6 of these 30 cities publish processing-time data (cross-city median: 28 days) and appear first, fastest wait first; the rest are sorted by permit volume. Only cities with at least 50 permits in the last 12 months are shown.
Thunder Bay
ON10
median days
29.2
avg days
899
permits (12 mo)
Kelowna
BC13
median days
39.8
avg days
1,467
permits (12 mo)
Montreal
QC19
median days
50.9
avg days
18,249
permits (12 mo)
Toronto
ON28
median days
71.7
avg days
42,261
permits (12 mo)
St. Catharines
ON62
median days
114.7
avg days
1,468
permits (12 mo)
Vancouver
BC74
median days
113.2
avg days
4,262
permits (12 mo)
Vaughan
ON31,599
permits (12 mo)
$511K
avg project value
Calgary
AB23,364
permits (12 mo)
$480K
avg project value
Winnipeg
MB17,656
permits (12 mo)
n/a
avg project value
Edmonton
AB14,089
permits (12 mo)
$421K
avg project value
Victoria
BC11,831
permits (12 mo)
$191K
avg project value
Quebec City
QC9,536
permits (12 mo)
n/a
avg project value
Brampton
ON8,833
permits (12 mo)
$1K
avg project value
Surrey
BC5,116
permits (12 mo)
$2.0M
avg project value
Mississauga
ON4,822
permits (12 mo)
$555K
avg project value
Laval
QC3,117
permits (12 mo)
$3K
avg project value
Maple Ridge
BC3,065
permits (12 mo)
$749K
avg project value
Halifax
NS2,325
permits (12 mo)
$764K
avg project value
Kitchener
ON2,260
permits (12 mo)
$578K
avg project value
Ottawa
ON2,154
permits (12 mo)
$591K
avg project value
Greater Sudbury
ON1,465
permits (12 mo)
$501K
avg project value
Lethbridge
AB1,299
permits (12 mo)
$241K
avg project value
Red Deer
AB989
permits (12 mo)
$1.1M
avg project value
Barrie
ON946
permits (12 mo)
n/a
avg project value
Regina
SK864
permits (12 mo)
$324K
avg project value
Prince George
BC731
permits (12 mo)
$590K
avg project value
New Westminster
BC541
permits (12 mo)
$741K
avg project value
Kamloops
BC227
permits (12 mo)
n/a
avg project value
Burnaby
BC151
permits (12 mo)
$2.3M
avg project value
Richmond
BC97
permits (12 mo)
$879K
avg project value