General Building Permits for Edmonton, Canada from 2009 Onward

Records from January 1, 2009, list building permits issued by the City of Edmonton's Urban Planning & Economy Department for construction and maintenance. The dataset includes permit details, location coordinates, and occupancy dates for residential and non-residential projects, published by data.edmonton.ca. Applicant information is withheld for privacy reasons.

Use Cases

• Analyzing construction trends over time using YEAR, MONTH_NUMBER, and JOB_CATEGORY.
• Mapping permit density and spatial distribution using LATITUDE, LONGITUDE, and NEIGHBOURHOOD.
• Estimating economic activity from construction projects using CONSTRUCTION_VALUE and FLOOR_AREA.
• Studying zoning and land use patterns using ZONING, BUILDING_TYPE, and LEGAL_DESCRIPTION.

Strengths

• Includes geospatial coordinates (LATITUDE, LONGITUDE) and multiple boundary columns for spatial analysis.
• Contains over 30 columns of detailed permit information, including CONSTRUCTION_VALUE, OCCUPANCY DATE, and ZONING.
• Records start from a defined date, January 1, 2009, providing a long-term time series.

Limitations

• Applicant information is excluded for privacy, limiting demographic or entity-based analysis.
• Occupancy Date field has incomplete historical data, with residential records only from 2022 and non-residential from 2024 under specific conditions.
• Row count and dataset size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for large-scale processing.

Provenance

Source

City of Edmonton - Urban Planning & Economy Department, published via data.edmonton.ca.

Collection Method

Administrative records of issued building permits.

Time Range

From January 1, 2009, onward.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-22 19:24:38; freshness should be verified.

Geography

City of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.