Formally issued demolition permits across all commercial asset classes in Montreal for Q1 2026 - the earliest signal of site clearance, land assembly, and redevelopment activity.
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Sample data
| Address | City | Asset Class | Property ID | Permit ID | Issued Date | Permit Type | Permit Details | Owner Name | Owner Mailing Address | Column | Column |
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| 1801 Rue Notre-Dame O., Montréal, QC H3J 1M5 | Montréal | Industrial | PROP-CA-MTL-07731 | PMT-CA-MTL-2025-38812 | 2025-09-03 | Demolition | Full demolition of 2-storey industrial warehouse in advance of mixed-use redevelopment | Société Immobilière Lévesque | 1250 Av. Mont-Royal E., Montréal, QC H2J 1Y4 | ||
| 3910 Boul. Saint-Martin O., Laval, QC H7T 1A7 | Laval | Commercial | PROP-CA-LAV-14508 | PMT-CA-LAV-2025-27634 | 2025-08-18 | Demolition | Demolition of single-storey strip retail building, site cleared for new development | Société Foncière Laurentides | 3200 Boul. Saint-Martin O., Laval, QC H7T 1A5 | ||
| 772 King St. W., Toronto, ON M5V 1N3 | Toronto | Multiresidential | PROP-CA-TOR-39204 | PMT-CA-TOR-2025-41887 | 2025-09-21 | Demolition | Demolition of existing 3-storey walk-up rental building, site preparation for proposed mixed-use tower | Don Valley Holdings Inc. | 181 Bay St., Suite 4000, Toronto, ON M5J 2T3 | ||
Why now
When an owner pulls a demolition permit on a commercial or multiresidential property, they have made a capital decision. The site is being prepared for something: a larger development, a land sale, a rezoning play. Monitoring demolition permits gives you a window into the strategic moves happening in your market months before any public announcement. Every demolished building is a site in motion.
Who uses this
Broker / Sales Agent
Identify owners who just filed a demolition permit. They are repositioning a site and likely need advisory, land disposition support, or a buyer for the cleared parcel. Reach them at the moment the decision has been made and before the next step is locked in.
Developer / Investor
Track land being cleared in your target submarket. Demolition permits reveal site assembly activity and development intentions before any public announcement. Know which sites are coming to market before anyone else does.
Lender / Mortgage Broker
Monitor demolition activity as a leading indicator of construction financing demand and land loan origination opportunity in your market. A cleared site needs development capital. Reach the owner while the wrecking ball is still swinging.
Appraiser / Consultant
Account for planned supply removal in market analysis. Demolition permit volume directly affects net inventory and future vacancy projections. Essential context for forward supply-demand modelling across all asset classes.
Municipal / Planning Advisor
Map demolition activity across specific zones and corridors. Concentrated clearing activity is a measurable signal of incoming redevelopment pressure and a leading indicator of rezoning applications in any market.
Data quality
Sourced directly from municipal permit portals
Records are collected from municipal open-data portals and VIREC's proprietary collection pipelines, normalized to a common schema, and geocoded before delivery.
Coverage: Canada and the USA.
Kept current as new permits are filed
Each edition contains all demolition permits filed in the selected municipality during the selected period. Historical data is available for trend analysis and pipeline tracking.
Archive: Historical data available.
Demolition permits only, across all commercial asset classes
Two conditions must both be met: the permit's official issue date falls within the selected period, and the permit type is classified as demolition or the permit detail narrative confirms demolition as the primary scope of work. No renovation, mechanical, or construction permits are included.
Asset classes covered: Commercial, Industrial, Multiresidential, Vacant Land.
FAQ
A demolition permit is a declaration of intent. You do not tear down a building to renovate it. You tear it down because something new is coming. Every demolition-permitted site is either headed for redevelopment, land assembly, or new construction. That makes it one of the clearest forward-looking signals in any market.
Two conditions must both be met. First, the permit's official issue date falls within your selected period. Second, the permit type is classified as demolition, or the permit 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.
The Permit Details column contains the municipality's description of the approved demolition work. It tells you what is coming down, how much of it, and in many cases why. Use the detail to prioritize which sites warrant immediate outreach and which are lower priority.
Recently Issued Multi-Residential Permits and Recently Issued Commercial Permits cover the full permit spectrum for their respective asset classes. Demolition Permits applies a single filter upstream: only demolition-type permits qualify, across all asset classes.
Yes, and this is one of the most powerful uses of the package. Multi-quarter selection lets you build a longitudinal view of where demolition activity is concentrated, identifying corridors experiencing sustained clearing and tracking which asset classes are being taken down in which periods.
Every Property ID is queryable in the VIREC AI Tool. Drop any ID to pull the full site profile: owner identity and mailing address, ownership history, all permit activity across every type, transaction history, and more.
VIREC sources permit data directly from public municipal filings across all covered markets. No third-party aggregators, no data resellers.
Once your order is confirmed, the dataset is automatically loaded into your VIREC Platform account and accessible immediately in the My Data section. No download required, no file to import.
Yes. Use the Request a Sample button on this page and you will get it instantly. The sample reflects the exact schema, field structure, and data quality of the full dataset.
Yes, and for land and redevelopment work the combination is particularly powerful. Cross demolition permit Property IDs against Long-Tenure Land Owners to find sites being cleared by decade-plus holders. Layer with Active Land Buyers to identify which acquirers are targeting cleared sites in the same corridors. All IDs are consistent across every package and the AI Tool.