2010 permits
Toronto building permits from 2010: 5,240 are still open
Of the building permits Toronto issued in 2010, 5,240 remained in the City’s active permit register, and half of them have been open for at least 5,867 days (about 16 years).
This is not annual permit volume. The 2010 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
5,240
Median time open
5,867 d
Median value
$40,000
Total value
$2,775,910,155
Value figures cover the 2,712 of 5,240 still-open 2010 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 2010 permits are at
216 of them (4.1%) show no sign of work having begun: the permit was issued and the file has not moved past that point.
| Status | Permits | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Inspection | 4,317 | 82.4% |
| Revision Issued | 516 | 9.8% |
| Revocation Pending | 191 | 3.6% |
| Permit Issued | 158 | 3.0% |
| Work Not Started | 58 | 1.1% |
Still-open 2010 permits by trade
| Trade | Permits | Total value |
|---|---|---|
| Addition | 1,237 | $118,182,367 |
| Plumbing | 1,050 | $16,336,315 |
| Interior alteration | 902 | $189,657,507 |
| HVAC | 730 | $22,185,088 |
| New build | 422 | $2,091,248,785 |
| Deck | 320 | $26,593,739 |
| Other / unclassified | 278 | $17,062,691 |
| Roofing | 124 | $216,701,113 |
| Window / Door | 81 | $15,926,550 |
| Demolition | 80 | $58,946,000 |
| Pool | 16 | $3,070,000 |
Neighbourhoods with the most open 2010 permits
| Rank | Neighbourhood | Open permits | Total value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stonegate-Queensway | 146 | $8,728,300 |
| 2 | Yonge-Bay Corridor | 141 | $350,858,037 |
| 3 | West Humber-Clairville | 133 | $7,341,750 |
| 4 | South Riverdale | 110 | $1,904,800 |
| 5 | Rosedale-Moore Park | 110 | $15,019,500 |
| 6 | Kensington-Chinatown | 103 | $27,625,160 |
| 7 | Annex | 89 | $233,092,300 |
| 8 | High Park-Swansea | 87 | $3,298,260 |
| 9 | St Lawrence-East Bayfront-The Islands | 87 | $485,455,440 |
| 10 | Etobicoke City Centre | 86 | $7,305,900 |
| 11 | Wychwood | 84 | $4,878,800 |
| 12 | Yorkdale-Glen Park | 82 | $10,465,470 |
| 13 | Bedford Park-Nortown | 78 | $9,000,063 |
| 14 | Woodbine Corridor | 77 | $8,868,500 |
| 15 | Leaside-Bennington | 75 | $4,345,608 |
| 16 | Edenbridge-Humber Valley | 72 | $9,642,000 |
| 17 | Wellington Place | 70 | $202,291,400 |
| 18 | Roncesvalles | 67 | $1,746,500 |
| 19 | Wexford/Maryvale | 65 | $4,249,765 |
| 20 | Milliken | 64 | $1,986,050 |
Top 20 neighbourhoods by open-permit count. Areas outside this list still have open 2010 permits.
Largest 2010 projects still open
The highest-value permits from 2010 that have not closed out, ranked by estimated construction cost.
| Address | Work | Status | Open | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 674 Bay St, Toronto, ON | New Building | Inspection | 5,749 d | $300,000,000 |
| 61 Front St W, Toronto, ON | Multiple Projects | Inspection | 5,923 d | $200,000,000 |
| 450 Bremner Blvd, Toronto, ON | New Building | Inspection | 5,900 d | $150,000,000 |
| 50 Yorkville Ave, Toronto, ON | New Building | Inspection | 5,993 d | $120,000,000 |
| 18 Lower Jarvis St, Toronto, ON | New Building | Inspection | 5,691 d | $100,000,000 |
| 2242 Lake Shore Blvd W, Toronto, ON | New Building | Inspection | 5,697 d | $90,000,000 |
| 230 Bloor St W, Toronto, ON | New Building | Inspection | 6,026 d | $77,000,000 |
| 33 Bay St, Toronto, ON | New Building | Inspection | 5,964 d | $65,000,000 |
| 97 St George St, Toronto, ON | New Building | Inspection | 5,809 d | $65,000,000 |
| 75 Portland St, Toronto, ON | New Building | Inspection | 5,973 d | $64,500,000 |
| 373 King St W, Toronto, ON | New Building | Inspection | 5,973 d | $60,000,000 |
| 640 Fleet St, Toronto, ON | New Building | Inspection | 5,728 d | $56,000,000 |
| 35 Hollywood Ave, Toronto, ON | New Building | Inspection | 5,839 d | $55,500,000 |
| 60 Heintzman St, Toronto, ON | New Building | Inspection | 6,041 d | $50,000,000 |
| 18 Lower Jarvis St, Toronto, ON | New Building | Inspection | 5,928 d | $50,000,000 |
| 1015 Sheppard Ave E, Toronto, ON | New Building | Inspection | 5,841 d | $50,000,000 |
| 1015 Sheppard Ave E, Toronto, ON | New Building | Inspection | 5,841 d | $50,000,000 |
| 1015 Sheppard Ave E, Toronto, ON | New Building | Inspection | 5,813 d | $50,000,000 |
| 1015 Sheppard Ave E, Toronto, ON | New Building | Inspection | 5,813 d | $50,000,000 |
| 1060 Sheppard Ave W, Toronto, ON | New Building | Inspection | 5,802 d | $50,000,000 |
| 61 Front St W, Toronto, ON | Interior Alterations | Inspection | 5,718 d | $50,000,000 |
| 4346 Lawrence Ave E, Toronto, ON | New Building | Inspection | 5,694 d | $45,000,000 |
| 1 Oakburn Cres, Toronto, ON | New Building | Inspection | 5,889 d | $42,000,000 |
| 1 Oakburn Cres, Toronto, ON | New Building | Inspection | 5,889 d | $42,000,000 |
| 585 Queen St W, Toronto, ON | New Building | Inspection | 5,831 d | $30,000,000 |
“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 2010 are still open?
- 5,240 permits issued in Toronto during 2010 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 2010. 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 2010 permits been open?
- Half of the 5,240 still-open permits from 2010 have been open for at least 5,867 days (about 16 years), measured from issue date to Jul 23, 2026. One in ten has been open longer than 6,007 days (about 16 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 2010 Toronto permits were never started?
- 216 of the 5,240 surviving 2010 permits (4.1%) 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 2010 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 2010 to another year measures elapsed time rather than construction activity. Use the status and trade breakdowns within 2010 instead.