# Canada Building Permit Leads, Vancouver: Permits & New Licences (`canada-dd/vancouver-building-permits-leads`) Actor

Fresh sales leads from City of Vancouver open data: issued building permits (address, project value, work type, contractor) and new business licences. Filter by date, value, neighbourhood, business type. $0.005 per lead.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/canada-dd/vancouver-building-permits-leads.md
- **Developed by:** [Yurii Domaranskyi](https://apify.com/canada-dd) (community)
- **Categories:** Lead generation, Real estate
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
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## Pricing

$5.00 / 1,000 leads

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

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For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## 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:

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

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

```json
{"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

```json
{"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](https://opendata.vancouver.ca/pages/licence/). Datasets: [Issued building permits](https://opendata.vancouver.ca/explore/dataset/issued-building-permits/) and [Business licences](https://opendata.vancouver.ca/explore/dataset/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.

# Actor input Schema

## `sources` (type: `array`):

Which datasets to pull

## `lastNDays` (type: `integer`):

Used when no explicit date range is given

## `dateFrom` (type: `string`):

Optional start of issue-date range (overrides Last N days)

## `dateTo` (type: `string`):

Optional end of issue-date range

## `workTypes` (type: `array`):

Leave empty for all

## `minProjectValue` (type: `integer`):

Permits only

## `keywords` (type: `array`):

Match any, e.g. 'laneway', 'restaurant', 'solar'

## `neighbourhoods` (type: `array`):

e.g. Kitsilano, Mount Pleasant, Downtown

## `businessTypeKeywords` (type: `array`):

Licences only, match any, e.g. 'Restaurant', 'Retail', 'Contractor'

## `licenceStatus` (type: `string`):

new = first-time issued licences (revision 00)

## `maxLeads` (type: `integer`):

Hard cap on records (and cost)

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "sources": [
    "permits",
    "licences"
  ],
  "lastNDays": 7,
  "licenceStatus": "new",
  "maxLeads": 200
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `leads` (type: `string`):

Permit and licence lead records

## `fullResults` (type: `string`):

No description

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "sources": [
        "permits",
        "licences"
    ],
    "lastNDays": 7,
    "maxLeads": 200
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("canada-dd/vancouver-building-permits-leads").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {
    "sources": [
        "permits",
        "licences",
    ],
    "lastNDays": 7,
    "maxLeads": 200,
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("canada-dd/vancouver-building-permits-leads").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "sources": [
    "permits",
    "licences"
  ],
  "lastNDays": 7,
  "maxLeads": 200
}' |
apify call canada-dd/vancouver-building-permits-leads --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,canada-dd/vancouver-building-permits-leads"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/HEZ5ZAnaGkauqwkuw/builds/q6Dg5QhC6s8EhqufF/openapi.json