Ten towers coming to the Greater Toronto Area, closest to breaking ground first
This is a sample of tonight's list, ordered the way the sheet orders it, with the jobs nearest to dirt at the top and taller buildings ahead of shorter ones, and no more than three from any one municipality so the whole metro shows up. Storeys and homes are the numbers the city itself publishes, and the stage is where the record sits at the city today. The tallest on tonight's list is 1 Yonge St in Toronto at 95 storeys, and the stage on its city record is Application filed, early stage.
| Address | Storeys | Homes | Stage | Phase |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| , Toronto | 46 | 399 | Excavation permit issued | Buying now |
| , Toronto | 44 | 540 | Excavation permit issued | Buying now |
| , Toronto | 40 | 843 | Excavation permit issued | Buying now |
| , Mississauga | 66 | 597 | Permit just issued | Buying now |
| , Brampton | 14 | — | Permit just issued | Buying now |
| , Mississauga | 12 | — | Permit just issued | Buying now |
| , Mississauga | 19 | — | Permit just issued | Buying now |
| 209 Steeles Ave W, Brampton | 40 | 466 | Approved by council | Bid ahead |
| 10228 McCowan Road, Markham | 9 | — | Application filed, early stage | Bid ahead |
| North of Steeles Ave E and West of Warden Ave, Markham | 33 | — | Application filed, early stage | Bid ahead |
Counts only on this page. The sheet adds the city file number, the link to the original record, the declared value, the drawings where a city publishes them and the companies already named on the file.
What Earlyworks does
Earlyworks watches what the Greater Toronto Area's 12 municipalities publish about buildings before they exist. Every night it pulls the building permits, the development applications, the rezonings and the site plans straight from the cities' own systems, joins the records that belong to the same building, and works out what is really happening on that piece of land.
The point of it is timing. A plan room tells you about a job when it goes out to bid, which is usually a few weeks before concrete starts. The rezoning for that same building was public one to three years earlier. Earlyworks shows you the whole line, from the application filed last month to the excavation permit issued yesterday, so you can choose where you want to start the conversation. It is built for the trades that get called first: formwork, concrete, shoring, rebar, cranes and excavation.
Nothing here has to be taken on trust. Every project links back to the city record it came from, and a separate program re-checks a fresh sample against the cities' own systems every night. Those results are published on the accuracy page, mismatches included, and every feed Earlyworks reads is listed on the sources page.
Where the Greater Toronto Area projects sit in the process today
Of tonight's 844 projects in the Greater Toronto Area, 512 are still ahead of the bid and 59 are at the stage where the work is being bought right now. This is the full breakdown.
| Where the record sits | Projects |
|---|---|
| Excavation permit issued | 42 |
| Permit just issued | 85 |
| Approved by council | 206 |
| Permit issued 6-12 months ago | 30 |
| Through council, not final | 6 |
| Application filed, early stage | 421 |
| Permit over a year old | 52 |
| Recorded as under construction | 2 |
The 12 municipalities Earlyworks reads in the Greater Toronto Area
Each one is read every night, straight from the system that municipality publishes. The number beside it is how many live projects it is carrying tonight.
Questions about construction data in the Greater Toronto Area
How many construction projects are coming to the Greater Toronto Area?
Earlyworks is tracking 844 live projects across the Greater Toronto Area tonight, pulled from the Greater Toronto Area's 12 municipalities. 512 of them are still ahead of the bid, meaning the application, rezoning or permit is on file and the work has not been bought yet. 621 of them are eight storeys or taller, and the tallest on the list is 95 storeys.
Where does the Greater Toronto construction data come from?
Official city records only. Every night Earlyworks re-reads the building permits, development applications, rezonings and site plans that the Greater Toronto Area's 12 municipalities publish, matches the records that belong to the same building, and links every project back to the record it came from. A separate program re-checks a fresh sample against the cities' own systems each night and the results are published, mismatches included.
Can I see upcoming Toronto construction projects for free?
Yes. During early access the sheet is an open preview, so you can open every project in the Greater Toronto Area, see the stage it has reached and follow the link to the city record behind it. Paid plans start at $99 a month for one metro, flat per company, and $199 a month covers all four.
See what is coming in the Greater Toronto Area
The sheet opens on the Greater Toronto Area with all 844 projects, filters for the ones you can actually bid, and the city record behind every line. During early access it is an open preview.