Permit tracking for Canadian construction teams

Every permit out of the inbox, into one place.

Permitting is scattered across mailed-in forms, emails, phone calls, and a different portal for every Canadian municipality — and it's easy for the work to get lost in the sea of communications. PermitPanel consolidates all of it into one organized, trackable workflow.

Before · scattered across channels4 sources
Email threads12
Phone notes·
Mailed-in formsPDF
City portals4
PermitPanel
One organized panelLive
Eastwood ResidenceOttawa · Building PermitUnder Review
Civic Lane TownhousesToronto · Building PermitDrafting
Glebe Studio LoftOttawa · Building PermitIssued

Built for Canada's major municipalities

  • Ottawa
  • Toronto
  • Montréal
  • Québec City
  • Calgary
  • Vancouver
  • Edmonton

What permit tracking software does

Organize permits and streamline submission — without the costly back-and-forth.

Five things every construction team gets the moment permitting lives in one place, instead of a dozen.

Benefit 01

Streamline the permit submission process.

Every municipality writes its requirements differently — and their websites are either impenetrably dense or uselessly sparse. PermitPanel turns each jurisdiction's documentation into a clear, ordered checklist, so everything's ready before you submit.

  • Pre-built municipal requirement lists, kept current.
  • Conditional items appear only when your project triggers them.
  • Submit complete the first time — no costly resubmissions.
City of Ottawa · Building Permit14 / 17
Application forms3 / 3
Building Permit Application form, signed.
Schedule 1 — Designer Information.
Plans and drawings5 / 7
Site plan, 1:200 — setbacks and lot coverage.
Energy efficiency design summary (SB-12).Conditional · height > 11 m
Building section drawings, 1:50.
Benefit 02

Keep multiple permits organized.

Managing permits across different locations shouldn't require detective work. Every application lives in its own digital workspace — no more digging through scattered emails, hastily-taken phone notes, or a different portal for each city.

  • One workspace per permit — documents, status, and history together.
  • Filter the whole portfolio by municipality, owner, or stage.
Nordlund & Co. · all permits
Eastwood ResidenceOttawa
14 / 17 reqsReview
Civic Lane TownhousesToronto
8 / 20 reqsDrafting
Glebe Studio LoftOttawa
11 / 11 reqsIssued
Riverside ClinicHamilton
12 / 22 reqsReview
Benefit 03

Consolidate communications in one place.

When every permit-related message lives in one place, the whole team knows what's happening and what's next — no endless meetings or email chains. And a central record creates an automatic trail of milestones you can verify at any point.

  • Comments anchor to the exact requirement they touch.
  • Every submission and reply timestamped into an audit trail.
SB-12 summary · threadresolved
City of OttawaReviewer5d
Submission needs a revised SB-12 calc reflecting the rear-addition envelope.
Jess T.Designer3d
Reran the envelope calc and reattached.
SB-12-rev2.pdf
City of OttawaReviewer2d
Accepted. Requirement marked fulfilled.
— Audit trail
Submitted to City of Ottawa
Apr 2 · 09:14
Comment received · SB-12
Apr 5 · 14:02
Revision resubmitted
Apr 8 · 11:30
Marked fulfilled
Apr 9 · 16:45
Benefit 04

See where every permit is, at a glance.

A simple progress bar tells your team when a permit needs attention or when a document is missing. Managing several at once, it's the fastest way to know exactly where each project stands — without a single phone call.

  • Live status per permit: drafting, under review, submitted, issued.
  • Missing-document flags surface before they become delays.
Pipeline · 4 active permitsupdated 2h ago
Eastwood ResidenceOttawa82%Review
Civic Lane TownhousesToronto40%Drafting
Riverside ClinicHamilton55%Review
Glebe Studio LoftOttawa100%Issued
Benefit 05

Reduce delays and quote accurate timelines.

Permit delays trigger expensive chain reactions — rescheduled crews, extended equipment rentals. Front-loading the process with proper documentation minimizes the disruptions, so you can give clients realistic timelines and stand behind them.

  • Projected issue dates from real submission history.
  • Fewer surprises between drafting and break-ground.
Eastwood Residence · timelineon track
Day 0Drafting
Day 6Submitted
Day 18In Review
Day 27Issued
Projected issue · Day 27, based on 38 Ottawa submissions9 days out

Permitting, without the headache.

Submit, track, and communicate from one panel. A live demo — bring a current project.

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