Sorted by permit volume (most active first). 6 of these 31 cities also publish processing times (cross-city median: 28 days). Only cities with at least 50 permits in the last 24 months are shown. Volume and value are application-to-issuance activity, not approval rates.
Toronto
ON102,193
permits (24 mo)
$24.55B
project value
28 d
median wait
Vaughan
ON88,312
permits (24 mo)
$54.64B
project value
$619K
avg / project
Calgary
AB50,121
permits (24 mo)
$19.14B
project value
$431K
avg / project
Montreal
QC38,664
permits (24 mo)
n/a
project value
17 d
median wait
Winnipeg
MB36,340
permits (24 mo)
n/a
project value
n/a
avg / project
Edmonton
AB31,672
permits (24 mo)
$8.89B
project value
$399K
avg / project
Victoria
BC23,930
permits (24 mo)
$3.47B
project value
$153K
avg / project
Quebec City
QC21,890
permits (24 mo)
n/a
project value
n/a
avg / project
Brampton
ON21,619
permits (24 mo)
$3.3M
project value
$1K
avg / project
Mississauga
ON12,816
permits (24 mo)
$8.00B
project value
$624K
avg / project
Surrey
BC9,540
permits (24 mo)
$14.16B
project value
$1.5M
avg / project
Vancouver
BC9,369
permits (24 mo)
$11.55B
project value
73 d
median wait
Laval
QC6,930
permits (24 mo)
$10.8M
project value
$3K
avg / project
Maple Ridge
BC6,476
permits (24 mo)
$425.1M
project value
$834K
avg / project
Kitchener
ON5,262
permits (24 mo)
$2.42B
project value
$501K
avg / project
Halifax
NS4,878
permits (24 mo)
$3.89B
project value
$800K
avg / project
Greater Sudbury
ON3,351
permits (24 mo)
$1.23B
project value
$366K
avg / project
Kelowna
BC3,151
permits (24 mo)
$1.61B
project value
11 d
median wait
Lethbridge
AB2,997
permits (24 mo)
$803.9M
project value
$268K
avg / project
Airdrie
AB2,873
permits (24 mo)
$2K
project value
$1
avg / project
St. Catharines
ON2,668
permits (24 mo)
n/a
project value
40 d
median wait
Ottawa
ON2,156
permits (24 mo)
$1.27B
project value
$590K
avg / project
Red Deer
AB2,114
permits (24 mo)
$1.17B
project value
$574K
avg / project
Thunder Bay
ON1,917
permits (24 mo)
$587.9M
project value
11 d
median wait
Barrie
ON1,676
permits (24 mo)
n/a
project value
n/a
avg / project
Prince George
BC1,544
permits (24 mo)
$520.4M
project value
$687K
avg / project
New Westminster
BC1,266
permits (24 mo)
$685.3M
project value
$1.3M
avg / project
Regina
SK864
permits (24 mo)
$279.5M
project value
$324K
avg / project
Kamloops
BC227
permits (24 mo)
n/a
project value
n/a
avg / project
Burnaby
BC151
permits (24 mo)
$324.0M
project value
$2.3M
avg / project
Richmond
BC97
permits (24 mo)
$85.3M
project value
$879K
avg / project