2013 permits
Toronto building permits from 2013: 6,834 are still open
Of the building permits Toronto issued in 2013, 6,834 remained in the City’s active permit register, and half of them have been open for at least 4,760 days (about 13 years).
This is not annual permit volume. The 2013 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
6,834
Median time open
4,760 d
Median value
$50,000
Total value
$2,866,592,566
Value figures cover the 3,349 of 6,834 still-open 2013 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 2013 permits are at
1,071 of them (15.7%) show no sign of work having begun: the permit was issued and the file has not moved past that point.
| Status | Permits | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Inspection | 4,990 | 73.0% |
| Permit Issued | 1,024 | 15.0% |
| Revision Issued | 679 | 9.9% |
| Revocation Pending | 91 | 1.3% |
| Work Not Started | 47 | 0.7% |
| Work Suspended | 2 | 0.0% |
| Examiner's Notice Sent | 1 | 0.0% |
Still-open 2013 permits by trade
| Trade | Permits | Total value |
|---|---|---|
| Interior alteration | 1,281 | $265,200,239 |
| Plumbing | 1,247 | $16,769,872 |
| Addition | 1,220 | $319,230,943 |
| HVAC | 1,077 | $19,001,900 |
| New build | 859 | $2,080,578,434 |
| Other / unclassified | 360 | $21,936,259 |
| Deck | 279 | $32,694,586 |
| Roofing | 270 | $48,045,746 |
| Window / Door | 129 | $6,968,123 |
| Demolition | 70 | $19,970,700 |
| Pool | 24 | $25,810,000 |
| Electrical | 18 | $10,385,764 |
Neighbourhoods with the most open 2013 permits
| Rank | Neighbourhood | Open permits | Total value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Humber-Clairville | 304 | $25,716,736 |
| 2 | Downsview | 257 | $10,964,500 |
| 3 | Yonge-Bay Corridor | 228 | $99,830,950 |
| 4 | Yorkdale-Glen Park | 148 | $12,747,606 |
| 5 | Annex | 140 | $75,004,824 |
| 6 | High Park-Swansea | 132 | $10,429,823 |
| 7 | South Riverdale | 129 | $2,923,350 |
| 8 | Wellington Place | 118 | $77,387,100 |
| 9 | Stonegate-Queensway | 108 | $30,675,800 |
| 10 | Rosedale-Moore Park | 103 | $9,900,600 |
| 11 | Etobicoke City Centre | 98 | $129,554,100 |
| 12 | Leaside-Bennington | 96 | $7,939,980 |
| 13 | Bedford Park-Nortown | 90 | $12,371,600 |
| 14 | Birchcliffe-Cliffside | 90 | $4,832,900 |
| 15 | Roncesvalles | 88 | $1,715,600 |
| 16 | Regent Park | 87 | $82,820,300 |
| 17 | Princess-Rosethorn | 84 | $10,673,200 |
| 18 | Wexford/Maryvale | 78 | $2,862,000 |
| 19 | Kensington-Chinatown | 78 | $57,699,000 |
| 20 | Clairlea-Birchmount | 77 | $3,862,600 |
Top 20 neighbourhoods by open-permit count. Areas outside this list still have open 2013 permits.
Largest 2013 projects still open
The highest-value permits from 2013 that have not closed out, ranked by estimated construction cost.
| Address | Work | Status | Open | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 Lower Simcoe St, Toronto, ON | New Building | Inspection | 4,783 d | $145,000,000 |
| 25 Queens Quay E, Toronto, ON | New Building | Inspection | 4,712 d | $133,273,000 |
| 76 Grenville St, Toronto, ON | New Building | Inspection | 4,888 d | $125,000,000 |
| 25 The West Mall, Toronto, ON | Multiple Projects | Inspection | 4,679 d | $110,000,000 |
| 1030 King St W, Toronto, ON | New Building | Inspection | 4,754 d | $96,000,000 |
| 170 Fort York Blvd, Toronto, ON | New Building | Inspection | 4,858 d | $90,000,000 |
| 4726-4728 Yonge St, Toronto, ON | New Building | Inspection | 4,621 d | $89,000,000 |
| 100 Parkway Forest Dr, Toronto, ON | New Building | Inspection | 4,854 d | $88,000,000 |
| 2025 Sheppard Ave E, Toronto, ON | New Building | Inspection | 4,851 d | $77,000,000 |
| 2200 Lake Shore Blvd W, Toronto, ON | New Building | Inspection | 4,704 d | $65,000,000 |
| 275 Yorkland Rd, Toronto, ON | New Building | Inspection | 4,677 d | $63,214,000 |
| 101 College St, Toronto, ON | Other(BA) | Inspection | 4,791 d | $60,000,000 |
| 32 Davenport Rd, Toronto, ON | New Building | Inspection | 4,657 d | $60,000,000 |
| 320 Tweedsmuir Ave, Toronto, ON | New Building | Inspection | 4,710 d | $55,000,000 |
| 1 Valhalla Inn Rd, Toronto, ON | New Building | Inspection | 4,900 d | $54,000,000 |
| 295 Adelaide St W, Toronto, ON | New Building | Inspection | 4,780 d | $50,000,000 |
| 61 Front St W, Toronto, ON | Multiple Projects | Inspection | 4,672 d | $50,000,000 |
| 210 Simcoe St, Toronto, ON | New Building | Inspection | 4,656 d | $50,000,000 |
| 75 St Nicholas St, Toronto, ON | New Building | Inspection | 4,825 d | $48,500,000 |
| 591 Dundas St E, Toronto, ON | New Building | Inspection | 4,808 d | $45,000,000 |
| 75 Iannuzzi St, Toronto, ON | New Building | Inspection | 4,801 d | $45,000,000 |
| 1815 Yonge St, Toronto, ON | New Building | Inspection | 4,703 d | $40,593,000 |
| 589 King St E, Toronto, ON | New Building | Inspection | 4,858 d | $40,000,000 |
| 2200 Lake Shore Blvd W, Toronto, ON | New Building | Inspection | 4,654 d | $37,000,000 |
| 4726-4728 Yonge St, Toronto, ON | New Building | Inspection | 4,621 d | $37,000,000 |
“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 2013 are still open?
- 6,834 permits issued in Toronto during 2013 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 2013. 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 2013 permits been open?
- Half of the 6,834 still-open permits from 2013 have been open for at least 4,760 days (about 13 years), measured from issue date to Jul 23, 2026. One in ten has been open longer than 4,913 days (about 13 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 2013 Toronto permits were never started?
- 1,071 of the 6,834 surviving 2013 permits (15.7%) 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 2013 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 2013 to another year measures elapsed time rather than construction activity. Use the status and trade breakdowns within 2013 instead.