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Building designers (BCIN)
Permit drawings for houses, additions, decks and second units, within the building sizes their BCIN covers.
Page reviewed 30 Oct 2026.
When people need them
- Making it yours
- Adding a unit or renting it out
Records that matter to the work3
- Thinking about it
- Getting ready to sell
- Searching and financing
- The offer and its conditions
- Closing and moving
- The first 90 days
- Making it yours
- Adding a unit or renting it out
- Living there
The records that matter to this work
- What zone is the home in, and what does the zone permit?Zoning
- How many homes does the zoning allow on the lot?Extra units allowed
- What building permits are on record for the home?Permits and renovations
An OfferDue report reads these for one address, with the source and date of every line.
Licences and registers to check
- Ontario's public registry of qualified designers (BCIN)Shows who holds a Building Code Identification Number, for which kinds of buildings, and whether the registration is current. Designers who prepare permit drawings, and installers of septic systems, are qualified this way.Check the register →
Questions people ask before hiring
- Which drawings, approvals and permits does this project need, and who files them?
- What is your BCIN, licence or certificate number?
- What does the fee include, and how are changes charged?
- Have you worked with this City's building department before?
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