Help: Calgary building permits
What this page does
This page is about building permits in Calgary: how many the City issued in the last 12 months, the latest week, the trades and neighbourhoods with the most permits, and a link to every week on file. It comes from the City's open data; the dates at the top say when the newest permit was issued and when we last loaded the City's data. Free, no account.
How to use it
- Click See the permits for the week of … for the latest week's full list.
- By trade and Busiest neighbourhoods show where the work was over the last 12 months.
- Type a house number and street under Look up an address in Calgary to open that address's page.
- Under Every week on file, open a year and click a week to see its permits.
- Need filters by trade and value, alerts or CSV? That's the permit feed.
Calgary building permits
Every building permit the City of Calgary releases as open data, matched to its address and sorted by trade. The City issued 20,400 building permits in the last 12 months, worth $6953.6M in all. The newest was issued on 30 October 2026. We last loaded the City's data on 31 October 2026.
Calgary's open data reaches us about a week after a permit is issued.
Latest week: 26 Oct to 1 Nov 2026
425 building permits, worth $94.7M.
By trade, last 12 months
| Trade | Permits | Bar |
|---|---|---|
| Renovation | 8766 | |
| New build | 6071 | |
| Garage or shed | 3111 | |
| Demolition | 887 | |
| Deck | 768 | |
| Addition | 507 | |
| Commercial | 180 | |
| Pool or hot tub | 104 | |
| Solar | 4 |
Busiest neighbourhoods, last 12 months
| Neighbourhood | Permits | Bar |
|---|---|---|
| Cornerstone | 715 | |
| Rangeview | 630 | |
| Livingston | 552 | |
| Mahogany | 540 | |
| Pine Creek | 533 | |
| Glacier Ridge | 476 | |
| Moraine | 422 | |
| Huxley | 402 | |
| Alpine Park | 396 | |
| Downtown Commercial Core | 368 |
Look up an address in Calgary
Zoning in plain words and every permit on the lot. Free, no account needed.
Leads in your trade
Filter Calgary permits by trade, value and area, save the search, get an alert when new ones match, and export to CSV. The permit feed is $29 a month for every city we cover →
For property professionals
Every permit on a lot, zoning and the neighbourhood profile in one report. See the address report →
Every week on file
1428 weeks with Calgary building permits, newest first. Each page lists that week's permits with address, work, company and value.
2026 · 43 weeks
2025 · 52 weeks
2024 · 53 weeks
2023 · 52 weeks
2022 · 52 weeks
2021 · 52 weeks
2020 · 52 weeks
2019 · 52 weeks
2018 · 53 weeks
2017 · 52 weeks
2016 · 52 weeks
2015 · 52 weeks
2014 · 52 weeks
2013 · 52 weeks
2012 · 53 weeks
2011 · 52 weeks
2010 · 52 weeks
2009 · 52 weeks
2008 · 52 weeks
2007 · 53 weeks
2006 · 52 weeks
2005 · 52 weeks
2004 · 52 weeks
2003 · 52 weeks
2002 · 52 weeks
2001 · 53 weeks
2000 · 52 weeks
Owner names and the names of individual permit applicants are never shown. Sold prices are not municipal open data and are not shown.