2023 Top 10 municipalities residential building permit insights

Each year, MPAC reports home improvement residential building permit data for the previous year. We receive building permits from municipalities, which are an important trigger for us to review changes to a property. The information in these permits is valuable input for our assessments.

Below are the top 10 municipalities for permits issued in each category:

Municipality	# of Permits
City of Toronto	9,099
City of Brampton	6,425
City of Ottawa	4,736
City of Hamilton	3,699
City of Mississauga	1,939
City of Kitchener	1,937
City of London	1,589
Town of Oakville	1,280
City of Guelph	1,255
Corporation of the City of Kingston	1,177

Municipality	# of Permits
City of Toronto	6,626
City of Brampton	5,452
City of Ottawa	3,047
City of Hamilton	2,401
City of Mississauga	1,505
City of Kitchener	1,450
City of London	1,191
City of Guelph	1,040
Town of Milton	843
City of Oshawa	776

Municipality	# of Permits
City of Toronto	5,766
City of Brampton	5,261
City of Ottawa	1,864
City of Hamilton	1,538
City of Mississauga	1,314
City of Kitchener	1,106
City of Guelph	771
City of London	756
Town of Milton	754
City of Oshawa	575

Municipality	# of Permits
City of Ottawa	441
City of Toronto	336
City of Hamilton	196
City of Burlington	158
City of London	126
Town of Oakville	105
City of Windsor	95
City of Mississauga	89
Town of Lakeshore	83
City of Kitchener	72

Municipality	# of Permits
City of Toronto	224
City of Ottawa	164
City of Hamilton	120
City of Kawartha Lakes	119
City of Greater Sudbury	105
City of Thunder Bay	95
City of Sault Ste. Marie	81
City of Windsor	60
Municipality of Dysart et al	56
Norfolk County	54

Municipality	# of Permits
City of Hamilton	78
City of Ottawa	77
City of Oshawa	75
City of London	65
City of Toronto	56
City of Vaughan	50
Municipality of Chatham-Kent	49
City of Cambridge	42
County of Haldimand	39
Town of Lakeshore	37

Municipality	# of Permits
City of Hamilton	459
City of Ottawa	354
City of Brantford	289
City of Toronto	244
Township of Tiny	203
City of Kitchener	200
City of London	174
Corporation of the City of Kingston	156
City of Greater Sudbury	149
City of Guelph	129

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