Ontario CodeNews

The Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing will transition all Building Code examinations to the 2024 Building Code (OBC) beginning Monday, March 30, 2026. Candidates have been able to book exam dates for the new 2024 OBC exams since Monday, March 9, 2026. Preparing for the New Exams To support candidates prepare for this transition, they are encouraged to visit Humber Polytechnic’s OBC Examination News website , which provides ongoing updates and links to the Ministry’s

The Application for a Permit to Construct or Demolish form (a provincial form approved by the Minister) is being updated. Effective February 16, 2026, municipalities will be required to use this updated form for their building permit applications. The updated form is available at: Application for a Permit to Construct or Demolish . Municipalities and other principal authorities that use local versions of the form based on the provincial form will need to update their forms by

New Occupancy Permit Requirements in the Building Code for Deferred Development Charges The  Protect Ontario by Building Faster and Smarter Act, 2025  (Bill 17) amended the  Development Charges Act, 1997  to allow payment of the local/lower tier and regional/upper tier portion of development charges for non rental residential developments to be deferred from building permit issuance to either (a) issuance of an occupancy permit or (b) first occupancy of the building.  To oper