Building permits
Cranbrook building permits: $309.8m ytd tops 2025 record; openstats permit pillar unplaced
Cranbrook issued 140 permits worth $309.8 million through early September 2026, the Daily Townsman reported. OpenStats has no 0292 mapping for Cranbrook; City Score rank #277 with CSI 139.36 at rank #16.
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Cranbrook pillar standing (2025)
Source: OpenStats composite edition 2025 (apps/hub/src/data/rankings/)
Why it matters
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What's measured
This report draws on OpenStats tables cited in the body — section: Building permits.
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Kootenay composite standings
Source: OpenStats composite edition 2025 (apps/hub/src/data/rankings/)
Cranbrook police-service CSI (2025)
Source: Statistics Canada Tables 35-10-0026-01 and 35-10-0063-01
On September 22, 2026, the Cranbrook Daily Townsman reported that the City of Cranbrook had issued 140 building permits worth $309.8 million as of September 9, more than triple the prior annual record near $100 million set in 2025. Staff briefed council on September 21. Mayor Wayne Price told the paper: “For the past four years, a lack of housing was a major concern for Council, business owners, and residents.” The city highlighted purpose-built rental starts and 120 single-family lots with preliminary approval or under construction.
OpenStats does not yet map Cranbrook to a Statistics Canada Table 34-10-0292-01 CMA or CA geography, so the national permit-value study leaves Cranbrook unplaced and City Score uses median standing on the construction pillar. The municipal $309.8 million YTD total is the verified local signal in this story. Composite standing is 43.0% at rank #277 with four pillars observed on the 2025 edition.
What the city counted in 2026
The Townsman separates record permit dollars from visible construction: 2025 set a high watermark for values, while 2026 is when projects show up in neighbourhoods. City communications expect strong housing numbers through 2027. When StatCan publishes CMA or CA rows that match Cranbrook under the OpenStats slug map, the construction pillar can pick up verified sums; until then, rely on municipal open data for local dollars.
Cranbrook on City Score today
| Pillar | Rank (of corpus) | Headline value |
|---|---|---|
| City Score composite | #277 of 343 | 43.0% standing · 4 pillars observed |
| Building permit value (0292) | Unplaced | No mapped CMA/CA sum |
| Crime severity (police service) | #16 of 102 placed | CSI 139.36 |
| Population growth | #258 of 343 | +0.4% annual growth rate |
| Drinking water hardness | #325 of 343 | 89 mg/L |
Police-reported CSI at 139.36 ranks #16 among placed RCMP municipal services. Water hardness at 89 mg/L ranks #325. The Cranbrook hometown page links the permits atlas and documents median construction standing.
Kootenay peer context
| City | City Score rank | 0292 permit study | CSI rank (if placed) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kelowna | #241 | Unplaced | #21 |
| Kamloops | #339 | Unplaced | #18 |
| Cranbrook | #278 | Unplaced | #16 |
| Nelson | #323 | Unplaced | #42 |
All four Kootenay peers take median construction standing: OpenStats does not assign StatCan CMA permit totals to a city slug. Cranbrook and Nelson rely on that median while local permit offices publish their own YTD totals.
What to watch on OpenStats
First, whether a verified municipal permit feed maps to Cranbrook. Second, CSI 139.36 on the crime severity study. Third, population growth rank #258 after the next CSD estimate.
Methods and sources
Municipal permit totals from the Cranbrook Daily Townsman (September 22, 2026). National permit rules: how OpenStats reads StatCan permits. Rankings from apps/hub/src/data/rankings/.