Get a home-based business licence

A business licence may be issued using your residence as your business address, providing:

• A portion of the residence is to be used for a craft or occupation for administration purposes only.
• No clients are permitted to attend the premises at any time.
• No partnerships or employees are permitted to engage in the running of the business from this residence. Each partner will need to obtain their own licence under their own home address. The only exception is for partnerships between spouses that both live at the same address.
• No person other than one resident member of the family occupying the residence shall be engaged in the home-based business on the premises.
• No more than three home-based business licences shall be issued for one residence.
• If an identification sign for a business is displayed at a residence, it must meet the definition of an ‘identification sign’ in  Section 6.12 of the Sign By-law PDF file (40 KB). 
• No products or materials shall be sold from or within the residence.
• No products, materials, or equipment shall be stored outside the residence, or any accessory building on the property.
• No offensive noise, odour, vibration, smoke, heat, or other objectionable effect shall be produced.
• If you are not the owner of the dwelling unit, you have discussed and received permission to operate the home-based business from the property owner or property manager.