Hamilton Building Permits

• Hamilton clears $1 billion in building permits in 2022, setting new record

  June 17, 2022, marked the earliest date by which the city had ever reached the billion-dollar mark in construction value, 13 days earlier than the previous record set in 2021.

  Economy

  Jul 11, 2022
  
• City of Hamilton reaches historic $2 billion in building permits

  Mayor Fred Eisenberger says reaching the milestone during the pandemic shows an 'overwhelming interest' to invest and develop in Hamilton.

  Economy

  Nov 24, 2021
  
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• Hamilton reaches $1 billion construction activity for the year despite COVID-19

  In 2020, the $1 billion milestone represents 4,718 building projects.

  Economy

  Oct 13, 2020
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• Developers hold back amid LRT uncertainty

  Norton suggests the province's current freeze on land purchases along the route, through Metrolinx, is one reason 'nobody is believing the LRT is coming.'

  Politics

  Feb 20, 2019
• Hamilton’s tourism sector soared to new heights in 2018, budget presentation says

  Figures presented during a budget presentation at city hall on Wednesday show that 4.5 million visitors spent $30 million in the city last year.

  Politics

  Jan 30, 2019
• Neil Everson Way pays tribute to the driving force behind Ancaster’s industrial park

  Ancaster Coun. Lloyd Ferguson stresses that Everson was "instrumental" in the Ancaster Industrial Park's creation in the 1980s.

  Economy

  Oct 5, 2018
• Film industry delivers $12M boost to Hamilton’s economy

  Direct spending includes "hotel stays" which have more than doubled in Hamilton in just two years, topping 20,000 nights for the first time in 2017.

  Economy

  Jan 30, 2018
• $1.3B in building permits a new high watermark for Hamilton

  There were also more than 1,600 industrial, commercial, and institutional permits issued, with industrial activity up a whopping 197%.

  Economy

  Jan 18, 2018
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• Earliest ever date, as Hamilton hits $1 billion in building permits for 2017

  Last Friday, economic development officials confirm that the city went over the $1 billion mark in building permits for 2017.

  Economy

  Oct 3, 2017