Construction & Development

Permits

Monthly building permit volumes and construction values from Statistics Canada's Monthly Survey of Building Permits (Table 34-10-0292-01). Intentions at authorization, not CMHC starts.

City rankings Methodology

City rankings

Every tracked municipality for the latest StatsCan period. Sort by construction value, permit count, residential units, or residential share.

42 of 42 cities

City ranking table

1.TorontoON	$1986.0M	2,707	2,518	62%
2.VancouverBC	$1176.4M	866	1,907	65%
3.MontrealQC	$1084.9M	4,469	3,256	75%
4.CalgaryAB	$578.5M	1,544	1,905	78%
5.EdmontonAB	$533.2M	2,224	1,715	69%
6.OttawaON	$398.6M	633	1,259	63%
7.Quebec CityQC	$291.1M	1,532	916	88%
8.PeterboroughON	$268.7M	82	14	4%
9.LondonON	$245.3M	438	475	68%
10.WinnipegMB	$229.3M	766	348	55%
11.HamiltonON	$192.4M	426	335	55%
12.VictoriaBC	$180.9M	178	321	93%
13.St. CatharinesON	$170.1M	349	420	63%
14.HalifaxNS	$157.7M	225	472	46%
15.KitchenerON	$144.4M	414	130	34%
16.SaskatoonSK	$144.2M	449	462	76%
17.OshawaON	$142.0M	209	358	93%
18.KelownaBC	$132.1M	225	337	66%
19.KingstonON	$127.6M	208	346	94%
20.SaguenayQC	$121.1M	697	134	36%
21.BarrieON	$119.9M	193	154	74%
22.DrummondvilleQC	$95.9M	311	162	40%
23.St. John'sNL	$74.5M	459	246	97%
24.Trois-RivieresQC	$73.3M	925	201	75%
25.LethbridgeAB	$72.1M	172	129	43%
26.SherbrookeQC	$68.4M	446	112	79%
27.GuelphON	$67.9M	157	60	28%
28.ChilliwackBC	$61.7M	37	20	19%
29.WindsorON	$60.6M	249	135	84%
30.ReginaSK	$59.7M	237	72	45%
31.SudburyON	$51.5M	163	19	15%
32.GatineauQC	$50.9M	283	95	87%
33.KamloopsBC	$49.1M	52	170	94%
34.MonctonNB	$45.8M	203	84	58%
35.Belleville - Quinte WestON	$45.1M	128	43	50%
36.FrederictonNB	$42.5M	144	213	95%
37.Thunder BayON	$41.5M	85	27	28%
38.AbbotsfordBC	$37.7M	74	147	89%
39.Saint JohnNB	$36.7M	173	119	58%
40.NanaimoBC	$27.7M	80	44	84%
41.BrantfordON	$14.9M	92	33	75%
42.Red DeerAB	$5.6M	56	12	35%

Construction rankings

Building Permit Activity By City

Permit volumes, nominal construction values, residential share, and provincial comparisons for every tracked municipality.

Cities tracked

9 provinces

8/2026

Latest period

StatsCan release

$961.5B

Total value

4,502 municipalities

2,234,657

Permits issued

$0.4M avg

Reading the scale

Construction Value Gauge

Total permit value plotted against provincial and national averages across tracked municipalities.

Construction value this period

$213.6MCADNear provincial avg

496 building permits issued

$0$239.2M+Prov. avg$196.5MNational avg$213.6M

National mean construction value across 42 municipalities in the latest reporting period. Individual cities vary widely by project mix and season.

Value ramp key

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From residential builds to commercial projects

Construction Activity By Municipality

Each city page lists permit counts, total construction value, residential share, and comparisons to provincial and national averages from Table 34-10-0292-01 (SDDS 2802). Prefer multi-month totals; one apartment tower can dominate a single month.