What do City of Toronto construction contracts sell for?
Not estimates — awarded prices. Every City of Toronto construction contract award, grouped by the kind of work, with the median price the city actually agreed to pay.
What the city actually paid
| Work class | Awards | P25 | Median | P75 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Watermain & sewer | 99 | $2,729K | $6.58M | $11.7M |
| Roads & resurfacing | 87 | $1,361K | $2.06M | $4.8M |
| Buildings & facilities | 45 | $945K | $1.72M | $6.1M |
| Bridges & structures | 42 | $758K | $2.79M | $6.0M |
| Parks & recreation | 30 | $974K | $1.35M | $4.9M |
| Water & wastewater plants | 12 | $1,556K | $3.02M | $13.4M |
Why two of these quote differently
- Scope size — municipal contracts bundle many sites into one award, so the median is a contract, not a site.
- Work class: linear civil work (watermain, sewer, roads) prices per metre; buildings price per square foot.
- Escalation and risk carried by the contractor on multi-year work.
- Competition — the number of compliant bidders moves the award more than any material.
Where these numbers come from
Awarded City of Toronto construction contracts (tier A) — a price a public buyer
agreed to pay. Work class is inferred from the solicitation text.
Awards are tier A evidence: the strongest cost data GROUND holds, because a price was actually agreed.
Data: Open Government Licence — Toronto. Recomputed automatically as new
permits land; the figures above are current as of August 21, 2026.
Pricing a project like this?
The numbers above are the market. For your project specifically — your address, your scope — we'll read the comparables, flag the permits you'll need, and check any quote you've been given against real awarded prices.
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