Monthly report · April 2025
Toronto building permits, April 2025
The City of Toronto issued 2,974 building permits in April 2025, +6.1% on March 2025 and +8.9% on April 2024. Between them they cover 1,797 new homes and $1.3B of declared construction value. Yonge-Bay Corridor took the most permits of any neighbourhood, at 95.
- Permits issued
- 2,974+6.1% on March 2025
- Homes created
- 1,797net +1,676 after 121 removed
- Declared construction value
- $1.3Bas filed, not adjusted
- Demolitions
- 103full demolition permits
Where the building happened
| Neighbourhood | Permits | Homes created |
|---|---|---|
| Yonge-Bay Corridor | 95 | 0 |
| South Riverdale | 61 | 2 |
| Stonegate-Queensway | 52 | 105 |
| Annex | 51 | 4 |
| Englemount-Lawrence | 48 | 0 |
| Banbury-Don Mills | 45 | 2 |
| St Lawrence-East Bayfront-The Islands | 45 | 69 |
| Rosedale-Moore Park | 44 | 2 |
| Kensington-Chinatown | 44 | 3 |
| High Park-Swansea | 42 | 1 |
| Oakwood Village | 40 | 8 |
| The Beaches | 38 | 1 |
| West Humber-Clairville | 38 | 1 |
| North Riverdale | 37 | 0 |
| Birchcliffe-Cliffside | 36 | 3 |
The 15 busiest of Toronto’s 158 neighbourhoods this month. Permit count and new homes are different questions: Yonge-Bay Corridor led on permits, while Stonegate-Queensway added the most homes at 105. A permit without a dwelling unit is usually a renovation, a mechanical system or a sign.
What the permits were for
Largest projects by declared value
| Issued | Address | Work | What was filed | Value | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 30, 2025 | 3741-3751 BLOOR ST W | New Building | Proposal for major building construction including office towers, council chamber, community spaces (library, swimming pool, gym), and underground parking. Site design includes landscaped civic square with significant plantings, stone paving, water feature, and site furnishing elements. | $400.0M | OpenNew build |
| Apr 23, 2025 | 1555 Queen St E | New Building | Proposal for a mixed-use building consisting of a 17-storey condominium tower, and a 16-storey rental building atop an 8-storey shared podium. The building will have a non-residential gross floor 1544 sqm and a total of 632 residential dwelling units of which, 82 will be affordable rental units.(21 | $190.0M | OpenNew build |
| Apr 16, 2025 | 25A St Dennis Dr | New Building | 37 storey residential building containing 405 dwelling units and 3 levels of underground parking - South Tower | $185.0M | OpenNew build |
| Apr 16, 2025 | 100 Haynes Ave | New Building | Proposal to construct a new 8-storey Student Residence consisting of 17,736 square metres, 335 residential units. See also 23-238032 WET 07 MV & 24-124627 WET 07 PAC | $75.0M | OpenNew build |
| Apr 25, 2025 | 150 Sherway Dr | Site Service | Drain - Proposal to construct a new open air 8 level precast parking structure to provide staff and public parking for Trillium Health Centre | $43.4M | Open |
| Apr 15, 2025 | 3415-3499 WESTON RD | New Building | To construct a mixed use building (Phase 1 Building 'H' and "F" only) consisting of 10 storey residential towers (Building H - 186 units of which 148 units are affordable housing) with ground floor retail and 2 storeys of below grade parking.Scope of project revised to one 10 storey tower only (Buil | $40.0M | OpenNew build |
| Apr 1, 2025 | 880 The Queensway | New Building | Proposal to construct a 8 storey mixed use building with 103 residential units, ground floor retail, and 2 levels of underground parking. | $36.0M | OpenNew build |
| Apr 24, 2025 | 100 ALLANHURST DR | New Building | Proposed demolition of existing 1 storey brick school with parking area and construction of new 2 storey replacement elementary school and child care centre, complete with associated parking (48 spaces), site servicing, play areas and landscaping. | $28.0M | OpenNew build |
| Apr 17, 2025 | 56 Centennial Park Rd | New Building | New Fieldhouse with washrooms, change rooms and all associated structural, mechanical and electrical work to support outdoor sports park - FIFA | $15.0M | ClosedNew build |
| Apr 1, 2025 | 18 York St | Interior Alterations | INTERIOR ALTERATION | $15.0M | Closed |
The 10 most expensive permits issued in April 2025, the largest at $400.0M on 3741-3751 BLOOR ST W. Declared value is the applicant’s own estimate on the form, not a contract price or an assessment.
How to read this, and what it is not
This counts permits the City issued in April 2025, not permits applied for. An issued permit is a decision that has happened, which is what makes the month a real unit. A permit applied for in April 2025 may not be issued for months and will appear in that month instead. Permit counts are not construction: a single build often takes separate building, plumbing, HVAC and drain permits, so 2,974 permits is fewer than 2,974 projects.
42 of this month’s permits were for laneway or garden suites — see the running count. Figures are rebuilt daily from the City’s open data and can revise as the City updates its own records, so a month keeps settling for a while after it ends. Nothing here is hand-entered. Full sources and caveats: method. A year earlier, in April 2024, the City issued 2,730 permits covering 892 homes.
Journalists and researchers are welcome to quote these figures with a link to this page. Underlying data is the City of Toronto’s, under the Open Government Licence.