Monthly report · October 2025
Toronto building permits, October 2025
The City of Toronto issued 3,202 building permits in October 2025, +8.5% on September 2025 and −3.6% on October 2024. Between them they cover 988 new homes and $693.9M of declared construction value. Banbury-Don Mills took the most permits of any neighbourhood, at 257.
- Permits issued
- 3,202+8.5% on September 2025
- Homes created
- 988net +861 after 127 removed
- Declared construction value
- $693.9Mas filed, not adjusted
- Demolitions
- 82full demolition permits
Where the building happened
| Neighbourhood | Permits | Homes created |
|---|---|---|
| Banbury-Don Mills | 257 | 80 |
| Yonge-Bay Corridor | 136 | 0 |
| Annex | 75 | 8 |
| Greenwood-Coxwell | 56 | 13 |
| St Lawrence-East Bayfront-The Islands | 53 | 557 |
| South Riverdale | 51 | 0 |
| West Humber-Clairville | 46 | 2 |
| Birchcliffe-Cliffside | 42 | 0 |
| Milliken | 41 | 0 |
| High Park-Swansea | 39 | 1 |
| Bedford Park-Nortown | 39 | 1 |
| Wexford/Maryvale | 38 | 7 |
| Palmerston-Little Italy | 38 | 5 |
| Leaside-Bennington | 36 | 1 |
| Clairlea-Birchmount | 35 | 4 |
The 15 busiest of Toronto’s 158 neighbourhoods this month. Permit count and new homes are different questions: Banbury-Don Mills led on permits, while St Lawrence-East Bayfront-The Islands added the most homes at 557. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 10, 2025 | 446 Lakeshore Ave | New Building | Construction of a new building that will house ultraviolet (UV) disinfection equipment for water treatment and residual management equipment for process discharge handling. A second building will be constructed to house electrical power equipment and control panels. | $185.0M | OpenNew build |
| Oct 22, 2025 | 33B Parliament St | New Building | Proposal to construct a new 33 storey mixed used building with 557 residential units, retail space at grade, and 3 levels of underground parking. See also 19 240782 STE 10 SA. | $100.0M | OpenNew build |
| Oct 27, 2025 | 227 Gerrard St E | New Building | Application to construct a seven storey mixed use building with 124 dwelling units, ground floor retail and 2 levels of underground parking garage | $47.0M | OpenNew build |
| Oct 29, 2025 | 44 Appian Dr | New Building | New 2-storey, 4,068 sq.m. elementary school and child care.See also 22-109040 SA. | $20.0M | ClosedNew build |
| Oct 30, 2025 | 44 Appian Dr | Site Service | Drain - New 2-storey, 4,068 sq.m. elementary school and child care | $20.0M | Open |
| Oct 23, 2025 | 330 Progress Ave | Interior Alterations | Proposed interior alterations - to create a new Major Incident Command Centre in place of an existing kitchen, offices, and storage room spaces. New dedicated HVAC, Electrical room, IT/AV room will incorporated into the existing building. The roof system above the new MICC space will be patched and | $12.0M | Open |
| Oct 20, 2025 | 222 Jarvis St | Building Additions/Alterations | Proposal to repair soffits, curtain walls, ledge beams and replacement of the existing monorail system. | $8.2M | Open |
| Oct 6, 2025 | 720 Midland Ave | Multiple Projects | Proposal for the replacement of windows and doors at exit door numbers 2, 4, 7 and 9 androofing repairs at roof canopies at exit door numbers 2 and 9 of an existing secondary school - SCARBOROUGH CENTRE FOR ALTERNATIVE STUDIES | $8.0M | Open |
| Oct 2, 2025 | 1 Atlantic Ave | New Building | Proposal for a temporary site office trailer (The building is to be dismantled before project completion) | $8.0M | OpenNew build |
| Oct 17, 2025 | 70 Caledonia Park Rd | Inside and Outside Drains | Drain - PROPOSAL TO CONSTRUCT A NEW 6-STOREY SELF-STORAGE. INDOOR PARKING. NO BASEMENT. | $7.3M | Open |
The 10 most expensive permits issued in October 2025, the largest at $185.0M on 446 Lakeshore 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 October 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 October 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 3,202 permits is fewer than 3,202 projects.
52 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 October 2024, the City issued 3,321 permits covering 711 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.