Montreal Construction, Transformation, and Demolition Permits

Permits issued by Montreal boroughs for building construction, transformation, or demolition. The dataset provides an overall view of permit costs and estimated work costs, grouped by year of issue, district, and permit type. Data is provided by the Government and Municipalities of Québec.

Use Cases

• Analyze trends in permit costs and estimated work costs grouped by year of issue and district.
• Compare the frequency and scale of construction, transformation, and demolition activities across Montreal boroughs.
• Model the distribution of permit types (construction, transformation, demolition) over time and by geographic district.

Strengths

• Data covers multiple geographic districts (boroughs) within the city of Montreal.
• Includes cost metrics for permits and estimated work, enabling financial analysis.
• Data is grouped by temporal dimensions (year of issue) and categorical dimensions (permit type, district).

Limitations

• Cost data has no legal value and may contain inaccuracies due to variable collection methods across districts.
• Specific data volume (row count, column count) and sample structure are unavailable for assessment.

Provenance

Source

Government and Municipalities of Québec

Collection Method

Permits issued by Montreal boroughs, with costs aggregated into a statistical file.

Time Range

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Geography

Boroughs of the city of Montreal, Québec, Canada.