Ontario CodeNews

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

Interprovincial Labour Mobility for Building Officials The Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing has updated the Equivalency Assessment for Building Officials policy to expand the program eligibility to include applications from all provinces and territories in Canada. This change provides suitably qualified applicants with a pathway to practise in Ontario. It will make it easier to recruit, train and retain building officials and help address building official shortages