Apply for a deck or porch permit in Toronto
How do I get a permit for a deck or porch in Toronto?
Toronto's deck and porch guide covers additions to an existing house. Some detached decks are exempt; check your design before applying. Applications use Toronto Building's Express web portal.
Application steps
- Check the City's permit-required guidance linked from the deck guide; identify whether your project is a deck, veranda or porch.
- Prepare a site plan showing property boundaries, setbacks, buildings, easements and relevant zoning dimensions.
- Prepare scaled drawings detailing footings, columns, beams, stairs and guards. Sign and date the drawings.
- Complete the construction application and applicable designer, engineering-responsibility and tree forms. Save the submission documents as PDFs.
- Use Apply for a Deck Permit on the official guide to enter the Express portal and follow its document and outside-approval requirements.
- Track the submission through the portal and review the City's current fee schedule. Submission alone does not authorize construction.
Before you open the official service
- Site plan
- Deck construction drawings
- Applicable PDF forms
Keep your actual documents and account details off this website. Use the official service’s current checklist before applying.
What to check for your situation
Permit exemptions and outside approvals depend on the property and design. This guide does not establish a property's zoning compliance.
Fees, processing times and document rules can change. This page helps you navigate; it does not confirm eligibility or replace the government’s instructions.
Forms and checklists
Official sources
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