# Edmonton Building Permit Leads - Project Value & Address (`pink_comic/edmonton-building-permit-leads`) Actor

Search 248k City of Edmonton building permits (updated daily): record ID, issue date, job category, work type, building type, job description, construction value, floor area, units added, address, zoning and neighbourhood. Newest first for fresh construction leads.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/pink_comic/edmonton-building-permit-leads.md
- **Developed by:** [Ava Torres](https://apify.com/pink_comic) (community)
- **Categories:** Lead generation, Business, Agents
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $2.00 / 1,000 building permits

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?

An Actor is a serverless cloud program that runs on the Apify platform. It has two run modes.
In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.

Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md.

## How to integrate an Actor?

If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects.
You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

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

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).

# README

## Edmonton Building Permit Leads - Project Value & Address

Search the **City of Edmonton General Building Permits** file on data.edmonton.ca (about 248,000 permits since 2009, updated daily, 206k page views).

Each result includes:

- record ID, issue date and permit date
- **job category**, work type (new, addition, interior alterations, deck, demolition) and building type
- job description
- **construction value**, floor area and units added
- address, legal description, zoning, neighbourhood and latitude/longitude

Results are newest issue date first, so a blank run shows permits issued in the last few days. No API key, no CAPTCHA. Pricing: **$0.002 per permit + $0.0001 start**.

```json
{ "jobCategories": ["Home Improvement"], "issuedAfter": "2026-10-01", "maxResults": 500 }
```

```json
{ "query": "basement", "workTypes": ["New"] }
```

### Use cases

Leads for trades, renovators, building suppliers, windows, roofing, HVAC, solar, landscaping and home services; construction market research by neighbourhood.

### Limits

Edmonton only (Canada). The source has no contractor, applicant, phone, email or permit number, and construction value is blank on some permits. Keywords are matched as substrings.

### Related

- [Calgary Building Permit Leads](https://apify.com/pink_comic/calgary-building-permit-leads)
- [Building Permits Construction Leads (US cities)](https://apify.com/pink_comic/building-permits-construction-leads)

# Actor input Schema

## `query` (type: `string`):

Quick keyword matched against the address and job description, e.g. 'basement', 'garage', 'solar'. Leave blank for the newest permits.

## `names` (type: `array`):

Keywords matched against address or job description, contains match, case-insensitive.

## `issuedAfter` (type: `string`):

Optional YYYY-MM-DD issue date.

## `jobCategories` (type: `array`):

Contains match, e.g. 'Home Improvement', 'Single, Semi-detached', 'Commercial Final', 'House Combination', 'Demolition'.

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

Contains match, e.g. 'New', 'Interior Alterations', 'Addition', 'Deck', 'Demolition'.

## `buildingTypes` (type: `array`):

Contains match, e.g. 'Single Detached House', 'Apartment', 'Retail', 'Office'.

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

Edmonton neighbourhood, e.g. 'DOWNTOWN', 'WINDERMERE', 'THE ORCHARDS AT ELLERSLIE'.

## `zonings` (type: `array`):

Exact zoning codes, e.g. 'RS', 'RSF', 'CB2'.

## `recordIds` (type: `array`):

Exact open-data record IDs for lookup, e.g. '1-686451929'.

## `maxResults` (type: `integer`):

Maximum total paid dataset items, split across search terms. The default returns 10 permits (about $0.0201 including the start event).

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "query": "",
  "names": [],
  "issuedAfter": "",
  "jobCategories": [],
  "workTypes": [],
  "buildingTypes": [],
  "neighbourhoods": [],
  "zonings": [],
  "recordIds": [],
  "maxResults": 10
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

Dataset items.

# 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 = {
    "query": "",
    "names": [],
    "issuedAfter": "",
    "jobCategories": [],
    "workTypes": [],
    "buildingTypes": [],
    "neighbourhoods": [],
    "zonings": [],
    "recordIds": [],
    "maxResults": 10
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("pink_comic/edmonton-building-permit-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 = {
    "query": "",
    "names": [],
    "issuedAfter": "",
    "jobCategories": [],
    "workTypes": [],
    "buildingTypes": [],
    "neighbourhoods": [],
    "zonings": [],
    "recordIds": [],
    "maxResults": 10,
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("pink_comic/edmonton-building-permit-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 '{
  "query": "",
  "names": [],
  "issuedAfter": "",
  "jobCategories": [],
  "workTypes": [],
  "buildingTypes": [],
  "neighbourhoods": [],
  "zonings": [],
  "recordIds": [],
  "maxResults": 10
}' |
apify call pink_comic/edmonton-building-permit-leads --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,pink_comic/edmonton-building-permit-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/NzbBt1kOoZ1Bj4J5k/builds/q9DgT7ql2R7QJ5c90/openapi.json