Business licence types

Business licensing and permits

Home-based child care provider

For home based businesses offering child care to 6 or less children
Contractor

Including builders, landscapers, general contractors and specialty trades
Restaurant or Brewery

Including breweries, restaurants and eateries
Retail

Including retail goods stores, clothing, farmer's markets
Facility based child care provider

For child care businesses run from a commercial location
Food production

Includes aeroponics, aquaponics, aquaculture, hydroponics and vertical farming
Vaping or tobacco retailers

Includes tobacco and vape retailers also gas stations, grocery stores and corner/convenience stores
Open an automotive business

Includes automotive sales, repairs, services, paint, chip & dent repair, catalytic converter sellers.
Open a waste & recycling business

Includes waste & recycling business, including municipal licensing requirements, rules and regulations, fees, and more.
Adding an outdoor patio to your business

Includes permits for patios on private property and public property such as parking lanes, public sidewalks and boulevards.
Open an entertainment and event business

Includes licensing requirements, fees, timelines, permits and approvals you need to open your business.

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Business licence types

Home-based child care provider

Contractor

Restaurant or Brewery

Retail

Facility based child care provider

Food production

Vaping or tobacco retailers

Open an automotive business

Open a waste & recycling business

Adding an outdoor patio to your business

Open an entertainment and event business

More licence types

Planning Services Centre