2011 permits
Toronto building permits from 2011: 5,712 are still open
Of the building permits Toronto issued in 2011, 5,712 remained in the City’s active permit register, and half of them have been open for at least 5,496 days (about 15 years).
This is not annual permit volume. The 2011 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
5,712
Median time open
5,496 d
Median value
$50,000
Total value
$2,439,635,582
Value figures cover the 3,011 of 5,712 still-open 2011 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 2011 permits are at
922 of them (16.1%) show no sign of work having begun: the permit was issued and the file has not moved past that point.
| Status | Permits | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Inspection | 4,209 | 73.7% |
| Permit Issued | 887 | 15.5% |
| Revision Issued | 526 | 9.2% |
| Revocation Pending | 53 | 0.9% |
| Work Not Started | 34 | 0.6% |
| Work Suspended | 2 | 0.0% |
| Not Started | 1 | 0.0% |
Still-open 2011 permits by trade
| Trade | Permits | Total value |
|---|---|---|
| Addition | 1,137 | $190,333,553 |
| Interior alteration | 1,100 | $245,977,561 |
| Plumbing | 1,085 | $88,067,590 |
| HVAC | 853 | $25,285,344 |
| New build | 459 | $1,683,200,082 |
| Other / unclassified | 358 | $94,711,935 |
| Deck | 312 | $37,156,891 |
| Roofing | 187 | $22,743,226 |
| Window / Door | 106 | $20,927,000 |
| Demolition | 69 | $25,500,000 |
| Pool | 36 | $5,122,401 |
| Electrical | 10 | $610,000 |
Neighbourhoods with the most open 2011 permits
| Rank | Neighbourhood | Open permits | Total value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yonge-Bay Corridor | 199 | $483,536,144 |
| 2 | Wellington Place | 138 | $79,179,800 |
| 3 | West Humber-Clairville | 129 | $8,084,906 |
| 4 | Stonegate-Queensway | 122 | $11,020,900 |
| 5 | Rosedale-Moore Park | 119 | $32,086,000 |
| 6 | South Riverdale | 116 | $23,327,213 |
| 7 | Annex | 95 | $62,411,315 |
| 8 | York University Heights | 94 | $51,200,655 |
| 9 | Kensington-Chinatown | 92 | $170,606,450 |
| 10 | Bedford Park-Nortown | 89 | $9,995,124 |
| 11 | Yorkdale-Glen Park | 88 | $45,252,674 |
| 12 | Leaside-Bennington | 83 | $7,915,286 |
| 13 | Banbury-Don Mills | 81 | $77,574,249 |
| 14 | Birchcliffe-Cliffside | 80 | $7,271,328 |
| 15 | St Lawrence-East Bayfront-The Islands | 79 | $128,953,030 |
| 16 | Lansing-Westgate | 79 | $10,249,466 |
| 17 | High Park-Swansea | 74 | $4,960,840 |
| 18 | Etobicoke City Centre | 73 | $34,339,800 |
| 19 | Trinity-Bellwoods | 68 | $2,110,500 |
| 20 | Clairlea-Birchmount | 66 | $2,547,411 |
Top 20 neighbourhoods by open-permit count. Areas outside this list still have open 2011 permits.
Largest 2011 projects still open
The highest-value permits from 2011 that have not closed out, ranked by estimated construction cost.
| Address | Work | Status | Open | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 180 University Ave, Toronto, ON | New Building | Inspection | 5,620 d | $450,000,000 |
| 76 Grenville St, Toronto, ON | New Building | Inspection | 5,390 d | $170,000,000 |
| 476 Bremner Blvd, Toronto, ON | New Building | Inspection | 5,553 d | $150,000,000 |
| 399 Bathurst St, Toronto, ON | New Building | Inspection | 5,550 d | $110,500,000 |
| 59 Wynford Dr, Toronto, ON | Site Service | Inspection | 5,539 d | $70,000,000 |
| 390 Cherry St, Toronto, ON | New Building | Inspection | 5,622 d | $65,000,000 |
| 125 Western Battery Rd, Toronto, ON | New Building | Inspection | 5,333 d | $61,000,000 |
| 76 Davenport Rd, Toronto, ON | New Building | Inspection | 5,392 d | $53,000,000 |
| 150 Sudbury St, Toronto, ON | New Building | Inspection | 5,321 d | $51,000,000 |
| 1 Anndale Dr, Toronto, ON | New Building | Inspection | 5,328 d | $50,400,000 |
| 426 University Ave, Toronto, ON | Inside and Outside Drains | Inspection | 5,630 d | $50,000,000 |
| 751 King St W, Toronto, ON | New Building | Inspection | 5,407 d | $50,000,000 |
| 61 Front St W, Toronto, ON | New Building | Inspection | 5,363 d | $50,000,000 |
| 12 Duckworth St, Toronto, ON | Addition(s) | Inspection | 5,523 d | $45,000,000 |
| 1750 Finch Ave E, Toronto, ON | Addition(s) | Inspection | 5,617 d | $40,000,000 |
| 560 Front St W, Toronto, ON | New Building | Inspection | 5,489 d | $35,000,000 |
| 478 King St W, Toronto, ON | New Building | Inspection | 5,635 d | $30,000,000 |
| 330 King St E, Toronto, ON | New Building | Inspection | 5,433 d | $30,000,000 |
| 155 Legion Rd N, Toronto, ON | New Building | Inspection | 5,410 d | $30,000,000 |
| 60 Park Lawn Rd, Toronto, ON | New Building | Inspection | 5,427 d | $28,000,000 |
| 1 Valhalla Inn Rd, Toronto, ON | Inside and Outside Drains | Inspection | 5,559 d | $27,000,000 |
| 4700 Keele St, Toronto, ON | New Building | Inspection | 5,672 d | $25,000,000 |
| 5270 Yonge St, Toronto, ON | New Building | Inspection | 5,574 d | $23,420,000 |
| 1100 King St W, Toronto, ON | New Building | Inspection | 5,638 d | $20,000,000 |
| 3401 Dufferin St, Toronto, ON | Interior Alterations | Inspection | 5,546 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 2011 are still open?
- 5,712 permits issued in Toronto during 2011 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 2011. 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 2011 permits been open?
- Half of the 5,712 still-open permits from 2011 have been open for at least 5,496 days (about 15 years), measured from issue date to Jul 23, 2026. One in ten has been open longer than 5,637 days (about 15 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 2011 Toronto permits were never started?
- 922 of the 5,712 surviving 2011 permits (16.1%) 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 2011 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 2011 to another year measures elapsed time rather than construction activity. Use the status and trade breakdowns within 2011 instead.