2014 permits
Toronto building permits from 2014: 6,476 are still open
Of the building permits Toronto issued in 2014, 6,476 remained in the City’s active permit register, and half of them have been open for at least 4,395 days (about 12 years).
This is not annual permit volume. The 2014 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
6,476
Median time open
4,395 d
Median value
$50,000
Total value
$2,827,785,089
Value figures cover the 3,292 of 6,476 still-open 2014 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 2014 permits are at
1,077 of them (16.6%) show no sign of work having begun: the permit was issued and the file has not moved past that point.
| Status | Permits | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Inspection | 4,603 | 71.1% |
| Permit Issued | 1,036 | 16.0% |
| Revision Issued | 676 | 10.4% |
| Revocation Pending | 120 | 1.9% |
| Work Not Started | 41 | 0.6% |
Still-open 2014 permits by trade
| Trade | Permits | Total value |
|---|---|---|
| Interior alteration | 1,310 | $255,913,281 |
| Plumbing | 1,200 | $35,188,556 |
| Addition | 1,173 | $158,493,762 |
| HVAC | 919 | $37,747,174 |
| New build | 672 | $2,223,016,617 |
| Other / unclassified | 382 | $19,714,213 |
| Deck | 341 | $37,962,533 |
| Roofing | 205 | $23,387,933 |
| Window / Door | 120 | $15,854,100 |
| Demolition | 108 | $17,065,100 |
| Pool | 33 | $1,761,120 |
| Electrical | 13 | $1,680,700 |
Neighbourhoods with the most open 2014 permits
| Rank | Neighbourhood | Open permits | Total value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yonge-Bay Corridor | 206 | $20,136,763 |
| 2 | Rosedale-Moore Park | 157 | $23,158,900 |
| 3 | Annex | 147 | $45,302,976 |
| 4 | South Riverdale | 138 | $7,783,405 |
| 5 | Wellington Place | 137 | $264,288,371 |
| 6 | High Park-Swansea | 137 | $123,886,050 |
| 7 | West Humber-Clairville | 135 | $56,059,352 |
| 8 | Etobicoke City Centre | 111 | $12,964,300 |
| 9 | Kensington-Chinatown | 109 | $25,270,452 |
| 10 | Banbury-Don Mills | 105 | $24,867,120 |
| 11 | Yorkdale-Glen Park | 103 | $10,072,880 |
| 12 | Stonegate-Queensway | 98 | $9,872,601 |
| 13 | Bedford Park-Nortown | 91 | $13,006,608 |
| 14 | Roncesvalles | 88 | $4,232,500 |
| 15 | Greenwood-Coxwell | 86 | $8,377,550 |
| 16 | Junction Area | 82 | $5,121,198 |
| 17 | Trinity-Bellwoods | 82 | $125,694,000 |
| 18 | High Park North | 79 | $94,321,000 |
| 19 | The Beaches | 77 | $4,349,000 |
| 20 | Wexford/Maryvale | 76 | $4,405,400 |
Top 20 neighbourhoods by open-permit count. Areas outside this list still have open 2014 permits.
Largest 2014 projects still open
The highest-value permits from 2014 that have not closed out, ranked by estimated construction cost.
| Address | Work | Status | Open | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Bloor St E, Toronto, ON | New Building | Inspection | 4,229 d | $220,000,000 |
| 5162 Yonge St, Toronto, ON | New Building | Inspection | 4,388 d | $200,000,000 |
| 2 Strachan Ave, Toronto, ON | New Building | Inspection | 4,336 d | $180,000,000 |
| 25 Rees St, Toronto, ON | New Building | Inspection | 4,409 d | $110,000,000 |
| 217 Manning Ave, Toronto, ON | New Building | Inspection | 4,542 d | $100,000,000 |
| 5168 Yonge St, Toronto, ON | New Building | Inspection | 4,389 d | $100,000,000 |
| 1844 Bloor St W, Toronto, ON | New Building | Inspection | 4,558 d | $90,000,000 |
| 2157 Lake Shore Blvd W, Toronto, ON | New Building | Inspection | 4,270 d | $85,000,000 |
| 5 St Joseph St, Toronto, ON | New Building | Inspection | 4,390 d | $80,740,000 |
| 2490 Bloor St W, Toronto, ON | New Building | Inspection | 4,493 d | $80,000,000 |
| 318 Richmond St W, Toronto, ON | New Building | Inspection | 4,340 d | $75,000,000 |
| 60 John St, Toronto, ON | New Building | Inspection | 4,425 d | $66,000,000 |
| 310 Tweedsmuir Ave, Toronto, ON | New Building | Inspection | 4,501 d | $55,000,000 |
| 0 Bonis Ave, Toronto, ON | New Building | Inspection | 4,277 d | $50,899,355 |
| 25 Fontenay Crt, Toronto, ON | New Building | Inspection | 4,530 d | $50,000,000 |
| 290 Adelaide St W, Toronto, ON | New Building | Inspection | 4,399 d | $50,000,000 |
| 203-205 Humber College Blvd, Toronto, ON | New Building | Inspection | 4,391 d | $46,515,800 |
| 2200 Lake Shore Blvd W, Toronto, ON | New Building | Inspection | 4,508 d | $40,000,000 |
| 2055 Danforth Ave, Toronto, ON | New Building | Inspection | 4,286 d | $40,000,000 |
| 66 Isabella St, Toronto, ON | New Building | Inspection | 4,558 d | $38,000,000 |
| 58 Orchard View Blvd, Toronto, ON | New Building | Inspection | 4,560 d | $36,300,000 |
| 11 Charlotte St, Toronto, ON | New Building | Inspection | 4,378 d | $33,000,000 |
| 130 George Henry Blvd, Toronto, ON | New Building | Inspection | 4,458 d | $30,000,000 |
| 164 Avenue Rd, Toronto, ON | New Building | Inspection | 4,437 d | $30,000,000 |
| 2233 Kipling Ave, Toronto, ON | New Building | Inspection | 4,236 d | $26,634,600 |
“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 2014 are still open?
- 6,476 permits issued in Toronto during 2014 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 2014. 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 2014 permits been open?
- Half of the 6,476 still-open permits from 2014 have been open for at least 4,395 days (about 12 years), measured from issue date to Jul 23, 2026. One in ten has been open longer than 4,550 days (about 12 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 2014 Toronto permits were never started?
- 1,077 of the 6,476 surviving 2014 permits (16.6%) 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 2014 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 2014 to another year measures elapsed time rather than construction activity. Use the status and trade breakdowns within 2014 instead.