Cost guides · Toronto · updated Oct 2026

How much does a garage cost in Toronto?

New garages and garage reconstructions permitted in Toronto, with their declared construction values.

$65K median declared value
$20K–$317K middle 50% of projects
787 permits in the sample
Distribution

The full spread, not an average

PercentileDeclared value
P25 — smaller jobs$20K
Median$65K
P75 — larger jobs$317K
Largest in sample$101.4M

787 permits with a declared value, trailing 36 months. Medians and quartiles only — one outlier can't move them.

Per square foot

Why there is no $/SF figure here

We publish a per-square-foot rate only where floor area is what the price actually scales with. For this work the correlation between area and declared value is 0.00 — too weak for a rate to predict your project. Multiplying your floor area by a published $/SF number would produce a confident-looking figure that the underlying permits do not support, so we show the value distribution instead.

What moves the number

Why two of these quote differently

  • Detached versus attached, and whether the slab and footings are new.
  • Size — a single versus double bay is close to a linear cost difference.
  • Whether the roof is designed to carry a future laneway suite above it.
  • Electrical service to the garage, increasingly for EV charging.
Recent permits

Check it against the record

AppliedAddressDeclared value
Oct 2026 44 JACKES AVE
Proposal for localized concrete repairs and replacing the guards at the northwest...
$163,500
Oct 2026 40 TUXEDO CRT
Proposal for existing P1 underground parking garage structural restoration.
$650,000
Oct 2026 220 YONGE ST
Rehabilitation of Level P2 parking area of the Yonge Street Parking Garage
$3,000,000
Oct 2026 73 MONCRIEFF DR
Proposal for a detached garage
$20,000
Method

Where these numbers come from

Declared construction values on City of Toronto building permits (tier C), trailing 36 months, minimum 12 permits before a guide is published. A declared value is what the applicant stated the work is worth — it can sit below final hard cost, which is exactly why GROUND also publishes awarded contract prices.

Data: Open Government Licence — Toronto. Recomputed automatically as new permits land; the figures above are current as of October 04, 2026.

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