Vancouver Building Permits & New Business Leads

Turn the City of Vancouver's official open data into ready-to-use sales leads:

• Issued building permits – address, neighbourhood, project value, work type, project description, permit number, issue/application dates, building contractor (business) name, map coordinates and a link to the official record.
• New business licences – business / trade name, business type, address, local area, licence number, issue & expiry dates, employee count.

Ideal for contractors, trades, suppliers, solar/HVAC installers, insurers, B2B services, commercial real-estate and anyone who wants to reach projects and businesses the week they appear.

Pricing

Pay-per-event: $0.005 per lead (record returned). Use maxLeads to cap cost — 200 leads = $1.

Input examples

New buildings worth $1M+ in the last 30 days:

{"sources": ["permits"], "lastNDays": 30, "workTypes": ["New Building"], "minProjectValue": 1000000}

New restaurants & cafés licensed in September 2026 in Mount Pleasant or Kitsilano:

{"sources": ["licences"], "dateFrom": "2026-09-01", "dateTo": "2026-09-30", "businessTypeKeywords": ["Food", "Restaurant"], "neighbourhoods": ["Mount Pleasant", "Kitsilano"], "licenceStatus": "new"}

Everything from the last 7 days (default): {}

Output example

{"lead_type": "building_permit", "id": "BP-2026-01234", "address": "123 W 4TH AVENUE, Vancouver, BC V5Y 1G4",
 "neighbourhood": "Mount Pleasant", "project_value": 850000.0, "work_type": "Addition / Alteration",
 "description": "To alter the interior of an existing retail unit…", "issued_date": "2026-10-06",
 "contractor_name": "Example Construction Ltd", "official_link": "https://opendata.vancouver.ca/explore/dataset/issued-building-permits/table/?q=BP-2026-01234"}

Privacy

Only business information is returned. Names of individual (non-business) permit applicants and sole-proprietor licence holders are not included (licences with no business or trade name are skipped entirely and not charged); contractor and applicant names are kept only when they look like a registered business. Lines naming individual contacts are stripped from permit descriptions, and phone numbers and email addresses are redacted. Please comply with Canada's Anti-Spam Legislation (CASL) and PIPEDA when using leads for outreach.

Data source & attribution

Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. Datasets: Issued building permits and Business licences. The City publishes permits roughly daily; data may lag by a few days.

Disclaimer

This actor is not affiliated with or endorsed by the City of Vancouver. Data is provided "as is" from the City's open data portal and may be incomplete, delayed or inaccurate; verify with the City before relying on it. Not legal, financial or real-estate advice.