2004 permits
Toronto building permits from 2004: 3,342 are still open
Of the building permits Toronto issued in 2004, 3,342 remained in the City’s active permit register, and half of them have been open for at least 8,043 days (about 22 years).
This is not annual permit volume. The 2004 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
3,342
Median time open
8,043 d
Median value
$45,000
Total value
$1,284,538,062
Value figures cover the 1,763 of 3,342 still-open 2004 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 2004 permits are at
302 of them (9.0%) show no sign of work having begun: the permit was issued and the file has not moved past that point.
| Status | Permits | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Inspection | 3,026 | 90.5% |
| Permit Issued | 283 | 8.5% |
| Work Not Started | 19 | 0.6% |
| Plan Review Complete | 8 | 0.2% |
| Revocation Pending | 2 | 0.1% |
| VIOLATION | 2 | 0.1% |
| Work Suspended | 2 | 0.1% |
Still-open 2004 permits by trade
| Trade | Permits | Total value |
|---|---|---|
| Addition | 1,105 | $108,560,541 |
| New build | 655 | $1,015,028,320 |
| Interior alteration | 483 | $98,139,205 |
| Plumbing | 304 | $8,899,500 |
| Other / unclassified | 237 | $7,554,901 |
| HVAC | 221 | $9,733,000 |
| Deck | 172 | $5,307,095 |
| Roofing | 67 | $10,972,400 |
| Window / Door | 56 | $1,878,100 |
| Demolition | 31 | $17,665,000 |
| Pool | 11 | $800,000 |
Neighbourhoods with the most open 2004 permits
| Rank | Neighbourhood | Open permits | Total value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bedford Park-Nortown | 101 | $9,795,600 |
| 2 | Stonegate-Queensway | 95 | $43,313,050 |
| 3 | Rosedale-Moore Park | 80 | $3,376,000 |
| 4 | Briar Hill-Belgravia | 77 | $12,508,760 |
| 5 | Leaside-Bennington | 74 | $5,375,500 |
| 6 | The Beaches | 73 | $5,142,220 |
| 7 | Etobicoke City Centre | 72 | $53,763,000 |
| 8 | South Riverdale | 71 | $24,386,650 |
| 9 | West Humber-Clairville | 70 | $13,763,300 |
| 10 | High Park-Swansea | 68 | $2,437,329 |
| 11 | Yonge-Bay Corridor | 61 | $91,396,000 |
| 12 | Newtonbrook West | 55 | $4,319,440 |
| 13 | Englemount-Lawrence | 54 | $4,409,000 |
| 14 | Lawrence Park South | 53 | $2,466,000 |
| 15 | Rockcliffe-Smythe | 53 | $1,092,500 |
| 16 | Yorkdale-Glen Park | 49 | $3,014,006 |
| 17 | Danforth East York | 42 | $832,001 |
| 18 | University | 42 | $214,879,500 |
| 19 | Annex | 42 | $61,874,000 |
| 20 | Palmerston-Little Italy | 41 | $1,604,500 |
Top 20 neighbourhoods by open-permit count. Areas outside this list still have open 2004 permits.
Largest 2004 projects still open
The highest-value permits from 2004 that have not closed out, ranked by estimated construction cost.
| Address | Work | Status | Open | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 Queen'S Park, Toronto, ON | Multiple Projects | Inspection | 8,056 d | $90,000,000 |
| 150 College St, Toronto, ON | New Building | Inspection | 8,028 d | $60,000,000 |
| 101 College St, Toronto, ON | New Building | Inspection | 8,087 d | $58,000,000 |
| 860 Yonge St, Toronto, ON | New Building | Inspection | 8,058 d | $55,000,000 |
| 32 Kenaston Gdns, Toronto, ON | New Building | Inspection | 8,119 d | $49,128,000 |
| 180 Queen St W, Toronto, ON | New Building | Inspection | 8,024 d | $49,000,000 |
| 23 Hollywood Ave, Toronto, ON | New Building | Inspection | 8,165 d | $48,747,810 |
| 150 College St, Toronto, ON | New Building | Permit Issued | 7,919 d | $45,000,000 |
| 650 Fleet St, Toronto, ON | New Building | Inspection | 8,198 d | $42,000,000 |
| 2701 Queen St E, Toronto, ON | New Building | Inspection | 8,093 d | $40,000,000 |
| 438 King St W, Toronto, ON | New Building | Inspection | 7,940 d | $32,000,000 |
| 7 Michael Power Pl, Toronto, ON | New Building | Inspection | 8,121 d | $30,000,000 |
| 905 Bay St, Toronto, ON | New Building | Inspection | 8,003 d | $30,000,000 |
| 1005 King St W, Toronto, ON | New Building | Inspection | 7,909 d | $30,000,000 |
| 27 Bales Ave, Toronto, ON | New Building | Inspection | 8,000 d | $28,765,000 |
| 27 Bales Ave, Toronto, ON | New Building | Inspection | 8,000 d | $28,765,000 |
| 946 Lawrence Ave E, Toronto, ON | New Building | Inspection | 8,136 d | $27,000,000 |
| 38 William Carson Cres, Toronto, ON | New Building | Inspection | 8,116 d | $23,000,000 |
| 68 Broadview Ave, Toronto, ON | Multiple Projects | Inspection | 7,931 d | $23,000,000 |
| 2845 Bloor St W, Toronto, ON | New Building | Inspection | 8,022 d | $20,000,000 |
| 70 High Park Ave, Toronto, ON | New Building | Inspection | 8,015 d | $20,000,000 |
| 73 St George St, Toronto, ON | New Building | Permit Issued | 7,889 d | $17,000,000 |
| 3792 Bathurst St, Toronto, ON | New Building | Inspection | 8,087 d | $15,000,000 |
| 81 Resources Rd, Toronto, ON | Interior Alterations | Inspection | 7,953 d | $15,000,000 |
| 2877 Bayview Ave, Toronto, ON | Addition(s) | Inspection | 8,071 d | $14,036,000 |
“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 2004 are still open?
- 3,342 permits issued in Toronto during 2004 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 2004. 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 2004 permits been open?
- Half of the 3,342 still-open permits from 2004 have been open for at least 8,043 days (about 22 years), measured from issue date to Jul 23, 2026. One in ten has been open longer than 8,183 days (about 22 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 2004 Toronto permits were never started?
- 302 of the 3,342 surviving 2004 permits (9.0%) 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 2004 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 2004 to another year measures elapsed time rather than construction activity. Use the status and trade breakdowns within 2004 instead.