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Equipment and crane rental work coming up in Toronto

101 projects in Toronto fit equipment rental, crane, hoist and scaffold companies in the last 30 days. Each has a building permit, a construction start or a site plan on the public record, at $2M and up, houses left out, in the phases where equipment and crane rental gets bought.

By Max Gillespie · Updated
Counted Nov 11, 2026, 2:55 AM ET · updates daily

Projects that fit, from the last 30 days

A few of the 101, biggest first. Each opens its project file. Pro names the people on each one.

When equipment and crane rental gets bought

Equipment is rented before site work starts, and tower cranes and hoists go up early on tall buildings.

Big new permits, construction starts, site plans and tower crane filings with the FAA.

The busiest GCs in Toronto

Named on the most building permits over the last 90 days. They buy the equipment and crane rental, or hire the sub who does.

  1. 1Happy Homestead Dunelm INC1 permits
  2. 2Greenbilt Homes Ltd1 permits
  3. 3Plutus Group INC1 permits
  4. 4Assembly Corp1 permits
  5. 5Sherwood Homes1 permits
The 25 most active contractors in Toronto →

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Questions

How do equipment rental, crane, hoist and scaffold companies find new projects in Toronto?
Watch the public record, not the bid boards. Big new permits, construction starts, site plans and tower crane filings with the FAA. 101 projects in Toronto fit equipment rental, crane, hoist and scaffold companies in the last 30 days. Each has a building permit, a construction start or a site plan on the public record, at $2M and up, houses left out, in the phases where equipment and crane rental gets bought. Radar sends the next one the day it files.
When does a GC buy equipment and crane rental on a job?
Equipment is rented before site work starts, and tower cranes and hoists go up early on tall buildings.
Which general contractors are building the most in Toronto?
Over the last 90 days, Happy Homestead Dunelm INC (1 permits), Greenbilt Homes Ltd (1) and Plutus Group INC (1) are named on the most Toronto building permits. The full list is in the most active contractors report.
Where does this count come from?
Groundbreak reads permits, rezonings and site plans and school and hospital projects in Toronto every day and groups them into projects. This page counts the projects at the stages a rental company watches, the same count sign-up shows for the same picks. It was computed Nov 11, 2026, 2:55 AM Eastern and updates daily.
What does Groundbreak cost?
Creating an account is free: tell Radar what you work on and it shows your matches. The names, phones and figures on every record are Pro. There is no free trial. Pro is $27 a month, every market. Cancel anytime.
Can I ask ChatGPT or Claude for this?
Yes, with Pro. Groundbreak runs an MCP server, so Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor and other AI assistants can search Toronto's permits, projects and companies and say who is on them. Setup takes a minute: https://docs.groundbreak.city/mcp.

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