Know where construction demand is forming.
GROUND detects projects a median of 115 days before the building-permit stage. Planning applications, permits, tenders and the companies behind them — connected into one record of where GTA construction work is forming.
GROUND sees the project earlier
Not a claim — the median gap between the public records GROUND tracks, computed from filings that reached the next stage.
- 496 open pre-permit signals planning applications, licences and leases on record
- 10,485 permits filed in 90 days the first time most of the market sees a project
- 3,577 permits issued in 90 days work is cleared to start
Projects appearing before permit
Planning and licensing activity showing construction intent before any building permit exists.
Unusually important this week
What is becoming important now: confirmed, significant activity in the market.
Built for the people chasing the work
Find projects entering your scope before the bid is obvious — and see who else is already registered on them. Open work, priced →
Track where demand for your products is forming, by market, district and project stage.
Understand development activity, who owns it, and which competitors are active on what.
Benchmark construction activity, declared values and market direction against the whole GTA record.
The tender board that shows you the price.
The paid portals sell you a list. GROUND's board is free and answers the two questions that decide a bid: can your crew do this job, and what has the same work been going for at real bid openings.
272 open municipal tenders, classified into trades and crew scale — 52 of them sized for a truck and a small crew. Concrete, drywall, snow, paving: each trade has its own page.
Every tender carries a most-likely price range built from past bid tabulations and awarded contracts — general building low bids are running a $772,676 median across 790 recent openings. Labeled honestly: a bracket to check your takeoff against, not a quote.
21 snow and winter contracts are open across Ontario municipalities this week. Free email alerts send new jobs in your trade — at most one email a day, unsubscribe in one click.
Where GTA construction activity is moving
GTA construction picked up this week. Industrial was the strongest major category (↑10% over 30 days), while new residential applications fell 23%.
One project. The full picture.
GROUND can turn a tender package into an interactive project briefing: the full drawing set reconstructed into a navigable 3D view — click a structure to open its sheet, locate sections against plans, and toggle structural, concrete and piping disciplines. Understand the drawings, scope and project structure without spending hours opening PDFs.
- OwnerCity of Barrie
- StageTender
- FacilityBooster pumping station
- Likely scopesconcrete · process mechanical · electrical · civil
- Drawing set138 sheets, navigable in 3D
See who is actually active — not who has the best website
Bid registrations and permit applications of the last 30 days, resolved to company profiles.
Consultants & engineers
General contractors
Civil & roads
Permit builders
Where construction value is concentrating
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West End371 permits · 43% of value$477.0M
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East York & East End317 permits · 15% of value$171.0M
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Etobicoke215 permits · 13% of value$140.0M
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Downtown245 permits · 10% of value$111.9M
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Scarborough270 permits · 8% of value$90.3M
The wire — every change as it is detected
From market intelligence to opportunity intelligence
See the market.
Know what to pursue.
- On-demand project intelligence briefs
- Likely scopes & trade-fit analysis
- Opportunity scoring
- Competitive bid intelligence — who's bidding, who's low
- Interactive drawing-set views on select projects
- Coming next: alerts matched to your trade & territory
Weekly report GTA Construction Weekly — Sep 14–20, 2026 — 419 applications · 348 issued · $148.9M declared