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Excavation & Earthworks jobs in Toronto

14 building permits that need excavation crews were pulled in Toronto, Ontario over the 23 days to August 14, 2026. Almost all of it is housing, led by sfd - detached. That is owner-and-builder work, small tickets, fast turnarounds, and it is won on being reachable rather than on being cheapest.

14
building permits pulled
4
new per week
Aug 14, 2026
most recent
Counts cover the 23 days to August 14, 2026.

Live right now in Toronto

104 open
Just pulled a permit

MIKAEL MATOS

No value published
TorontoPermit pulled Jul 9, 2026General / Multi-Unit Residential

Likely scope, estimated

Excavation & Earthworks

General permit at 1266 QUEEN ST, Toronto. Excavation & Earthworks trade work. Structure type: Multi-Unit Residential. Primary party: MIKAEL MATOS.

Just won a contract

1707219 ONTARIO LIMITED

$5.0M
TorontoWon Mar 16, 2026

Likely scope, estimated

Paving & Asphalt
Concrete & Forming
Civil Engineering
Excavation & Earthworks
Structural Steel

City of Toronto awarded road and sidewalk repair work in the Etobicoke York District covering Wards 1, 2, 3, 5 and 7 to 1707219 Ontario Limited. Scope includes arterial, collector, and local road repairs, laneway work, and guide rail repairs within municipal right-of-way. This is a city-wide unit-price maintenance contract for the western Toronto districts.

Just won a contract

ONTARIO SEWER SERVICES INC

$2.0M
TorontoWon Jan 12, 2026

Likely scope, estimated

Plumbing
Excavation & Earthworks
Civil Engineering

The City of Toronto awarded a contract for repairing sewers, catch basins, water mains, and valves at various Parks and Recreation locations across the city.

Just won a contract

MIDOME CONSTRUCTION SERVICES LTD

$3.5M
TorontoWon Apr 30, 2026

Likely scope, estimated

Civil Engineering
Excavation & Earthworks
Paving & Asphalt
Plumbing
General Contracting

Wellesley Street rehabilitation with integrated watermain replacement, cycle track construction, and local geometry improvements has been awarded to MIDOME CONSTRUCTION SERVICES LTD. This is a multi-modal urban street reconstruction with significant public realm and utility components.

What the work actually is

How City of Toronto classified the 14 building permits that name excavation and earthworks.

General
14(100%)

What is being built

The structure types behind the excavation and earthworks work. This is the fastest way to tell whether the volume in Toronto is your kind of job.

SFD - Detached
5(38%)
SFD - Semi-Detached
3(23%)
Multi-Unit Residential
2(15%)
2 Unit - Detached
1(8%)
Commercial
1(8%)
Multiple Use/Non Residential
1(8%)

How to work this list

  • A pulled permit means the money is committed and the schedule is being built. For excavation crews that is weeks to months of warning before the call goes out.
  • On housing the applicant is usually the owner or a small builder, and there is no bid list to get onto. The whole game is being the first name they have when the trade is needed.
  • Sort by date, take the newest ten, and work them the same week. A permit from three months ago is already covered.

Excavation & Earthworks work in other markets

Other trades hiring in Toronto

Where this comes from. Open building permit records published by City of Toronto. AEC Stack reads them daily, classifies the trades each job will need, and drops the jobs too large for a small contractor to bid.

Win one of these and the rest of it runs itself

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Get qualified for this work

The licensing and certification route for excavation crews, and who employs them.