Avoid late fees during the Canada Post strike with other payment options
Your business licence expires on December 31. To avoid late fees, interest charges, or penalties during the Canada Post strike, use other methods to make payments on time.
Ways to make payment
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Processing of applications
Access to the Business Licence Office is by appointment only. Walk-in service and drop-in appointments are not available.
To help process your applications faster, we have moved to a digital approach for applications, enquiries, and payments.
- Submit and renew your business licence online
- Contact us online for customer enquiries
Note We will contact you with questions or next steps once we have processed your request.
Any organization doing business in or from Vancouver must have a business licence.
Apply for and manage your business licence. Explore the types of businesses that require a business licence.
Find issued business licences in our Open Data Portal.
We're modernizing business licensing
Effective May 6, 2024: We are streamlining over 500 different licensing types to under 100.
Information icon No action is required for businesses with existing licensing.
Your business licence will be:
- Automatically transferred into the new licence type
- Reflected on the 2025 licence
