How to read a Calgary building permit
What the City of Calgary open-data fields mean: permit class, work class, applied and issued dates, estimated project cost, and status.
Reference
Guides to Calgary building permits
These pages explain the Building Permits file the City of Calgary publishes as open data. They are written so a homeowner or a contractor can read a record without guessing what the columns mean. CalgaryPermit is not the City, and these guides do not issue permits or interpret the building code.
Calgary permit types and when each label is used
How the Building Permits dataset separates permit type, permit class, and work class, and what those labels are for.
How the Calgary permit process shows up in the open data
How an application moves through the status labels the City publishes, and which date fields mark applied, issued, and completed.
Using permit data: builders, streets, and neighbourhoods
How homeowners and contractors can read the public permit file to follow construction and see which builder names the City has published.
Neighbourhood summaries built from the same stored rows are on the community pages. Short answers are on the FAQ.