Building Inspections

Once an applicant has applied for and received a valid building permit, the applicant is required to request inspections at each stage of construction. Mandatory inspection stages are regulated by the Ontario Building Code.

During an inspection, one of the Municipality's Building Officials will visit your property with the aim of ensuring that all work undertaken is in compliance with the Ontario Building Code. They will inform you whether you are permitted to continue construction into the next phase, or whether additional work is required to ensure compliance.

Inspections can be booked through Cloudpermit and must be scheduled at least two regular business days in advance.

If you are requesting an inspection for a permit applied for prior to 2020, please email the Building Department.

It is a violation to proceed without booking an inspection. Such action could result in completed work having to be uncovered, at the cost of the owner/applicant.

Inspection Stages

Inspection stages will evidently differ, depending on the nature of a construction project. The inspection stages mandated by the Ontario Building Code are as follows:

Readiness to construct footings
Substantial completion of footings and foundations prior to commencement of backfilling
Substantial completion of structural framing and ductwork and piping for heating and air-conditioning systems, if the building is within the scope of Part 9 of Division B
Substantial completion of structural framing and roughing-in of heating, ventilation, air-conditioning and air-contaminant extraction equipment, if the building is not a building to which Clause (c) applies
Substantial completion of insulation and vapour barriers
Substantial completion of air barrier systems
Substantial completion of all required fire separations and closures and all fire protection systems, including standpipe, sprinkler, fire alarm, and emergency lighting systems
Substantial completion of fire access route
- Building sewers and building drains
- Water service pipes
- Fire service mains
- Drainage systems and venting systems
- The water distribution system
- Plumbing fixtures and plumbing appliances
Readiness to construct the sewage system
Substantial completion of the installation of the sewage system before the commencement of backfilling
Substantial completion of installation of plumbing not located in a structure, before the commencement of backfilling
Completion of construction and installation of components required to permit the issue of an occupancy permit under
Sentence 1.3.3.1.(3) or to permit occupancy under Sentence 1.3.3.2.(1), if the building or part of the building to be occupied is not fully completed
Completion of construction and installation of components required to permit the issue of an occupancy permit under Sentence 1.3.3.4.(4), 1.3.3.5.(3), or 1.3.3.7.(8)

Occupancy Permit

Once a construction project has been deemed, by a Municipal Building Official, to be in basic compliance with the Ontario Building Code and all other Municipal bylaws (such as the Zoning Bylaw), an occupancy permit will be issued for the permit.

Until such time that an occupancy permit has been issued, no person shall occupy or use any part of a building.

If the work is deemed "safe" but remains incomplete, the building permit will remain open in the Municipality's records until a final inspection is undertaken.

Additional Resources and Information

Application Forms