BizPaL - Business Permits & Licences

BizPaL is an online service that walks Canadian businesspeople through the process of finding comprehensive information about permits and licensing requirements from all levels of government. It is a direct response to the problems entrepreneurs can sometime encounter when starting up or growing a business.

BizPaL helps you generate a personalized list of the business documents you may need from all levels of government - local, provincial/territorial and federal. And if you are already operating, BizPaL can help you verify that you have all the correct permits and licences.

Summary

You can access BizPaL through the Web sites of participating governments. Easy and convenient, BizPaL uses a Question & Answer wizard to help you generate a complete, customized list of the permits and licences your business needs. Whether you want to start or grow your business - or are already operating and want to verify that you have all the correct permits and licences - BizPaL can help.

Key Benefits

• Save time and money - With BizPaL, contacting multiple levels of government to find out what permits and licenses are needed is greatly reduced. Most of the information you need is available from a single source. This means you spend less time searching and more time building your business.
• Improve business planning - BizPaL streamlines regulatory approvals. That means that you know exactly what permits and licences are needed and can take steps to comply with them - ensuring you get it right the first time.
• Get answers when you need them - As an online service, BizPaL is available whenever you need it. Day or night, BizPaL is there to help you navigate government requirements. To help you follow up, BizPaL provides contact information and access to online application forms if available.

Manitoba Contact(s):
See National Contact. 

National Contact(s):
BizPaL Project Manager
Industry Canada
E-mail: bizpal-perle@ic.gc.ca
Web site: http://www.bizpal.ca/index_e.shtml