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2,889 construction building permits were pulled in Ontario over the 26 days to August 17, 2026, across 11 trades. The busiest trades right now are plumbing, general contracting and HVAC. Median declared job value across the ones that publish a number is $50k. Everything here comes off the open permit records of City of Brampton, City of Greater Sudbury, City of Kitchener and others.
10 companies put their name on three or more building permits in Ontario over the 26 days to August 17, 2026. These are the 10 busiest of them, straight off the public record.
Artak Group Inc, Mather Fine Homes file across three or more trades, which is what running a whole job looks like on the permit record. Those are the names to call about subcontract work.
Every trade with enough building permit volume in Ontario to be worth watching. The count is how many of the 2,889 name that trade.
BALLANTRY HOMES
Likely scope, estimated
General permit at 134 Antibes Dr, Brampton, ON,, Brampton. trade work. Primary party: BALLANTRY HOMES.
ZEKIEL KAPLAN
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Demolition permit at 2 SILVERWOOD AVE, Toronto. Demolition trade work. Structure type: SFD - Detached. Primary party: ZEKIEL KAPLAN.
DEREK NICHOLSON CONSTRUCTION INC
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New Building permit at 30 CARNWATH CRES, Toronto. General Contracting trade work. Structure type: SFD - Detached. Primary party: DEREK NICHOLSON CONSTRUCTION INC.
BOSZKO & VERITY INC
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Mechanical permit at 157 DELAWARE AVE, Toronto. HVAC/Mechanical trade work. Structure type: SFD - Detached. Primary party: BOSZKO & VERITY INC.
By the time a job is on a jobs board the trades are already picked. A pulled permit is months earlier: the owner has committed the money, the drawings are stamped, and the schedule is being built. Nobody has called your trade yet.
That gap is the whole opportunity. Ontario issued 2,889 of them in this window, and each one names an address, a work type and the party who filed it. Reach the ones that will need you before the phone tree starts and you are not bidding against four other quotes.
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