Demolition Permits - Quebec City (2023)

A demolition permit is a declaration of intent. Nobody tears a building down to renovate it; they tear it down because something new is coming. Every demolition-permitted site is headed for redevelopment, land assembly, or new construction, which makes it one of the clearest forward-looking signals in any market. A standard building permit tells you work is happening; a demolition permit tells you the site itself is about to change hands or change use.

Two conditions must both be met. First, the permit's official issue date falls within your selected period. Second, the permit is classified as demolition, or its detail narrative confirms demolition as the primary scope of work. A permit issued in the right window but describing renovation or mechanical work is excluded, so what you receive is genuinely a list of teardowns rather than mixed permit activity.

Select your market and period, and the signal returns every qualifying demolition permit issued in that window, with the property, asset class, permit detail, and confirmed owner name and mailing address on each row. That is your working list of sites entering redevelopment: sort by asset class or read the permit detail to prioritize, then reach the owners directly. There is no scraping, no manual portal search, and no guesswork about who controls each parcel.

The Permit Details field carries the municipality's own description of the approved demolition: what is coming down, how much of it, and often why. Use it to triage. A full teardown ahead of a mixed-use tower is a different conversation than a partial demolition, so the detail lets you rank which sites warrant an immediate call and which sit lower on the list before you spend any outreach effort.

Yes, and it is one of the strongest uses of this signal. Selecting multiple periods builds a longitudinal view of where clearing is concentrated, surfacing corridors under sustained redevelopment pressure and showing which asset classes are being taken down in which windows. That pattern is an early read on where the next wave of construction and land demand is forming.

This signal covers demolition permits across commercial asset classes: Commercial, Industrial, Multifamily, and Vacant Land. It does not include single-family or small residential teardowns. If a permit's asset class falls outside those four commercial categories, it is not in this list. That boundary is deliberate, so the records you receive are all relevant to commercial redevelopment and land plays rather than diluted with residential activity.

Every Property ID and Owner ID drops straight into VIREC AI Search to pull the full profile: owner identity and mailing address, ownership history, all permit activity across every type, transaction history, and more. The IDs are consistent across every VIREC signal, so a Property ID here is the same record you will see in a comps or ownership signal, letting you build a complete picture of a site from a single identifier.

VIREC compiles demolition permit data directly from county and municipal permit records across covered markets, then normalizes and geocodes it before delivery. There are no third-party aggregators and no data resellers between the public filing and your account, which is why the issue dates, permit numbers, and owner details tie back to the official record rather than a repackaged feed.

Once your order is confirmed, the dataset loads automatically into your VIREC Platform account and is available immediately in the My data tab, with no download or file import. If you want to check the records before buying, use the Request a Sample button on this page and you will receive it instantly, carrying the exact schema, field structure, and data quality of the full dataset.

Yes, and for land and redevelopment work the combinations are powerful. Cross demolition Property IDs against the Multi-Residential Building Permits, Commercial Building Permits, and Industrial Building Permits signals to follow a site from teardown to new construction, or layer Active Land Buyers to see which acquirers are targeting cleared parcels in the same corridors. Every Owner ID and Property ID is consistent across all signals and AI Search, so the records line up without manual matching.