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Property Surveys and Building Permit Records
The City of Burlington’s Routine Disclosure service provides copies of property surveys and building permit records that have been filed with the City through a building permit application, pursuant to the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act. In order to apply for access to these types of records, the applicant must be the current registered property owner, owner’s agent, property manager and/or ‘Other Authorized Requesters’. For further information on routine disclosure requests, please visit the the Freedom of Information page.
To request a copy of a property survey or building permit records on file with the City of Burlington, please use our online application form.
The application, processing and reproduction fees for routine disclosure of building permit records and property survey requests can be found here. Additional fees may apply. The application fee must be received at time of application and is non-refundable.
Types of Records available through Routine Disclosure
- Surveys
- Building Permits
- Building Permit Applications
- Building Plans/Drawings
- Orders Issued under the Building Code Act
*All other types of records must be requested, view the application form for Freedom of Information.
Terms of use
The release of property surveys is pursuant to the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (MFIPPA).
Please note where the survey is not a legal survey it is subject to the Copyright Act pertaining to use and reproduction. The survey only speaks as of the date it was created and does not include any features changed, added or deleted after that date.
The City of Burlington does not warrant the accuracy, quality or fitness for purpose of any information found on the building permit record(s) or property survey(s) and refunds will not be provided.
What if the City does not have the requested records on file?
Although the City keeps property surveys and building permit records, we cannot guarantee your property has the records you require. Depending on the age of the building, permit records may not be available and where surveys are available, they may not be the most up-to-date current version of the property survey. For a current up-to-date and legal survey, you may want to consider contacting an Ontario Land Surveyor or organizations that have access rights to legal surveys, including but not limited to:
- Teranet – www.teranet.ca
- Mackay, MacKay Peters Limited
3380 South Service Rd, Burlington
905-639-1375
surveysearch@mmplimited.com - They may have older property surveys on file - Service Ontario – 1-800-267-8097, 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. or the Service Ontario Website
- protectyourboundaries.ca
- landsurveyrecords.com
- Land Registry Offices – as the document may be registered on title, or by contacting the previous owner or creator of the record – architect, consultant, engineer or surveyor
Building statistics and reports
We prepare statistics and reports that summarize building permit activity for the City, including:
- Monthly reports - monthly summaries of building permit activity such as the number of permits issued, estimated construction value and the number of residential units created
- Quarterly reports - two-year comparisons of building permit activity by construction type for the quarter and year-to-date, including the number of permits issued, estimated construction value and permit fees paid
- Annual reports - multiple reports that give a five-year comparative summary of the overall building permit activity in Burlington
- Permit issuance listing - a monthly report available for a fee that lists the building permits issued over a specific month. To purchase previous or future monthly listings, please contact the Building Department at 905-335-7731, ext. 7180 or buildingrecords@burlington.ca .
For our available statistics and reports from previous years, please contact us.