BizPaL simplifies access to information on permits and licences for Canadian restaurants

BizPaL

BizPaL is an online service that benefits Canadian businesses by helping them identify which permits and licences they require and how to obtain them. Entrepreneurs simply select the business activities they plan to undertake, and BizPaL automatically generates a list of required permits and licences from all levels of government, along with basic information on each. 

BizPaL also benefits governments by making it easier for them to provide businesses with accurate information on permits and licences. All provinces and territories are participating in BizPaL, with over 850 municipalities and one First Nation offering the service to date, making it available to over 70 percent of the Canadian population. Visit the BizPaL website (www.bizpal.ca) for a complete list of participating jurisdictions. 

Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada is the lead federal department for BizPaL, supporting the centralized functions of the service. BizPaL demonstrates how the Government of Canada is committed to engaging provincial, territorial and municipal governments to align as much as possible with complementary programs to support small and medium-sized businesses. The success of BizPaL is due in part to the multi-jurisdictional partnership among federal, provincial, territorial and municipal governments. The partnership operates under a shared governance and costing model with collaborative decision making. Each jurisdiction is responsible for adding and maintaining its own information in BizPaL.

Restaurant Bundle Check List

As part of ongoing efforts to explore ways in which BizPaL can contribute to streamlining businesses’ interactions with governments and reducing red tape, the Government of Canada collaborated with the Province of British Columbia on a pilot project to make starting a business in the complicated restaurant sector more user-friendly. 

The new Restaurant Bundle Check List feature located within BizPaL will present restaurateurs in participating jurisdictions with a dashboard view of their compliance journey. 

This interactive, smart permit and licence search tool is featured on the Provincial BizPaL website. Visit the BizPaL website for additional information.