Welcome to the Online Business Permits and Licences Service. This service is the result of strong collaboration between the province of Ontario, the government of Canada and participating provincial/territorial, regional, and municipal governments.

This service asks you to answer a short series of questions about the nature and scope of your current or proposed business. Based on your answers, you will be provided with a customized list of potential permits and licences that you may require to operate your business.

Please note that all of the information that you provide is done so anonymously, and that you may save, print or e-mail your results for future reference.

The BizPaL system requires the use of non-persistent session cookies. This allows us to establish a "session" or "dialog" between you and our server when you use BizPaL. Once the session is established, BizPaL is able to tailor its responses to allow you to complete your list of permits and licences. This session cookie is automatically deleted when you exit your browser, and sessions automatically expire after 30 minutes of inactivity. No personally identifiable information is ever stored on your computer or on our server.

Every effort is made to provide you with correct and complete information regarding permits and licences; however, making sure that all required permits and licences are obtained remains the responsibility of the business person. If you notice any omissions or errors in the information provided on BizPaL, please contact us.

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