Monthly report · May 2025
Toronto building permits, May 2025
The City of Toronto issued 3,164 building permits in May 2025, +6.0% on April 2025 and +20.3% on May 2024. Between them they cover 418 new homes and $630.0M of declared construction value. North Toronto took the most permits of any neighbourhood, at 148.
- Permits issued
- 3,164+6.0% on April 2025
- Homes created
- 418net +319 after 99 removed
- Declared construction value
- $630.0Mas filed, not adjusted
- Demolitions
- 105full demolition permits
Where the building happened
| Neighbourhood | Permits | Homes created |
|---|---|---|
| North Toronto | 148 | 0 |
| Yonge-Bay Corridor | 116 | 0 |
| Annex | 68 | 3 |
| Stonegate-Queensway | 66 | 8 |
| Englemount-Lawrence | 64 | 0 |
| Trinity-Bellwoods | 58 | 2 |
| South Riverdale | 52 | 0 |
| West Humber-Clairville | 49 | 4 |
| Islington | 46 | 3 |
| Lawrence Park North | 43 | 3 |
| Alderwood | 43 | 5 |
| Centennial Scarborough | 42 | 10 |
| Leaside-Bennington | 41 | 2 |
| Downtown Yonge East | 41 | 0 |
| Bedford Park-Nortown | 39 | 3 |
The 15 busiest of Toronto’s 158 neighbourhoods this month. Permit count and new homes are different questions: North Toronto led on permits, while Centennial Scarborough added the most homes at 10. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 29, 2025 | 55 Eastern Ave | New Building | Proposal to construct a new 13 storey Long Term Care Facility with 348 beds, 2 clinical tenant spaces, administration areas, and support services. See also 21 151369 STE 12 SA. | $120.0M | New build |
| May 13, 2025 | 133 Vaughan Rd | New Building | Application to construct a 15 storey mixed use building with 153 residential units, retail on ground floor, and 2 storeys (partial P3) below grade parking garage | $56.3M | New build |
| May 23, 2025 | 121 Industry St | Other(BA) | Add 17 HVC-150 EV Chargers (68 Charge Points) & 2 Natural Gas Generators to support TTC's eBus Electrification Program.Note: There are two Site Plan Control Applications for this site:- 21 143454 WET 05 SA (closed file)- 2004 203174 WET 12 SA (minor revisions under review) | $31.3M | Open |
| May 7, 2025 | 5 Scrivener Sq | Other(BA) | Construction of a pedestrian connection between the existing TTC Summerhill Station and the in-construction "The James" building at 10 Price Street, including: demolition work at the south end of the station; tunnelling under the TTC subway tunnel; installation of permanent structure; architectural, | $27.8M | Open |
| May 1, 2025 | 2365 Bayview Ave | Multiple Projects | To renovation and add two storey addition to existing school dining hall - Crescent School | $18.0M | Open |
| May 16, 2025 | 65 King St E | Interior Alterations | Interior alterations of one floor in an existing Group D occupancy office building | $10.0M | Closed |
| May 28, 2025 | 900 Caledonia Rd | Interior Alterations | Proposed interior alterations and change of use from Group F Division 2 to Group A Division 2(Recreational) - UNIT 6 and 7 | $10.0M | Closed |
| May 14, 2025 | 307 Sherbourne St | Site Service | Drain - Proposal to construct a 15 storey residential apartment building with 112 rental dwelling units and two levels of underground parking. | $10.0M | Open |
| May 6, 2025 | 18 Brownlow Ave | Inside and Outside Drains | Drain - Application to construct a 21 storey purpose built residential building with 154 dwelling units and 3 levels of below grade parking garage (Below grade connections to existing parking garage to the property to the west- 71 Redpath Ave).See also 23-252381 PSP 00 ZR & 23 211167 ZAP 00 ZR | $10.0M | Open |
| May 9, 2025 | 9 Densley Ave | Interior Alterations | Renovation of the interior spaces to divide the interior areas into smaller individual warehouse and office units. | $9.0M | Open |
The 10 most expensive permits issued in May 2025, the largest at $120.0M on 55 Eastern Ave. 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 May 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 May 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 3,164 permits is fewer than 3,164 projects.
36 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 May 2024, the City issued 2,629 permits covering 2,359 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.