City directory
Home permit guides in New Brunswick.
Choose a municipality in New Brunswick to open its local guide.
New Brunswick 3 municipalities
How to use the New Brunswick permit hub
This New Brunswick directory currently links to 3 local permit guides, including Fredericton, Moncton and Saint John. Start with the municipality or authority for the property rather than relying on a rule from a nearby city. A project can involve separate zoning, building, development, trade or servicing questions, and the office that handles one step may not handle every approval.
New Brunswick homeowners should confirm the authority responsible for the property and the exact project scope before relying on a permit assumption. Before assuming work is exempt, write down the project scope, dimensions, structural changes, new plumbing or electrical work, any change of use and whether new dwelling space is involved. Those facts make the official permit search much more reliable. If your location is not listed here, use the current municipal or delegated authority directly instead of borrowing another city's threshold.
Province-level permit map
How residential permits are routed in New Brunswick
Local building departments issue building permits and conduct building inspections in New Brunswick. The province supplies the regulatory framework and construction-code baseline.
Code layer: New Brunswick currently applies the National Building Code of Canada 2020 and National Energy Code for Buildings 2020 through its provincial framework.
Trade permits: Electrical wiring permits are processed through the provincial/NB Power system and inspected through Technical Inspection Services. Gas and other technical-safety work also follows provincial Technical Inspection Services rather than being assumed to be covered by the municipal building permit.
Coverage: HomePermitsCanada currently has 3 municipal guides in New Brunswick. Use the city page for the project trigger, zoning/development check, municipal department, inspections and official city sources; use the province-level sources below to understand which approvals may sit outside city hall.
Official province-level starting points
Last reviewed: September 28, 2026. Province-level context does not override a municipality, safety authority or property-specific approval.