Monthly report · August 2025
Toronto building permits, August 2025
The City of Toronto issued 2,830 building permits in August 2025, −8.4% on July 2025 and −8.1% on August 2024. Between them they cover 1,144 new homes and $688.8M of declared construction value. Willowdale West took the most permits of any neighbourhood, at 158.
- Permits issued
- 2,830−8.4% on July 2025
- Homes created
- 1,144net +1,079 after 65 removed
- Declared construction value
- $688.8Mas filed, not adjusted
- Demolitions
- 75full demolition permits
Where the building happened
| Neighbourhood | Permits | Homes created |
|---|---|---|
| Willowdale West | 158 | 1 |
| Yonge-Bay Corridor | 108 | 0 |
| Annex | 60 | 2 |
| West Humber-Clairville | 54 | 0 |
| South Riverdale | 45 | 2 |
| North Riverdale | 42 | 2 |
| Birchcliffe-Cliffside | 39 | 3 |
| Oakwood Village | 38 | 9 |
| Downtown Yonge East | 38 | 34 |
| Wellington Place | 38 | 0 |
| Wexford/Maryvale | 37 | 10 |
| Bedford Park-Nortown | 36 | 4 |
| East End-Danforth | 35 | 1 |
| Danforth East York | 35 | 1 |
| St Lawrence-East Bayfront-The Islands | 35 | 0 |
The 15 busiest of Toronto’s 158 neighbourhoods this month. Permit count and new homes are different questions: Willowdale West led on permits, while Downtown Yonge East added the most homes at 34. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1, 2025 | 3450 Dufferin St | New Building | Construct a new 25 storey building with 229 units including townhouse unit 2 level podium and 4 levels of underground parking garage - Phase 2 | $107.1M | New build |
| Aug 1, 2025 | 3450 Dufferin St | New Building | Construct a new 29 storey with 269 unit - Phase 1 | $96.1M | New build |
| Aug 12, 2025 | 289 Balliol St | Other(MS) | Proposal for Geothermal installation for a proposed 31-storey residential buildingSee 21 234919 STE 12 SA for future development | $95.0M | Open |
| Aug 26, 2025 | 9 Leslie St | New Building | PROPOSED: CONSTRUCTION OF THE IPS SUBSTATION FACILITY STRUCTURE CONSISTING OF A LOWER LEVEL FLOOR HOUSING THE EAST AND WEST ELECTRICAL VAULTS, AND AN OPERATING LEVEL FLOOR HOUSING THE EAST AND WEST SWITCHGEAR ROOMS, PLC AND BATTERY ROOMS, AND TRANSFORMER BAYS. SCOPE OF WORK ALSO INCLUDE ARCHITECTURA | $38.6M | New build |
| Aug 21, 2025 | 406 Keele St | New Building | To construct a new 6 storey residential condominium with one level U/G parking garage - total units 65 | $26.5M | New build |
| Aug 13, 2025 | 9 Madison Ave | Multiple Projects | Proposal to construct a three-storey mixed-use building containing assembly (Estonian Centre) and office uses, which attaches to, retains, and re-uses the existing three-storey commercial building at 11 Madison Avenue.Do not issue untill 24 100310 ALT 00 issued | $18.0M | Open |
| Aug 25, 2025 | 10 Tempo Ave | Interior Alterations | PROPOSAL FOR AN INTERIOR ALTERATION TO A SPA WITH SITE ALTERATIONS TO PROVIDE ALL NEW PARKING SPACES AND LOADING SPACES | $18.0M | Open |
| Aug 27, 2025 | 250 Wincott Dr | Other(MS) | Proposal for Geothermal Permit application to construct a 13-Storey apartment building with 2-storey underground parking related to File No. 22 136287 WET 02 SA and 25 142920 BLD 00 BA | $13.0M | Open |
| Aug 29, 2025 | 2760 Dundas St W | New Building | Proposal for a six-storey mixed use building. | $10.0M | New build |
| Aug 11, 2025 | 175 Bethridge Rd | Other(BA) | Proposal to upgrade the existing industrial building/site by adding a ready-mix concrete batching plant to the east of the existing one-storey industrial building. In addition, the proposal will include outdoor aggregate storage areas, silos, a truck washing station and a water collection station. T | $10.0M | Open |
The 10 most expensive permits issued in August 2025, the largest at $107.1M on 3450 Dufferin St. 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 August 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 August 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 2,830 permits is fewer than 2,830 projects.
50 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 August 2024, the City issued 3,078 permits covering 484 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.