2000 permits
Toronto building permits from 2000: 1,207 are still open
Of the building permits Toronto issued in 2000, 1,207 remained in the City’s active permit register, and half of them have been open for at least 9,502 days (about 26 years).
This is not annual permit volume. The 2000 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 30,000 to 40,000 permits a year; the counts here are the unclosed remainder, and they cannot be compared between years as a trend.
Still open
1,207
Median time open
9,502 d
Median value
$20,000
Total value
$327,983,092
Value figures cover the 1,039 of 1,207 still-open 2000 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 2000 permits are at
17 of them (1.4%) show no sign of work having begun: the permit was issued and the file has not moved past that point.
| Status | Permits | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Inspection | 1,178 | 97.6% |
| Permit Issued | 16 | 1.3% |
| Pending Cancellation | 3 | 0.2% |
| VIOLATION | 2 | 0.2% |
| Order Complied | 2 | 0.2% |
| Work Not Started | 1 | 0.1% |
| Work Suspended | 1 | 0.1% |
| Inspection Request to Cancel | 1 | 0.1% |
| Permit Issued/Close File | 1 | 0.1% |
| Plan Review Complete | 1 | 0.1% |
| Revocation Pending | 1 | 0.1% |
Still-open 2000 permits by trade
| Trade | Permits | Total value |
|---|---|---|
| Addition | 344 | $44,326,643 |
| Interior alteration | 321 | $22,354,407 |
| New build | 205 | $243,392,364 |
| HVAC | 124 | $4,165,301 |
| Plumbing | 99 | $570,300 |
| Deck | 41 | $2,161,500 |
| Window / Door | 27 | $2,985,000 |
| Roofing | 18 | $504,100 |
| Demolition | 14 | $4,270,200 |
| Pool | 9 | $182,000 |
| Other / unclassified | 4 | $3,051,277 |
| Electrical | 1 | $20,000 |
Neighbourhoods with the most open 2000 permits
| Rank | Neighbourhood | Open permits | Total value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Beaches | 37 | $1,612,900 |
| 2 | Rosedale-Moore Park | 33 | $25,312,300 |
| 3 | South Riverdale | 32 | $1,184,900 |
| 4 | Greenwood-Coxwell | 30 | $355,700 |
| 5 | Junction-Wallace Emerson | 29 | $364,800 |
| 6 | Moss Park | 27 | $1,699,000 |
| 7 | Palmerston-Little Italy | 26 | $878,700 |
| 8 | Junction Area | 25 | $808,400 |
| 9 | Yonge-Bay Corridor | 25 | $11,162,000 |
| 10 | Trinity-Bellwoods | 24 | $205,700 |
| 11 | Wellington Place | 24 | $20,398,000 |
| 12 | Runnymede-Bloor West Village | 24 | $453,900 |
| 13 | Dovercourt Village | 22 | $245,000 |
| 14 | Little Portugal | 22 | $207,000 |
| 15 | Bayview Woods-Steeles | 21 | $2,480,000 |
| 16 | Lansing-Westgate | 21 | $1,678,900 |
| 17 | Danforth | 20 | $259,900 |
| 18 | Bedford Park-Nortown | 19 | $2,255,200 |
| 19 | South Parkdale | 18 | $537,700 |
| 20 | Dufferin Grove | 18 | $269,000 |
Top 20 neighbourhoods by open-permit count. Areas outside this list still have open 2000 permits.
Largest 2000 projects still open
The highest-value permits from 2000 that have not closed out, ranked by estimated construction cost.
| Address | Work | Status | Open | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 381 Front St W, Toronto, ON | New Building | Inspection | 9,344 d | $80,000,000 |
| 30 Stadium Rd, Toronto, ON | New Building | Inspection | 9,425 d | $50,000,000 |
| 35 Finch Ave E, Toronto, ON | New Building | Inspection | 9,542 d | $20,000,000 |
| 380 Richmond St W, Toronto, ON | Unknown | Inspection | 9,556 d | $18,000,000 |
| 45 Brunswick Ave, Toronto, ON | New Building | Inspection | 9,514 d | $16,000,000 |
| 1 Ibms Etobicoke, Toronto, ON | Addition to Existing Building | Inspection | 9,423 d | $15,000,000 |
| 70 St Joseph St, Toronto, ON | New Building | Inspection | 9,515 d | $10,000,000 |
| 2681 Danforth Ave, Toronto, ON | New Building | Inspection | 9,383 d | $8,000,000 |
| 1515 Bathurst St, Toronto, ON | Addition/Alteration to Existing Building | Inspection | 9,438 d | $7,500,000 |
| 201 Elizabeth St, Toronto, ON | Addition to Existing Building | Inspection | 9,613 d | $6,500,000 |
| 1 Ibms Etobicoke, Toronto, ON | New Building | Inspection | 9,416 d | $5,987,000 |
| 12 Bushbury Dr, Toronto, ON | Addition/Alteration to Existing Building | Inspection | 9,372 d | $4,000,000 |
| 101 College St, Toronto, ON | Alteration to Existing Building | Inspection | 9,592 d | $2,500,000 |
| 430 Burnhamthorpe Rd, Toronto, ON | New Building | Inspection | 9,557 d | $2,500,000 |
| 730 Mount Pleasant Rd, Toronto, ON | Partial Permit - Foundation | Inspection | 9,372 d | $2,000,000 |
| 1900 Yonge St, Toronto, ON | Addition/Alteration to Existing Building | Inspection | 9,633 d | $1,900,000 |
| 1521 Yonge St, Toronto, ON | New Building | Inspection | 9,465 d | $1,755,000 |
| 199 Bay St, Toronto, ON | Alteration to Existing Building | Inspection | 9,549 d | $1,500,000 |
| 1130 Bathurst St, Toronto, ON | Alteration to Existing Building | Inspection | 9,425 d | $1,500,000 |
| 101-191 Ravel Rd, Toronto, ON | New Building | Inspection | 9,492 d | $1,432,800 |
| 2543 Dundas St W, Toronto, ON | Unknown | Inspection | 9,375 d | $1,300,000 |
| 73 Queen'S Park Cres E, Toronto, ON | Alteration to Existing Building | Inspection | 9,479 d | $1,200,000 |
| 2455 Danforth Ave, Toronto, ON | Alteration to Existing Building | Inspection | 9,421 d | $1,200,000 |
| 730 Mount Pleasant Rd, Toronto, ON | Partial Permit - Shoring | Inspection | 9,458 d | $1,000,000 |
| 235 Yorkland Blvd, Toronto, ON | Alteration to Existing Building | Inspection | 9,397 d | $1,000,000 |
“Open” counts days from issue date to Jul 23, 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 2000 are still open?
- 1,207 permits issued in Toronto during 2000 were still in the City's active permit register. This is the count of permits that have not closed out, not the number of permits Toronto issued in 2000. The City issues roughly 30,000 to 40,000 permits a year, and closed permits are removed from the published file.
- How long have Toronto's 2000 permits been open?
- Half of the 1,207 still-open permits from 2000 have been open for at least 9,502 days (about 26 years), measured from issue date to Jul 23, 2026. One in ten has been open longer than 9,649 days (about 26 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 2000 Toronto permits were never started?
- 17 of the 1,207 surviving 2000 permits (1.4%) 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 2000 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 2000 to another year measures elapsed time rather than construction activity. Use the status and trade breakdowns within 2000 instead.