2005 permits
Toronto building permits from 2005: 4,136 are still open
Of the building permits Toronto issued in 2005, 4,136 remained in the City’s active permit register, and half of them have been open for at least 7,680 days (about 21 years).
This is not annual permit volume. The 2005 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
4,136
Median time open
7,680 d
Median value
$55,000
Total value
$1,476,563,394
Value figures cover the 2,217 of 4,136 still-open 2005 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 2005 permits are at
304 of them (7.4%) show no sign of work having begun: the permit was issued and the file has not moved past that point.
| Status | Permits | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Inspection | 3,638 | 88.0% |
| Permit Issued | 264 | 6.4% |
| Revision Issued | 191 | 4.6% |
| Work Not Started | 40 | 1.0% |
| Revocation Pending | 3 | 0.1% |
Still-open 2005 permits by trade
| Trade | Permits | Total value |
|---|---|---|
| Addition | 1,198 | $124,392,560 |
| New build | 1,048 | $1,118,056,317 |
| Interior alteration | 698 | $111,381,293 |
| Plumbing | 364 | $5,315,400 |
| HVAC | 254 | $3,563,400 |
| Other / unclassified | 222 | $7,051,100 |
| Deck | 159 | $4,456,700 |
| Roofing | 71 | $4,466,329 |
| Window / Door | 63 | $5,688,200 |
| Demolition | 40 | $34,839,095 |
| Pool | 16 | $56,582,000 |
| Electrical | 3 | $771,000 |
Neighbourhoods with the most open 2005 permits
| Rank | Neighbourhood | Open permits | Total value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stonegate-Queensway | 207 | $34,355,500 |
| 2 | Bedford Park-Nortown | 173 | $17,483,010 |
| 3 | South Riverdale | 160 | $5,405,070 |
| 4 | Yonge-Bay Corridor | 118 | $32,499,900 |
| 5 | Leaside-Bennington | 110 | $8,994,000 |
| 6 | Newtonbrook West | 110 | $58,120,700 |
| 7 | Rosedale-Moore Park | 101 | $14,261,050 |
| 8 | West Humber-Clairville | 87 | $30,487,000 |
| 9 | The Beaches | 77 | $16,020,100 |
| 10 | Lawrence Park South | 71 | $15,461,000 |
| 11 | High Park-Swansea | 67 | $1,907,600 |
| 12 | Moss Park | 63 | $2,205,500 |
| 13 | Greenwood-Coxwell | 59 | $1,559,000 |
| 14 | Annex | 59 | $76,836,500 |
| 15 | Islington | 59 | $30,482,400 |
| 16 | Willowdale West | 59 | $142,286,800 |
| 17 | Kensington-Chinatown | 58 | $52,807,953 |
| 18 | Yorkdale-Glen Park | 58 | $6,802,019 |
| 19 | Edenbridge-Humber Valley | 57 | $25,732,000 |
| 20 | Danforth East York | 55 | $2,186,000 |
Top 20 neighbourhoods by open-permit count. Areas outside this list still have open 2005 permits.
Largest 2005 projects still open
The highest-value permits from 2005 that have not closed out, ranked by estimated construction cost.
| Address | Work | Status | Open | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 Finch Ave W, Toronto, ON | New Building | Inspection | 7,518 d | $64,000,000 |
| 650 Fleet St, Toronto, ON | New Building | Inspection | 7,702 d | $61,436,100 |
| 5 Mariner Ter, Toronto, ON | New Building | Inspection | 7,870 d | $56,000,000 |
| 18 Spring Garden Ave, Toronto, ON | New Building | Inspection | 7,525 d | $47,500,000 |
| 15 Greenview Ave, Toronto, ON | New Building | Inspection | 7,517 d | $44,000,000 |
| 385 Brunswick Ave, Toronto, ON | New Building | Inspection | 7,668 d | $40,000,000 |
| 36 Whitewood Rd, Toronto, ON | New Building | Inspection | 7,541 d | $40,000,000 |
| 60 Murray St, Toronto, ON | New Building | Inspection | 7,602 d | $38,000,000 |
| 33 A Bay St, Toronto, ON | New Building | Inspection | 7,702 d | $35,000,000 |
| 5566 Yonge St, Toronto, ON | New Building | Inspection | 7,519 d | $33,000,000 |
| 5566 Yonge St, Toronto, ON | New Building | Inspection | 7,519 d | $32,000,000 |
| 18 Kenaston Gdns, Toronto, ON | New Building | Inspection | 7,814 d | $31,000,000 |
| 23 Brant St, Toronto, ON | New Building | Inspection | 7,695 d | $31,000,000 |
| 120 Dallimore Crcl, Toronto, ON | New Building | Inspection | 7,511 d | $29,980,000 |
| 363-369 Sorauren Ave, Toronto, ON | New Building | Inspection | 7,526 d | $27,000,000 |
| 1005 King St W, Toronto, ON | New Building | Inspection | 7,716 d | $25,000,000 |
| 9 Burnhamthorpe Cres, Toronto, ON | New Building | Inspection | 7,659 d | $25,000,000 |
| 1379 Bloor St W, Toronto, ON | New Building | Inspection | 7,702 d | $24,000,000 |
| 30 Fontenay Crt, Toronto, ON | New Building | Inspection | 7,854 d | $21,000,000 |
| 1280 Bay St, Toronto, ON | New Building | Inspection | 7,526 d | $20,800,000 |
| 1555 Jane St, Toronto, ON | New Building | Inspection | 7,751 d | $20,000,000 |
| 43 Hanna Ave, Toronto, ON | Interior Alterations | Inspection | 7,524 d | $20,000,000 |
| 5 Michael Power Pl, Toronto, ON | New Building | Inspection | 7,519 d | $20,000,000 |
| 1 Michael Power Pl, Toronto, ON | New Building | Inspection | 7,519 d | $20,000,000 |
| 3 Michael Power Pl, Toronto, ON | New Building | Inspection | 7,518 d | $20,000,000 |
“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 2005 are still open?
- 4,136 permits issued in Toronto during 2005 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 2005. 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 2005 permits been open?
- Half of the 4,136 still-open permits from 2005 have been open for at least 7,680 days (about 21 years), measured from issue date to Jul 23, 2026. One in ten has been open longer than 7,822 days (about 21 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 2005 Toronto permits were never started?
- 304 of the 4,136 surviving 2005 permits (7.4%) 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 2005 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 2005 to another year measures elapsed time rather than construction activity. Use the status and trade breakdowns within 2005 instead.