2024 permits
Toronto building permits from 2024: 13,880 are still open
Of the building permits Toronto issued in 2024, 13,880 remained in the City’s active permit register as of Oct 17, 2026, and half of them have been open for at least 825 days (about 2 years).
This is not annual permit volume. The 2024 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 40,000 permits a year; the counts here are the unclosed remainder, and they cannot be compared between years as a trend.
Still open
13,880
Median time open
825 d
Median value
$150,000
Total value
$13,099,464,197
Value figures cover the 5,375 of 13,880 still-open 2024 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 2024 permits are at
3,763 of them (27.1%) show no sign of work having begun: the permit was issued and the file has not moved past that point.
| Status | Permits | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Inspection | 8,262 | 59.5% |
| Permit Issued | 3,711 | 26.7% |
| Revision Issued | 1,755 | 12.6% |
| Revocation Pending | 95 | 0.7% |
| Work Not Started | 46 | 0.3% |
| Ready for Issuance | 5 | 0.0% |
| Refusal Notice | 2 | 0.0% |
| Application Acceptable | 1 | 0.0% |
| Revocation Notice Sent | 1 | 0.0% |
| Not Started | 1 | 0.0% |
| Application On Hold | 1 | 0.0% |
Still-open 2024 permits by trade
| Trade | Permits | Total value |
|---|---|---|
| Plumbing | 2,861 | $280,086,557 |
| Addition | 2,657 | $764,873,470 |
| New build | 1,882 | $9,854,327,465 |
| HVAC | 1,877 | $259,931,397 |
| Interior alteration | 1,759 | $1,082,796,686 |
| Other / unclassified | 857 | $140,733,105 |
| Deck | 661 | $115,776,548 |
| Demolition | 630 | $140,353,336 |
| Window / Door | 263 | $79,964,762 |
| Roofing | 229 | $113,246,261 |
| Pool | 159 | $248,065,000 |
| Electrical | 45 | $19,309,610 |
Neighbourhoods with the most open 2024 permits
| Rank | Neighbourhood | Open permits | Total value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | St.Andrew-Windfields | 433 | $49,788,348 |
| 2 | Yonge-Bay Corridor | 433 | $205,054,828 |
| 3 | Annex | 345 | $940,046,500 |
| 4 | Malvern West | 321 | $90,054,907 |
| 5 | High Park-Swansea | 240 | $26,439,941 |
| 6 | Rosedale-Moore Park | 227 | $304,999,997 |
| 7 | West Humber-Clairville | 225 | $118,981,267 |
| 8 | South Riverdale | 218 | $22,165,009 |
| 9 | Kensington-Chinatown | 205 | $126,718,630 |
| 10 | Stonegate-Queensway | 199 | $155,100,335 |
| 11 | Wellington Place | 194 | $303,156,957 |
| 12 | The Beaches | 187 | $19,662,706 |
| 13 | Trinity-Bellwoods | 187 | $18,513,601 |
| 14 | Oakwood Village | 181 | $24,878,000 |
| 15 | Birchcliffe-Cliffside | 170 | $77,423,600 |
| 16 | Etobicoke City Centre | 169 | $225,446,023 |
| 17 | Bridle Path-Sunnybrook-York Mills | 167 | $89,335,212 |
| 18 | Banbury-Don Mills | 166 | $776,311,569 |
| 19 | Leaside-Bennington | 159 | $129,875,700 |
| 20 | University | 159 | $152,050,450 |
Top 20 neighbourhoods by open-permit count. Areas outside this list still have open 2024 permits.
Largest 2024 projects still open
The highest-value permits from 2024 that have not closed out, ranked by estimated construction cost.
| Address | Work | Status | Open | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 Spadina Ave, Toronto, ON | New Building | Inspection | 901 d | $938,339,532 |
| 141 Bay St, Toronto, ON | New Building | Inspection | 807 d | $595,875,683 |
| 11 Yorkville Ave, Toronto, ON | New Building | Inspection | 901 d | $411,837,600 |
| 170 Emmett Ave, Toronto, ON | New Building | Inspection | 968 d | $385,000,000 |
| 1001 Sheppard Ave E, Toronto, ON | New Building | Inspection | 713 d | $329,067,000 |
| 1150 Eglinton Ave E, Toronto, ON | New Building | Inspection | 898 d | $322,473,000 |
| 50 Cumberland St, Toronto, ON | New Building | Inspection | 856 d | $300,000,000 |
| 141 Bay St, Toronto, ON | Interior Alterations | Inspection | 957 d | $275,721,780 |
| 88 Queen St E, Toronto, ON | New Building | Inspection | 761 d | $233,817,000 |
| 181 Sterling Rd, Toronto, ON | New Building | Inspection | 768 d | $216,000,000 |
| 400 King St W, Toronto, ON | New Building | Inspection | 664 d | $180,000,000 |
| 1150 Eglinton Ave E, Toronto, ON | New Building | Inspection | 898 d | $168,000,000 |
| 20 Maitland St, Toronto, ON | New Building | Inspection | 773 d | $165,000,000 |
| 120 Church St, Toronto, ON | New Building | Inspection | 766 d | $160,000,000 |
| 611 Sherbourne St, Toronto, ON | New Building | Inspection | 878 d | $150,000,000 |
| 15 Cordova Ave, Toronto, ON | New Building | Inspection | 793 d | $150,000,000 |
| 125 George St, Toronto, ON | New Building | Inspection | 691 d | $150,000,000 |
| 33 Sherbourne St, Toronto, ON | New Building | Inspection | 971 d | $140,000,000 |
| 2788 Bathurst St, Toronto, ON | New Building | Inspection | 725 d | $140,000,000 |
| 844 Don Mills Rd, Toronto, ON | New Building | Inspection | 871 d | $132,509,000 |
| 5840 Yonge St, Toronto, ON | New Building | Inspection | 685 d | $122,600,000 |
| 32 Olive Ave, Toronto, ON | New Building | Inspection | 761 d | $120,000,000 |
| 365 Parliament St, Toronto, ON | New Building | Inspection | 674 d | $114,000,000 |
| 701 Warden Ave, Toronto, ON | Addition(s) | Inspection | 1,017 d | $112,000,000 |
| 1021-1035 Markham Rd, Toronto, ON | New Building | Inspection | 740 d | $110,000,000 |
“Open” counts days from issue date to Oct 18, 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 2024 are still open?
- 13,880 permits issued in Toronto during 2024 were still in the City's active permit register as of Oct 17, 2026. This is the count of permits that have not closed out, not the number of permits Toronto issued in 2024. The City issues roughly 40,000 permits a year, and closed permits are removed from the published file.
- How long have Toronto's 2024 permits been open?
- Half of the 13,880 still-open permits from 2024 have been open for at least 825 days (about 2 years), measured from issue date to Oct 18, 2026. One in ten has been open longer than 976 days (about 2 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 2024 Toronto permits were never started?
- 3,763 of the 13,880 surviving 2024 permits (27.1%) 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 2024 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 2024 to another year measures elapsed time rather than construction activity. Use the status and trade breakdowns within 2024 instead.