2022 permits
Toronto building permits from 2022: 10,401 are still open
Of the building permits Toronto issued in 2022, 10,401 remained in the City’s active permit register, and half of them have been open for at least 1,476 days (about 4 years).
This is not annual permit volume. The 2022 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
10,401
Median time open
1,476 d
Median value
$100,000
Total value
$5,677,741,415
Value figures cover the 4,710 of 10,401 still-open 2022 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 2022 permits are at
2,009 of them (19.3%) show no sign of work having begun: the permit was issued and the file has not moved past that point.
| Status | Permits | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Inspection | 6,443 | 61.9% |
| Permit Issued | 1,923 | 18.5% |
| Revision Issued | 1,156 | 11.1% |
| Revocation Pending | 790 | 7.6% |
| Work Not Started | 86 | 0.8% |
| Application On Hold | 2 | 0.0% |
| Work Suspended | 1 | 0.0% |
Still-open 2022 permits by trade
| Trade | Permits | Total value |
|---|---|---|
| Plumbing | 2,219 | $90,620,108 |
| Addition | 2,125 | $376,218,177 |
| Interior alteration | 1,619 | $712,797,275 |
| HVAC | 1,287 | $323,680,748 |
| New build | 1,041 | $3,542,779,831 |
| Deck | 633 | $113,407,353 |
| Other / unclassified | 516 | $80,577,021 |
| Demolition | 320 | $132,683,671 |
| Window / Door | 307 | $35,741,195 |
| Roofing | 208 | $153,219,248 |
| Pool | 89 | $36,315,240 |
| Electrical | 37 | $79,701,548 |
Neighbourhoods with the most open 2022 permits
| Rank | Neighbourhood | Open permits | Total value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bendale-Glen Andrew | 400 | $363,579,308 |
| 2 | Yonge-Bay Corridor | 276 | $737,270,448 |
| 3 | Annex | 212 | $31,790,291 |
| 4 | Yonge-Doris | 191 | $6,020,730 |
| 5 | The Beaches | 176 | $24,829,045 |
| 6 | Rosedale-Moore Park | 174 | $79,755,495 |
| 7 | Banbury-Don Mills | 169 | $25,811,004 |
| 8 | South Riverdale | 161 | $37,294,722 |
| 9 | Birchcliffe-Cliffside | 160 | $17,512,685 |
| 10 | West Humber-Clairville | 155 | $20,584,320 |
| 11 | High Park-Swansea | 143 | $10,820,334 |
| 12 | Stonegate-Queensway | 133 | $22,972,770 |
| 13 | Wellington Place | 129 | $27,059,000 |
| 14 | Palmerston-Little Italy | 123 | $360,458,597 |
| 15 | Trinity-Bellwoods | 122 | $17,120,500 |
| 16 | Kensington-Chinatown | 122 | $16,724,191 |
| 17 | Wexford/Maryvale | 118 | $6,563,938 |
| 18 | Englemount-Lawrence | 116 | $31,003,241 |
| 19 | Roncesvalles | 115 | $10,040,650 |
| 20 | York University Heights | 115 | $11,210,662 |
Top 20 neighbourhoods by open-permit count. Areas outside this list still have open 2022 permits.
Largest 2022 projects still open
The highest-value permits from 2022 that have not closed out, ranked by estimated construction cost.
| Address | Work | Status | Open | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 Centre Ave, Toronto, ON | New Building | Inspection | 1,343 d | $505,000,000 |
| 1 Bloor St W, Toronto, ON | New Building | Inspection | 1,449 d | $485,000,000 |
| 571 Bloor St W, Toronto, ON | New Building | Inspection | 1,429 d | $330,000,000 |
| 300 Borough Dr, Toronto, ON | Multiple Projects | Inspection | 1,438 d | $250,000,000 |
| 391 Cherry St, Toronto, ON | New Building | Inspection | 1,423 d | $220,000,000 |
| 1001 Sheppard Ave E, Toronto, ON | New Building | Inspection | 1,493 d | $160,000,000 |
| 1001 Sheppard Ave E, Toronto, ON | New Building | Inspection | 1,464 d | $160,000,000 |
| 261 Queens Quay E, Toronto, ON | New Building | Inspection | 1,333 d | $150,000,000 |
| 628 Church St, Toronto, ON | New Building | Inspection | 1,364 d | $101,000,000 |
| 1 Blue Jays Way, Toronto, ON | Interior Alterations | Inspection | 1,472 d | $100,000,000 |
| 481 University Ave, Toronto, ON | New Building | Inspection | 1,445 d | $100,000,000 |
| 1 Blue Jays Way, Toronto, ON | Interior Alterations | Inspection | 1,346 d | $100,000,000 |
| 625 Runnymede Rd, Toronto, ON | New Building | Inspection | 1,549 d | $80,000,000 |
| 289 The Kingsway, Toronto, ON | New Building | Inspection | 1,373 d | $80,000,000 |
| 3050 Lawrence Ave E, Toronto, ON | Interior Alterations | Inspection | 1,542 d | $63,583,208 |
| 939 Eglinton Ave E, Toronto, ON | New Building | Inspection | 1,659 d | $60,000,000 |
| 59 Mutual St, Toronto, ON | New Building | Inspection | 1,484 d | $60,000,000 |
| 150 Sterling Rd, Toronto, ON | New Building | Inspection | 1,394 d | $56,436,000 |
| 150 Sterling Rd, Toronto, ON | New Building | Inspection | 1,378 d | $56,436,000 |
| 150 College St, Toronto, ON | Multiple Projects | Inspection | 1,448 d | $50,826,000 |
| 248 High Park Ave, Toronto, ON | New Building | Inspection | 1,625 d | $50,000,000 |
| 1808 St Clair Ave W, Toronto, ON | New Building | Inspection | 1,617 d | $50,000,000 |
| 150 College St, Toronto, ON | New Building | Inspection | 1,408 d | $50,000,000 |
| 6 Gloucester St, Toronto, ON | New Building | Inspection | 1,331 d | $50,000,000 |
| 75 Broadway Ave, Toronto, ON | New Building | Inspection | 1,308 d | $50,000,000 |
“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 2022 are still open?
- 10,401 permits issued in Toronto during 2022 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 2022. 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 2022 permits been open?
- Half of the 10,401 still-open permits from 2022 have been open for at least 1,476 days (about 4 years), measured from issue date to Jul 23, 2026. One in ten has been open longer than 1,619 days (about 4 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 2022 Toronto permits were never started?
- 2,009 of the 10,401 surviving 2022 permits (19.3%) 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 2022 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 2022 to another year measures elapsed time rather than construction activity. Use the status and trade breakdowns within 2022 instead.