2007 permits
Toronto building permits from 2007: 4,708 are still open
Of the building permits Toronto issued in 2007, 4,708 remained in the City’s active permit register, and half of them have been open for at least 6,945 days (about 19 years).
This is not annual permit volume. The 2007 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
4,708
Median time open
6,945 d
Median value
$60,000
Total value
$864,459,816
Value figures cover the 2,381 of 4,708 still-open 2007 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 2007 permits are at
246 of them (5.2%) show no sign of work having begun: the permit was issued and the file has not moved past that point.
| Status | Permits | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Inspection | 4,047 | 86.0% |
| Revision Issued | 408 | 8.7% |
| Permit Issued | 198 | 4.2% |
| Work Not Started | 48 | 1.0% |
| Revocation Pending | 4 | 0.1% |
| Work Suspended | 3 | 0.1% |
Still-open 2007 permits by trade
| Trade | Permits | Total value |
|---|---|---|
| Addition | 1,228 | $118,587,211 |
| Interior alteration | 867 | $188,609,621 |
| Plumbing | 664 | $4,504,811 |
| HVAC | 602 | $13,180,937 |
| New build | 537 | $440,778,258 |
| Other / unclassified | 260 | $19,337,872 |
| Deck | 232 | $14,110,111 |
| Roofing | 117 | $20,761,394 |
| Demolition | 98 | $9,265,400 |
| Window / Door | 78 | $17,099,000 |
| Pool | 18 | $16,995,200 |
| Electrical | 7 | $1,230,001 |
Neighbourhoods with the most open 2007 permits
| Rank | Neighbourhood | Open permits | Total value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yonge-Bay Corridor | 162 | $37,833,280 |
| 2 | Bedford Park-Nortown | 133 | $15,361,323 |
| 3 | West Humber-Clairville | 127 | $18,393,500 |
| 4 | Rosedale-Moore Park | 125 | $15,848,000 |
| 5 | Mimico-Queensway | 108 | $4,749,932 |
| 6 | High Park-Swansea | 103 | $54,978,000 |
| 7 | Leaside-Bennington | 99 | $6,835,004 |
| 8 | South Riverdale | 97 | $7,783,750 |
| 9 | North Riverdale | 89 | $4,194,000 |
| 10 | Kensington-Chinatown | 87 | $37,041,230 |
| 11 | Stonegate-Queensway | 87 | $5,518,000 |
| 12 | Annex | 86 | $10,044,980 |
| 13 | Islington | 74 | $5,077,000 |
| 14 | Kingsway South | 74 | $4,534,500 |
| 15 | The Beaches | 70 | $3,761,200 |
| 16 | Yorkdale-Glen Park | 64 | $4,529,800 |
| 17 | High Park North | 62 | $2,535,400 |
| 18 | Clairlea-Birchmount | 62 | $16,214,330 |
| 19 | Etobicoke City Centre | 60 | $87,034,000 |
| 20 | Yonge-Eglinton | 56 | $4,304,200 |
Top 20 neighbourhoods by open-permit count. Areas outside this list still have open 2007 permits.
Largest 2007 projects still open
The highest-value permits from 2007 that have not closed out, ranked by estimated construction cost.
| Address | Work | Status | Open | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 The Queensway, Toronto, ON | New Building | Inspection | 6,930 d | $50,000,000 |
| 25 Greenview Ave, Toronto, ON | New Building | Inspection | 6,831 d | $47,500,000 |
| 700 Evans Ave, Toronto, ON | New Building | Inspection | 6,964 d | $35,000,000 |
| 468 Avenue Rd, Toronto, ON | New Building | Inspection | 6,790 d | $35,000,000 |
| 700 Evans Ave, Toronto, ON | New Building | Inspection | 6,909 d | $30,000,000 |
| 21 Carlton St, Toronto, ON | New Building | Inspection | 6,855 d | $30,000,000 |
| 80 Western Battery Rd, Toronto, ON | New Building | Inspection | 6,939 d | $26,000,000 |
| 82 Broadway Ave, Toronto, ON | New Building | Inspection | 7,091 d | $23,000,000 |
| 2 Fieldway Rd, Toronto, ON | Interior Alterations | Inspection | 6,796 d | $20,000,000 |
| 455 Adelaide St W, Toronto, ON | New Building | Inspection | 6,789 d | $16,000,000 |
| 148 Jarvis St, Toronto, ON | New Building | Inspection | 6,882 d | $15,650,000 |
| 1 Dundas St W, Toronto, ON | Interior Alterations | Inspection | 7,010 d | $15,000,000 |
| 851 Mount Pleasant Rd, Toronto, ON | Window Replacement | Inspection | 6,902 d | $11,000,000 |
| 255 Mc Caul St, Toronto, ON | Interior Alterations | Inspection | 6,821 d | $10,600,000 |
| 399 Bathurst St, Toronto, ON | Multiple Projects | Inspection | 6,954 d | $8,000,000 |
| 48 Thorncliffe Park Dr, Toronto, ON | Multiple Projects | Inspection | 6,847 d | $6,500,000 |
| 1100 Lansdowne Ave, Toronto, ON | Interior Alterations | Inspection | 6,922 d | $6,000,000 |
| 789 Yonge St, Toronto, ON | Addition(s) | Inspection | 6,789 d | $6,000,000 |
| 1020 Martin Grove Rd, Toronto, ON | Multiple Projects | Inspection | 7,091 d | $5,750,000 |
| 931 College St, Toronto, ON | Multiple Projects | Inspection | 7,136 d | $4,200,000 |
| 60 Richview Rd, Toronto, ON | Interior Alterations | Inspection | 6,975 d | $4,055,305 |
| 1130 Bathurst St, Toronto, ON | Interior Alterations | Inspection | 6,982 d | $4,000,000 |
| 245 Markland Dr, Toronto, ON | Multiple Projects | Inspection | 6,845 d | $3,500,000 |
| 5102 Yonge St, Toronto, ON | Interior Alterations | Inspection | 7,035 d | $3,400,000 |
| 3025 Finch Ave W, Toronto, ON | New Building | Inspection | 7,127 d | $3,330,460 |
“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 2007 are still open?
- 4,708 permits issued in Toronto during 2007 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 2007. 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 2007 permits been open?
- Half of the 4,708 still-open permits from 2007 have been open for at least 6,945 days (about 19 years), measured from issue date to Jul 23, 2026. One in ten has been open longer than 7,099 days (about 19 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 2007 Toronto permits were never started?
- 246 of the 4,708 surviving 2007 permits (5.2%) 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 2007 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 2007 to another year measures elapsed time rather than construction activity. Use the status and trade breakdowns within 2007 instead.