Winnipeg Building Permits with Dwelling Unit and Location Details Since 2010

Since 2010, this dataset contains detailed building permit records from the City of Winnipeg, published on data.winnipeg.ca. It includes permit status, type, location, and dwelling unit changes, but excludes declared construction value. Data before November 14, 2022, has not been updated following a revision to dwelling unit counting methodology.

Use Cases

• Analyze trends in housing unit creation and loss using Dwelling Units Created and Dwelling Units Lost columns.
• Map permit locations and density by neighborhood using Point, X Coordinate NAD83, Y Coordinate NAD83, and Community columns.
• Classify permit types and project scale using Permit Type, Permit Group, and Major Project columns.
• Track permit application and approval timelines using Application Received Date, Issue Date, and Final Date columns.

Strengths

• Contains over 30 columns of detailed permit information, including geospatial coordinates and dwelling unit counts.
• Data has been revised for more precise reporting of multi-family dwelling units.
• Available in multiple machine-readable formats including CSV, JSON, XML, and RDF.

Limitations

• Declared construction value is excluded from this detailed dataset.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data before November 14, 2022, has not been updated with the revised counting methodology.

Provenance

Source

City of Winnipeg, published on data.winnipeg.ca via the Socrata platform.

Collection Method

Likely collected as part of municipal building permit application and approval processes.

Time Range

Permits issued since 2010.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-01 10:55:00; freshness should be verified.

Geography

City of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.