Do I need a building permit? What does it cost?
In the City of Vaughan, Ontario, building permit rules are set by Building By-Law 050-2018 (Consolidated) and 1 other bylaw, verified 2026-09-25. Permit required for: Construction, demolition, and change of use of a building. Fees set in: City's current Fees and Charges By-law. Administered by: Chief Building Official and Inspectors.
| permit required for | Construction, demolition, and change of use of a building. | s. 2.1 |
| fees location | City's current Fees and Charges By-law | Schedule A |
| authority | Chief Building Official and Inspectors | s. 1.1 |
City of Vaughan Building By-law under s.7 Building Code Act, 1992: regulates permits, classes of permits, inspections, transfer of permits and refunds for construction, demolition and change of use; repeals By-law 044-2015.
Same consolidated fees by-law recorded again under building_permits: Schedule F sets the current building permit fee schedule referencing s.7 of the Building Code Act, 1992.
City's searchable by-law library landing page (recent enactments only visible without JS search); used to confirm site structure. Live vaughan.ca blocks curl/WebFetch with HTTP 403, so this and other Vaughan URLs were opened via Wayback Machine snapshots.