Housing approvals dashboard
In response to the growing demand for greater transparency and timely information on housing activity, the City of Ottawa has developed a new housing approvals dashboard, a centralized, interactive tool designed to track Ottawa’s residential development activity.
The dashboard was created following a Council direction to monitor both Planning Act application approvals and building permits issued for new dwellings. Since Q1 2023, City staff have been reporting these figures quarterly to the Planning and Housing Committee in the Residential Dwelling Approvals Pipeline as a PDF. The new housing approvals dashboard replaces the Residential Dwelling Approvals Pipeline PDF reports and presents data in a more accessible, engaging, and user-friendly format that is more readily available to residents, developers, and housing stakeholders across the city. The housing approvals dashboard indicators reflect the full housing development pipeline, from planning approvals to building permits, dwelling construction starts, dwelling construction completions, as well as Planning Act application timelines. The housing approvals dashboard visuals are interactive, allowing users to explore trends by ward, dwelling type, and time period.
Key indicators include:
- Number of dwellings approved through planning applications
- Dwellings that are issued a building permit for construction
- Dwellings under construction
- Dwelling construction starts and completions, also referred to as housing starts and completions
- Monitoring of Planning Act applications on Council approved timelines
Datasets available for download
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| Last Updated | March 24, 2026, 20:40 (UTC) |
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Title
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Housing approvals dashboard |
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Description
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In response to the growing demand for greater transparency and timely information on housing activity, the City of Ottawa has developed a new housing approvals dashboard, a centralized, interactive tool designed to track Ottawa’s residential development activity. The dashboard was created following a Council direction to monitor both Planning Act application approvals and building permits issued for new dwellings. Since Q1 2023, City staff have been reporting these figures quarterly to the Planning and Housing Committee in the Residential Dwelling Approvals Pipeline as a PDF. The new housing approvals dashboard replaces the Residential Dwelling Approvals Pipeline PDF reports and presents data in a more accessible, engaging, and user-friendly format that is more readily available to residents, developers, and housing stakeholders across the city. The housing approvals dashboard indicators reflect the full housing development pipeline, from planning approvals to building permits, dwelling construction starts, dwelling construction completions, as well as Planning Act application timelines. The housing approvals dashboard visuals are interactive, allowing users to explore trends by ward, dwelling type, and time period. Key indicators include:
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Format (CSV, XLS, TXT, PDF, etc)
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Dataset Size
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0.16 |
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Metadata Identifier
Metadata identifier – can be used as the unique identifier for catalogue entry
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Published Date
Published date of the dataset.
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2025-07-09 |
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Access category
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public |
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License
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Open Data | City of Ottawa |
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Limits on use
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Location
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https://od-dev2-ottawa.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/ottawa::housing-approvals-dashboard |
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Owner
Owner of the dataset.
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[email protected] |
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Contact Point
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City of Ottawa |
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Contact Point Email
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[email protected] |
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Publisher
Publisher of the dataset.
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City of Ottawa |
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Author
Author of the dataset.
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[email protected] |
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Accessed At
Date the data and metadata was accessed.
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2025-08-11 |
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Identifier
Unique identifier for the dataset.
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42ca7a0635914562a30305b1c73d44cc |
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Language
Language(s) of the dataset
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Link to dataset description
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https://od-dev2-ottawa.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/ottawa::housing-approvals-dashboard |
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Provenance Text of the data.
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City of Ottawa |
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GeoSpatial resolution (in regions)
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Indigenous Community Permission
Who holds the Indigenous Community Permission. Who to contact regarding access to a dataset that has data about Indigenous communities.
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Community Permission
Community permission (who gave permission).
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The Indigenous communities the dataset is about
Indigenous communities from which data is derived.
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