BizPaL
BizPaL is a web service for Canadian businesses provided by the federal, and participating provincial/territorial, and municipal governments in Canada.
Based on information provided by the user, it generates a customized list of the necessary permits and licenses from the municipal, provincial/territorial and federal levels of government.
BizPaL is currently active in ten provinces and two territories.
Overview
BizPaL is an online service providing information about permit and licensing requirements from the three levels of government in Canada. It is an integrated response by all levels of government to the problems entrepreneurs sometimes encounter when starting up or growing a business.
BizPaL generates a personalized list of the business documents needed from the three levels of government- local, provincial/territorial, and federal- that a new entrepreneur or small business owner may have to deal with in order to start up or grow a business. If the business is already operating, entrepreneurs can use BizPaL to verify that all the correct permits and licences have been obtained.
BizPaL was launched as a pilot project with a lead group of participating governments in December 2005 through the first half of 2006. The BizPaL service is currently available in more than 1,000 jurisdictions across Canada.
The program is available in provinces, territories, and municipalities which have entered into an agreement between themselves and the federal government.
While the service is an initiative of the federal government, each jurisdiction is responsible for maintaining their own data within the system.
Participating governments
As of January 1, 2018, the Territory of Nunavut is not participating in BizPaL.
The following is a list of participating provinces/territories and municipalities as listed on the BizPaL federal website.[1]
Alberta
- Airdrie
- Amisk
- Arrowwood
- Banff
- Barrhead
- Barrhead No. 11, County of
- Beaumont
- Beaver County
- Bittern Lake
- Black Diamond
- Bonnyville
- Brazeau County
- Brooks
- Calgary
- Camrose
- Camrose County
- Canmore
- Carmangay
- Caroline
- Carstairs
- Castor
- Champion
- Clyde
- Cochrane
- Cold Lake
- Coronation
- Cremona
- Crossfield
- Czar
- Devon
- Dewberry
- Didsbury
- Drayton Valley
- Edmonton
- Elnora
- Flagstaff County
- Foothills No. 31, Municipal District of
- Fort Saskatchewan
- Grande Cache
- Grande Prairie
- Halkirk
- Hanna
- High Level
- High River
- Hinton
- Hughenden
- Lac La Biche County
- Lac Ste. Anne County
- Lacombe
- Leduc
- Lesser Slave River No. 124, Municipal District of
- Lethbridge
- Lloydminster
- Lomond
- Marwayne
- Medicine Hat
- Milo
- Newell, County of
- Northern Lights, County of
- Northern Sunrise County
- Okotoks
- Olds
- Paintearth No. 18, County of
- Parkland County
- Peace River
- Penhold
- Ponoka
- Provost
- Provost No. 52, Municipal District of
- Red Deer
- Redwater
- Rocky Mountain House
- Rocky View County
- Slave Lake
- Smoky Lake County
- Spirit River No. 133, Municipal District of
- Spruce Grove
- St. Albert
- St. Paul No. 19, County of
- Stony Plain
- Strathcona County
- Sundre
- Swan Hills
- Thorhild County
- Two Hills
- Two Hills No. 21, County of
- Vermilion
- Vermilion River, County of
- Vulcan
- Vulcan County
- Wainwright
- Westlock
- Westlock County
- Wetaskiwin
- Wheatland County
- Whitecourt
- Wood Buffalo
- Woodlands County
British Columbia
- 100 Mile House
- Abbotsford
- Armstrong
- Barriere
- Burnaby
- Cache Creek
- Campbell River
- Castlegar
- Central Okanagan Regional District
- Central Saanich
- Chetwynd
- Chilliwack
- Coldstream
- Colwood
- Coquitlam
- Creston
- Dawson Creek
- Delta
- Elkford
- Enderby
- Esquimalt
- Fort St. James
- Fort St. John
- Fraser Lake
- Fruitvale
- Gibsons
- Golden
- Grand Forks
- Hazelton
- Hope
- Hudson's Hope
- Kamloops
- Kaslo
- Kelowna
- Keremeos
- Kitimat
- Ladysmith
- Lake Country
- Lake Cowichan
- Langford
- Langley
- Langley, Township of
- Lillooet
- Logan Lake
- Lumby
- Mackenzie
- Maple Ridge
- Merritt
- Mission
- Nanaimo
- Nelson
- New Hazelton
- New Westminster
- North Cowichan
- North Saanich
- North Vancouver
- North Vancouver, District of
- Northern Rockies Regional Municipality
- Oliver
- Osoyoos
- Parksville
- Peachland
- Penticton
- Pitt Meadows
- Port Alberni
- Port Coquitlam
- Port Hardy
- Port McNeill
- Port Moody
- Powell River
- Prince George
- Prince Rupert
- Princeton
- Qualicum Beach
- Queen Charlotte
- Quesnel
- Radium Hot Springs
- Revelstoke
- Richmond
- Rossland
- Saanich
- Salmon Arm
- Sayward
- Sechelt
- Sicamous
- Sidney
- Smithers
- Sooke
- Spallumcheen
- Sparwood
- Squamish
- Summerland
- Sunshine Coast Regional District
- Surrey
- Terrace
- Tofino
- Trail
- Tumbler Ridge
- Ucluelet
- Valemount
- Vancouver
- Vanderhoof
- Vernon
- Victoria
- View Royal
- West Kelowna, District of
- West Vancouver
- Whistler
- White Rock
- Williams Lake
Manitoba
- Alexander, Rural Municipality of
- Arborg
- Brandon
- Carman
- Cartwright
- Coldwell
- Dauphin
- Dauphin, Rural Municipality of
- De Salaberry
- Deloraine
- Dufferin
- Ellice
- Eriksdale
- Ethelbert
- Ethelbert, Rural Municipality of
- Flin Flon
- Franklin
- Gilbert Plains
- Gilbert Plains, Rural Municipality of
- Gillam
- Gimli, Rural Municipality of
- Glenwood, Rural Municipality of
- Grandview
- Grandview, Rural Municipality of
- Hillsburg, Rural Municipality of
- Langford
- Lorne
- Manitou
- Minnedosa
- Minto, Rural Municipality of
- Montcalm
- Morden
- Morris
- Morris, Rural Municipality of
- Neepawa
- Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes
- Odanah
- Pembina
- Pinawa, Rural Municipality of
- Portage la Prairie
- Portage la Prairie, Rural Municipality of
- Powerview-Pine Falls
- Reynolds
- Ritchot
- Roblin
- Roblin, Rural Municipality of
- Rosedale
- Saskatchewan, Rural Municipality of
- Selkirk
- Shell River, Rural Municipality of
- Siglunes
- Silver Creek, Rural Municipality of
- Somerset
- Souris
- South Norfolk
- St-Lazare
- St-Pierre-Jolys
- St. Andrews, Rural Municipality of
- St. Clements, Rural Municipality of
- St. Laurent, Rural Municipality of
- Stanley, Rural Municipality of
- Steinbach
- Teulon
- Thompson
- Thompson, Rural Municipality of
- Treherne
- Victoria, Rural Municipality of
- Whitemouth
- Winchester
- Winkler
- Winnipeg
- Woodlands, Rural Municipality of
New Brunswick
- Bathurst
- Blacks Harbour
- Bouctouche
- Campbellton
- Caraquet
- Dalhousie
- Dieppe
- Edmundston
- Five Rivers
- Florenceville-Bristol
- Fredericton
- Grand Bay-Westfield
- Grand Falls
- Hampton
- Hartland
- Miramichi
- Moncton
- Neguac
- Oromocto
- Quispamsis
- Richibucto
- Riverview
- Rothesay
- Sackville
- Saint Andrews
- Saint John
- Southern Victoria
- Sussex
- Tracadie-Sheila
Newfoundland and Labrador
- Badger
- Bay Bulls
- Bay Roberts
- Bonavista
- Buchans
- Burin
- Centreville-Wareham-Trinity
- Channel-Port aux Basques
- Clarenville
- Conception Bay South
- Cormack
- Corner Brook
- Deer Lake
- Ferryland
- Flatrock
- Gambo
- Gander
- Garnish
- Glovertown
- Grand Bank
- Grand Falls-Windsor
- Happy Valley-Goose Bay
- Holyrood
- Humber Arm South
- Kippens
- Labrador City
- Lewisporte
- Marystown
- Massey Drive
- Mount Pearl
- Musgrave Harbour
- Musgravetown
- Paradise
- Pasadena
- Placentia
- Port Blandford
- Port Saunders
- Portugal Cove-St. Philip's
- Rocky Harbour
- St. Alban's
- St. Anthony
- St. John's
- Steady Brook
- Stephenville
- Summerford
- Torbay
- Wabana
- Whitbourne
- Witless Bay
Northwest Territories
Nova Scotia
- Amherst
- Annapolis County
- Annapolis Royal
- Antigonish
- Antigonish County
- Barrington, Municipality of the District of
- Bridgetown
- Cape Breton Regional Municipality
- Clare
- Colchester County
- Cumberland County
- Digby, Municipality of the District of
- East Hants
- Guysborough
- Halifax Regional Municipality
- Kentville
- Kings County
- Lunenburg
- Lunenburg, Municipality of the District of
- Middleton
- New Glasgow
- Pictou County
- Queens County
- Richmond County
- Shelburne, Municipality of the District of
- Stellarton
- Trenton
- Truro
- Westville
- Windsor
- Wolfville
- Yarmouth
- Yarmouth, Municipality of the District of
Ontario
- Ajax
- Aurora
- Aylmer
- Bayham
- Black River-Matheson
- Blind River
- Bonfield
- Bracebridge
- Bradford West Gwillimbury
- Brampton
- Brantford
- Brockville
- Bruce Mine
- Burlington
- Calvin
- Cambridge
- Carlow/Mayo
- Central Elgin
- Champlain
- Chatham-Kent
- Clarington
- Cobourg
- Cochrane
- Collingwood
- Conmee (Township)
- Deseronto
- Dryden
- Dutton/Dunwich
- East Gwillimbury
- Edwardsburgh/Cardinal
- Enniskillen
- Essa
- Faraday
- Fort Frances
- Frontenac Islands
- Georgian Bluffs, Township of
- Georgina
- Gillies, Township of
- Gravenhurst
- Grimsby
- Guelph
- Haldimand County
- Halton Region
- Halton Hills
- Hamilton
- Hanover
- Hastings Highlands Township
- Hearst
- Hilton
- Hilton Beach
- Hornepayne
- Huntsville
- Huron Shores
- Innisfil
- Jocelyn
- Johnson
- Kapuskasing
- Kawartha Lakes
- Kenora
- King Township
- Kingston
- Kitchener
- Lake of Bays
- Lake of the Woods Township
- Lakeshore
- London
- Lucan Biddulph
- Malahide
- Markham
- Marmora and Lake
- Mattawa
- McKellar Township
- Midland
- Milton
- Mississauga
- Moosonee
- Muskoka, District Municipality of
- Muskoka Lakes, Township of
- Neebing
- New Tecumseth
- Newmarket
- Niagara, Regional Municipality of
- Niagara-on-the-Lake
- Norfolk
- North Frontenac
- North Grenville
- North Shore
- Oakville
- Oil Springs
- Oliver Paipoonge
- Orillia
- Oshawa
- Ottawa
- Owen Sound
- Peel Region
- Penetanguishene
- Petrolia
- Pickering
- Plummer Additional
- Red Rock
- Richmond Hill
- Rideau Lakes
- Sault Ste. Marie
- Schreiber
- Smooth Rock Falls
- South Algonquin
- Southwold
- St. Catharines
- Stirling-Rawdon
- Stratford
- Sudbury (Greater)
- Tay Township
- Thunder Bay
- Timmins
- Toronto
- Tudor and Cashel
- Uxbridge
- Vaughan
- Waterloo
- Waterloo, Regional Municipality of
- Wawa
- Welland
- Wellesley, Township of
- West Elgin
- West Grey
- Whitby
- Whitchurch-Stouffville
- White River
- Windsor
- Wollaston
Prince Edward Island
- Afton
- Alberton
- Alexandra
- Annandale
- Bedeque
- Belfast
- Bideford
- Bonshaw
- Borden-Carleton
- Breadalbane
- Cardigan
- Central Bedeque
- Central Kings
- Charlottetown
- Clyde River
- Cornwall
- Crapaud
- Darlington
- Eastern Kings
- Ellerslie
- Georgetown
- Grand Tracadie
- Greenmount-Montrose
- Howe Bay
- Hunter River
- Kensington
- Lady Slipper
- Little Pond
- Lot 11 and area
- Malpeque Bay
- Meadowbank
- Miltonvale Park
- Miminegash
- Miscouche
- Montague
- Morell
- Montague
- Murray Harbour
- New Haven
- Northport
- Riverdale
- Souris
- Souris West
- St. Felix
- St. Louis
- St. Nicholas
- St. Peters Bay
- Stratford
- Victoria
- Warren Grove
- Wellington
- West River
- Winsloe South
Saskatchewan
- Arcola
- Asquith
- Assiniboia
- Balcarres
- Battleford
- Bienfait
- Big River
- Biggar
- Broadview
- Bruno
- Canora
- Carlyle
- Carnduff
- Carrot River
- Churchbridge
- Corman Park No. 344, Rural Municipality of
- Coronach
- Cudworth
- Cupar
- Cut Knife
- Dalmeny
- Davidson
- Delisle
- Duck Lake
- Dundurn
- Edenwold No. 158, Rural Municipality of
- Esterhazy
- Estevan
- Estevan No. 5, Rural Municipality of
- Eston
- Fort Qu'Appelle
- Gravelbourg
- Grenfell
- Gull Lake
- Hague
- Herbert
- Hudson Bay
- Humboldt
- Indian Head
- Kamsack
- Kelvington
- Kerrobert
- Kindersley
- Kinistino
- Kipling
- Lampman
- Langenburg
- Langham
- Lanigan
- Lashburn
- Leader
- Lloydminster
- Lumsden
- Luseland
- Macklin
- Maidstone
- Maple Creek
- Martensville
- Meadow Lake
- Melfort
- Melville
- Moose Jaw
- Moosomin
- Nipawin
- North Battleford
- Northern Administration District
- Osler
- Outlook
- Oxbow
- Pilot Butte
- Porcupine Plain
- Preeceville
- Prince Albert
- Radville
- Redvers
- Regina
- Regina Beach
- Rosetown
- Rosthern
- Saskatoon
- Shaunavon
- Shellbrook
- Southey
- Spiritwood
- Stoughton
- Strasbourg
- Sturgis
- Swift Current
- Tisdale
- Unity
- Wakaw
- Waldheim
- Warman
- Watrous
- Weyburn
- White City
- Whitewood
- Wilkie
- Wolseley
- Wynyard
- Yorkton
References
- "BizPaL Participants". Archived from the original on 2013-01-12. Retrieved 2012-12-05.