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Building records requests
Drawing records of prior permit applications are available through Toronto Building records disclosure.
Check which records you can get
- Records held by municipal governments are regulated by the provincial Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (MFIPPA) and the City of Toronto Act. MFIPPA states that, in general, the public has a right to see most of these records, and can obtain copies of them.
- personal information about an identifiable individual, and
- records, the disclosure of which could reasonably be expected to endanger the security of a building.
- Disclosure of issued building plans of wholly residential buildings submitted after December 31, 2006, is permitted between the 22nd day following the permit application date and three months following the closing of the relevant permit file by the building inspector, where no objection to disclosure has been received by Toronto Building.
- Disclosure of building plans for uses other than residential and for residential buildings not meeting the criteria above is permitted to requesters who can confirm they are: an owner of the property, a director of the management company responsible for the building on behalf of the property owner, a person who has written consent from one of the above, City Councillors and their staff, or an officer of certain agencies.
- For City-owned buildings, authorization is required from the director of Facilities and Real Estate.
- Disclosure of site plans, surveys and drain plans of any building and all building plans related to signs shall be provided without the consent of the property owner or property manager.
- Requests for building records not disclosed by Toronto Building are to be submitted directly to the Corporate Information Management Services (CIMS) office.
- Only if you are the owner, the management company responsible for the building, or the permit applicant, and you do not want your building plans to be disclosed
Object to the disclosure of your plans
Please direct the letter to:
- Customer Experience Intake Office
- 399 The West Mall, Ground Floor
- Toronto, ON, M9C 2Y2
- Attn: Customer Experience Manager
Complete the form1
Submit your application
- To submit an application by email, please complete the Application Form and send the completed form to bldrecords@toronto.ca.
- Toronto Building will endeavor to process requests within 30 business days after the application is received.
- The request will be deemed abandoned and the file closed if no steps are taken by the requester to view or obtain copies of the building records within 30 business days of being notified that the search for records has been completed.
Pay the fee
- Record Disclosure (for each disclosure): $76.98, effective Jan 1, 2026
Written from Toronto’s own pages as published on 20 October 2026. The municipality decides what a permit needs: confirm with it before you apply. Legal notice