Every Sunday morning, an email with the week's newly-approved new building projects we track in your province. Plus full access to the member site: a live map of the week's projects, a sortable lead sheet, and a route planner. One plan, everything included.

What counts as a "lead"?

A newly-approved, ground-up new building. That's it. We don't count additions, renovations, laneway houses, or accessory buildings — those aren't your buying window. If it's not a newly-approved, ground-up new building, it's not in the report.

Where does the data come from?

Building permits from cities across Canada. That's why the data is accurate — it's the city's own record of what was approved, not scraped listings or recycled bid boards.

Every week we pull the newly-issued ones, throw out everything that isn't a ground-up new building, and send you the shortlist that matters for your trade. You get the Sunday email, the map, and the lead sheet. Win one job off the list and it's paid for.

Nine provinces: British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Newfoundland and Labrador. Pick your province once and you see every project we track in it.

Updated every Sunday. The projects in your email were newly approved — not newly discovered. If a permit is old or the project has already started, we don't present it as fresh.

Where the permit data includes it. Some cities publish the builder or applicant name — when they do, it's in the lead sheet. We don't guess, and we don't fill in blanks. What's there is real.

Trades that sell when a site is mobilizing: temp fencing, portable sanitation, waterproofing, concrete cutting, site cleanup, temp power, and similar. If knowing about newly-approved buildings early helps you win work, it's for you.

No. It's built for phones. Open the email, tap through to the map, see what's near you. If you can use Google Maps, you can use this.

Then we tell you that. Some weeks are quiet — we'd rather send a short honest email than pad it. You still get the full map and lead sheet to browse.

Through your account page. No call required, no retention script. If it's not winning you work, you shouldn't be paying for it.

Three things: you can try the full product free for 14 days before paying anything. There's one flat plan — no tiers, no add-ons, no quote process. And it's built for the mobilization window specifically, not generic bid lists.

The subcontractors who win the most work find projects at the permit stage — after the building permit is approved but before excavation begins. At this point:

1. The GC is assembling their trade list

2. No incumbent supplier is locked in yet

3. Being first to call is often enough to win the work (especially for site services like fencing, sanitation, and waterproofing)

The data source is municipal building permits, which are public records. The challenge is that every city publishes them differently — different formats, different schedules, different levels of detail. Aggregation services exist specifically to solve this.

It depends on your trade and how you sell:

• If you sell at mobilization (fencing, portable toilets, site security, temporary power): you need to know the moment a project is approved. Permit-tracking services like NewBuildLeads are built for this — weekly alerts on newly-approved projects in your area.

• If you bid on tenders (larger commercial): bid platforms like ConstructConnect or Biddingo list public tenders, but by the tender stage, many trades are already selected.

• If you rely on relationships: GC relationships still drive most repeat work. But relationships don't tell you about the project three cities over that just got approved — data does.

Most successful subcontractors use a mix: relationships for repeat work, permit data for new opportunities.

NewBuildLeads (newbuildleads.ca) is a $99 CAD/month subscription for Canadian subcontractors. Every Sunday morning, members get an email with the week's newly-approved ground-up construction projects in their province.

Each lead includes the project address, project value, and contractor name where the municipal data includes it. Members also get a live map of projects, a sortable lead sheet, and a route planner for scheduling site visits.

Coverage: 56 cities across 9 provinces (BC, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland and Labrador). 14-day free trial, no credit card required.