Who is hiring
2,145 construction building permits were pulled in Toronto and the wider Greater Toronto Area over the 23 days to August 14, 2026, across 7 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 City of Toronto.
6 companies put their name on three or more building permits in Toronto over the 23 days to August 14, 2026. These are the 6 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 Toronto to be worth watching. The count is how many of the 2,145 name that trade.
CHARLES BLOTT
Likely scope, estimated
New Building permit at 19 ATHLONE DR, Toronto. General Contracting trade work estimated at $1,500,000 CAD. Structure type: SFD - Detached. Primary party: CHARLES BLOTT.
Excavation & Earthworks~Sep-Dec 2026
Concrete & Forming~Nov 2026 to Mar 2027
DON FRY SCAFFOLDING SERVICE INC
Likely scope, estimated
General permit at 19 TRINITY SQ, Toronto. trade work. Structure type: Other. Primary party: DON FRY SCAFFOLDING SERVICE INC.
ARMEN VARDANYAN
Likely scope, estimated
General permit at 16 BUGLE HILL RD, Toronto. trade work estimated at $800,000 CAD. Structure type: 3+ Unit - Detached. Primary party: ARMEN VARDANYAN.
Demolition~Sep-Nov 2026
Plumbing~Oct 2026 to Mar 2027
ADDISON RIDGE INC
Likely scope, estimated
Mechanical permit at 23 ADDISON CRES, Toronto. HVAC/Mechanical trade work. Structure type: SFD - Detached. Primary party: ADDISON RIDGE 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. Toronto issued 2,145 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.
Track any job on this page into a pipeline, quote it, and send the invoice when it lands. No account needed to start, and the work you do before signing up stays yours when you do.
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