THE MACHINE-READABLE MUNICIPAL LAYER • CANADA / 2026

When an agent asks “how much?” give it a source.

Find individual Canadian municipal permit and development fees, run supported calculations, and give AI agents structured results they can verify. No made-up national averages.

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AGENT LOOKUP / PREVIEW● VERIFIED SOURCE

› GET /api/v1/calculate

fee=surrey-plan
construction_value_cad=25000

{

"amount_cad": 150.00,
"status": "published_component_only",
"is_total_project_fee": false,
"source_url": "surrey.ca/..."

}

Transparent inputs ↔ Verified source ↔ Clear limits

32source-linked fee rules

15Canadian municipal entries

13provinces & territories filterable

0invented missing prices

SOURCE ALERTSVictoria has a temporary permit-fee waiver✳Vancouver ACC bylaw changed September 30, 2026✳Always confirm exact application date and fee scope

01 / INTERACTIVE EXPLORER

One fee at a time. No false totals.

Fee categories vary by municipality. Pick the exact published fee component you need.

DATA SNAPSHOT 17 OCT 2026

1 Pick a location

Province / territoryMunicipality

2 Choose a published fee

Fee component

CALCULATION RESULTREFERENCE ONLY

Select a fee

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Amounts are in Canadian dollars (CAD).

This is an independent prototype, not a final government quote.

02 / LOCAL WORKSPACE

Comparison tray

Collect up to six independent fee components. These are not a combined permit quote, and different scopes are not directly comparable.

No fee components saved. Run a calculation and add it here.

03 / SOURCE DIRECTORY

Canada is big. Our claims stay specific.

Search the municipalities currently included. Entries with no calculated fee link directly to available official guidance.

OFFICIAL SOURCES 15 ENTRIES

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Not a complete national database. The directory includes selected Canadian cities. A city not listed here has no verified entry in this snapshot—not a $0 permit fee. Sources can change without notice, and some rates require local review.

04 / FOR AI AGENTS & BUILDERS

Built for the machine customer.

Structured inputs, source URLs and honest uncertainty. Read the public catalog and query the live source-linked JSON API. New rates are not guaranteed to update automatically.

01 / DATA

Portable public catalog

A readable JSON snapshot with jurisdictions, fee IDs, accepted inputs, scope and source URLs.

Download catalog.json ↗

02 / CONTRACT

API schema

OpenAPI description and request examples so agents know exactly what the tool can and cannot calculate.

Download OpenAPI ↗

03 / AI

Agent discovery

Plain-text model instructions, supported endpoints and guardrails for incomplete source coverage.

Read llms.txt ↗

EXAMPLE AGENT CALL

Serverless JSON API

The public API remains free during the pilot. A separate prepaid authenticated endpoint is being introduced at Agent credits. Check the API test page to confirm that your deployment responds. No paid agent credits are currently sold.

Endpoints:GET /api/v1/catalogGET /api/v1/jurisdictionsGET /api/v1/feesGET /api/v1/calculatePOST /api/v1/bulk

THE PRODUCT PHILOSOPHY

An answer isn't useful if nobody can trust where it came from.

Every published amount is a named fee component, linked to the municipality that published it. When the model can't determine a final cost, it says so.

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