Building Permits

• House (single detached, semi detached or townhouse)
  • If construction, renovation, demolition, plumbing and water connection is needed, or
  • If a secondary dwelling is being constructed - e.g. basement apartment
• Deck or porch (for new construction, alterations or additions)
• If the structure has a roof, or 
• If it is higher than 24" off the ground
• Walkouts (for new construction, alterations or additions)
• Gazebos
• If greater than 10 square metres 
• Garage/carport (for new construction, alterations or additions)
• Accessory structure (for new construction, alterations or additions)
• In-ground pool fence (for new construction)
• Above-ground pool fence (for new construction and if a deck is being built around the pool)
• All septic work
• Any work that changes the occupancy nature of the building (e.g. industrial building converted to a place of worship or a barn to a wedding facility)
• All commercial, industrial or institutional work (for new construction, alterations, additions, site services, plumbing, sprinklers, heating or change of use)
• Barns, farm store buildings or manure storage facility (for new construction, alteration, additions, water connection plumbing, sprinklers or heating)
• Permanent ground signs (for new construction, alterations or additions)
• Mobile and temporary signs (if on private property advertising a business or public event)
• Wall sign (for new construction)

• Permanent tent (for new construction, alterations or additions)
• Temporary tent (if larger than 60 metres squared or is closer than 3 metres to another structure)
• Rooftop hot water system
• Rooftop solar panels (if larger than 5 square metres)
• Rooftop vegetation patch
• Exterior retaining walls (If greater than 1 metre in height, adjacent to public property or located on private property to which public is admitted - e.g. shopping mall)

• House (single detached, semi detached or townhouse)
  • If work required is cosmetic, no structural impact, interior wall/floor/ceiling finishes (e.g. painting,
    changing floors, renovating a kitchen)
• Deck or porch (for new construction, alterations or additions)
• If it is less than 24" off the ground
• Gazebos
  • If less than 10 square metres 
• Pergolas/Trellis
• Garage/carport (if no structural alterations are required)
• Accessory structure (for non-structural alterations)
• In-ground pool fence (for demolition or removal)
• Above-ground pool fence (for demolition or removal)
• Hot tubs and swim spas (for new units, demolition or removal)
• All commercial, industrial or institutional work (for cosmetic work- e.g. painting, changing floors,
  millwork, cabinetry)
• Barns, farm store buildings or manure storage facility (for demolition)
• Permanent ground signs (Permit not required if only changing message of the sign)
Mobile and temporary signs (If for real estate open house, or registered charity or Town affiliate community event)
• Wall sign (for alteration, change of message, repair or demolition)
• Temporary tent (if smaller than 60 metres squared or is not within 3 metres to another structure)
• Rooftop solar panels (if smaller than 5 square metres)
• Exterior retaining walls (If less than 1 metre in height and on private property, or if demolition is requireds)

• Documents are required to be submitted in PDF format and unprotected
• Only one file can be attached in each attachment field
• Maximum size of all files cannot exceed 20MB (if your attachments will exceed this limit, please contact us to discuss alternative options for your submission)
• Documents being submitted must follow the naming conventions below:
  • "Attachment type" - "Project location address"
    • Example - Permit application package - 1 Healy road

Note: Special characters in the file name, such as (&,.%#@!"?/:') will not allow you to complete the submission