions/Alterations",
    "value": 300
   },
   {
    "label": "Drains and site services",
    "value": 285
   },
   {
    "label": "New Houses",
    "value": 143
   },
   {
    "label": "Designated Structures",
    "value": 61
   },
   {
    "label": "Demolition",
    "value": 55
   },
   {
    "label": "All other",
    "value": 118
   }
  ]
 },
 "table": {
  "title": "Every permit type",
  "columns": [
   "Permit type",
   "Permits",
   "With a value",
   "Estimated value",
   "Median value",
   "New homes"
  ],
  "rows": [
   [
    "Small Residential Projects",
    "509",
    "383",
    "$62.5M",
    "$50K",
    "150"
   ],
   [
    "Plumbing",
    "439",
    "18",
    "$12.5M",
    "$40K",
    "0"
   ],
   [
    "Mechanical (HVAC)",
    "411",
    "13",
    "$8.1M",
    "$200K",
    "0"
   ],
   [
    "Building Additions/Alterations",
    "300",
    "233",
    "$333.3M",
    "$150K",
    "27"
   ],
   [
    "Drains and site services",
    "285",
    "18",
    "$36.5M",
    "$152K",
    "0"
   ],
   [
    "New Houses",
    "143",
    "34",
    "$29.5M",
    "$775K",
    "96"
   ],
   [
    "Designated Structures",
    "61",
    "5",
    "$375K",
    "$20K",
    "0"
   ],
   [
    "Demolition",
    "55",
    "0",
    "–",
    "–",
    "0"
   ],
   [
    "Fire and security upgrades",
    "48",
    "44",
    "$7.0M",
    "$25K",
    "0"
   ],
   [
    "New Building",
    "25",
    "14",
    "$779.8M",
    "$50.0M",
    "3,809"
   ],
   [
    "Conditional Permit",
    "21",
    "0",
    "–",
    "–",
    "0"
   ],
   [
    "Temporary Structures",
    "15",
    "0",
    "–",
    "–",
    "0"
   ],
   [
    "Partial Permit",
    "5",
    "0",
    "–",
    "–",
    "0"
   ],
   [
    "Residential Building Permit",
    "3",
    "2",
    "$11K",
    "$5,500",
    "0"
   ],
   [
    "Non-Residential Building Permit",
    "1",
    "1",
    "$25K",
    "$25K",
    "0"
   ]
  ]
 },
 "publisher": "A3E Ecosystem Inc.",
 "url": "https://permits.a3eecosystem.com/reports/2026-10/",
 "published": "2026-10-27",
 "updated": "2026-10-27",
 "licence_note": "Free to quote or republish with a link to https://permits.a3eecosystem.com/reports/2026-10/"
}