Worksheets & allocation
The worksheet is the queue ticket
At most Ontario pre-construction launches, you do not buy a unit off a shelf. You file a worksheet — a one-to-two-page form that tells the builder who you are and which units you would take — and allocation typically works through those worksheets roughly in the order they were received, though the method is each builder’s own and varies by builder and by release. This page explains what the form asks and why the order can matter, so a worksheet is ready before a launch opens, not after.
What a builder worksheet asks
About the buyers
- Full legal names of every purchaser, exactly as they will appear on the agreement
- Date of birth, current address, phone and email for each purchaser
- Government-issued ID details — builders verify identity before allocating
- Whether the purchase is a principal residence or an investment, and first-time-buyer status where a program asks
- The purchasing brokerage and salesperson of record
About the unit wanted
- Ranked unit choices — usually a first, second and third pick by floor plan or suite number
- Budget ceiling and preferred floors or exposures
- Parking and locker requirements, where they are sold separately
- Deposit readiness — how the staged deposit cheques will be covered
- Financing pre-approval status, where the builder asks for it
A worksheet is not an agreement of purchase and sale and it does not hold a unit. It puts a name in the allocation queue with the information the builder needs to write an agreement quickly if a chosen unit is offered.
Why the order worksheets arrive matters
At many launches, allocation runs down the queue: when a release opens, the sales office works through the worksheets in roughly the order received, so an early, complete worksheet tends to get an early look at the released units. No builder is bound to one method — some allocate by lottery, some by purchaser history, some strictly in worksheet order — and the terms of the specific release govern. Three consequences commonly follow in practice:
- Choice shrinks down the queue. Where allocation follows worksheet order, the lowest floors of a popular plan, the corner units and the release-priced suites tend to be spoken for early. A late worksheet is often choosing from what remains, not from the full price list.
- Completeness beats speed alone. A worksheet missing ID details or ranked choices can be set aside while complete ones are processed — arriving early and complete is the combination that counts at builders who work in received order.
- Releases usually reopen the window. Later phases and new towers typically open fresh worksheet windows rather than carrying one queue forward. Being early for the release you actually want matters more than being on a general list.
The launch ladder
Most launches sell in stages before the public ever sees a price list. The stages go by different names at different builders, but the ladder looks like this:
- Friends & family. The builder's own circle — staff, trades, past purchasers and their referrals. The smallest release, usually at the first pricing.
- Platinum access. A small group of brokerages with a track record of selling the builder's projects receive the price list and floor plans before anyone else, and submit worksheets for their buyers first.
- VIP / broker release. The wider brokerage community gets access. Most of a tower's worksheets are filed in this window, and popular plans can be fully allocated here.
- Public release. The sales office opens to walk-ins and the remaining inventory is advertised. What is left is what the earlier stages did not take — sometimes with later pricing.
Where a buyer enters the ladder decides which units and which price sheet they see. That is the whole mechanics of pre-construction access — there is no separate public price list hiding behind it.
Put a worksheet in motion
Tell us the project — or the city and budget — and we will send the project package and its worksheet so your information is complete before the release you want opens. 26 projects in this catalogue are listed as coming soon, where worksheet timing matters most.
The coming-soon list is on the coming soon page; how worksheets pair with launch pricing is covered in the Launch Breakdowns desk.