Delta Building Permits – Open Data API
Pricing
$3.00 / 1,000 permits
Delta Building Permits – Open Data API
Delta, BC building permits from official open data: permit number, type, status and completed date. Live status mix: active 1,404, in progress 174, received 62, completed 264; rolling snapshot from 2026-07-20. No street addresses or descriptions.
Building Permits for Delta only, from the city's official open dataset (live status mix of active 1,404, in progress 174, received 62, completed 264; 86% of rows have no date; dated rows start 2026-07-20 (a rolling snapshot)), via the ArcGIS REST API — no website scraping.
- Key fields:
permitNumber,permitType,status,completedDate. - Licence: Open Government Licence – Delta; every record carries the required credit and licence link.
- Output: structured JSON, or CSV / Excel from the Apify dataset. Filters run at the source (type, status, completed dates and more), up to 50,000 permits per run.
- Privacy: street addresses and free-text descriptions removed; postal codes cut to FSA and coordinates rounded to ~1 km where present.
Why not build it yourself? No ArcGIS/Socrata paging, field mapping, date normalising or de-duplication to write and maintain. You get one tidy row per permit with consistent field names and ISO dates.
Price: $0.003 per result (three-tenths of a cent; 1,000 results = $3.00), no start fee. You pay only for permits returned.
What it does
This Actor reads building permits from the City of Delta's official open dataset (Delta open data, live status mix of active 1,404, in progress 174, received 62, completed 264; 86% of rows have no date; dated rows start 2026-07-20 (a rolling snapshot)) through the ArcGIS REST query API. It does not scrape any website.
Rows are deduplicated so you get one record per permit number.
Free open data vs. this Actor
The dataset is free on the Delta open-data portal. Use that for a one-off download. This Actor is for:
- Filters at the source: permit type, status, completed dates, keyword
- Clean JSON: ISO dates, consistent field names, one row per permit
- Privacy trimming: no street addresses, no free-text descriptions, no names
- Scheduled runs and Apify API / Sheets / Make / Zapier exports
Who it's for
- Contractors and suppliers (windows, HVAC, roofing, landscaping) watching new work in Delta
- Developers and real-estate analysts tracking construction activity
- Housing researchers counting permits and new units
What data you get
| Field | Meaning |
|---|---|
permitNumber | City permit number |
permitType | Permit type / class |
status | Permit status |
completedDate | YYYY-MM-DD |
source | Source portal |
licence | Required attribution statement and licence link |
Input
| Field | Key | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Permit type contains | permitType | e.g. PLUMBING PERMIT, DEMOLITION - RESIDENTIAL (case-insensitive). |
| Status contains | status | e.g. COMPLETED. |
| Issued on/after (YYYY-MM-DD) | issuedFrom | Optional start date. |
| Issued on/before (YYYY-MM-DD) | issuedTo | Optional end date. |
| Keyword | keyword | Server-side filter on description, type and permit number (descriptions are not returned). |
| Max permits | maxItems | Stop after this many permits. |
Bad dates or an inverted date range fail before any API call, with a clear error.
Example input:
Pricing
Pay per result: you are charged only for permits returned (one result = one permit). $0.003 per result (three-tenths of a cent), no start fee.
Licence and privacy
- Licence: Open Government Licence – Delta. The licence allows use "including for commercial purposes" and lets you copy, publish, adapt and distribute the data. You must acknowledge the source with the statement "Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Delta." and, where possible, link to the licence; every record carries both. The licence does not cover personal information or City names, crests, logos or official marks.
- No endorsement: this Actor is independent. It does not use City of Delta names, crests, logos or official marks and does not suggest official status or City endorsement.
- Privacy: Street addresses (civic number, street name and unit) and free-text work descriptions are removed. Postal codes, where present, are cut to the first 3 characters (FSA) and coordinates are rounded to 2 decimals (about 1 km). Owner, applicant and contractor names are not exported. Records still include permit number, permit type and category, status and dates, and (where the source has them) ward, neighbourhood or building-use category. Also not exported: the permit subject line (free text) and parcel geometry.
Limits
- Coverage is the City of Delta only.
- Data freshness and completeness match the Delta open-data feed. This Actor does not add or correct permits.
- Max 50,000 permits per run. Pages of 1,000 with a 1 s pause between pages.
- Fields can be null when the source left them blank.
FAQ
Is this scraping? No. It queries the city's public ArcGIS REST API.
Does it include owner or applicant names or addresses? No. Street addresses, names and descriptions are removed, but the data is reduced, not anonymous: a permit number can be looked up in City records and may relate to a specific property.
Can I use it commercially? Yes, under the Open Government Licence – Delta, with attribution and without implying endorsement.
