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 by all levels of government to the problems entrepreneurs sometimes encounter when starting up or growing a business.

BizPaL helps you generate a personalized list of the business documents you need for the levels of government - local, provincial/territorial, and federal - you may have to deal with in order to grow or start up your business. 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 licenses 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 licenses - BizPaL can help. Designed for maximum convenience, BizPaL can significantly reduce the amount of time you would otherwise have spent on research.

Key Benefits

• Save time and money - With BizPaL, the need to contact multiple levels of government to find out that permits and licenses you need 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 licenses 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. Night or day, BizPaL is there to help you navigate government requirements. And to help you follow up, BizPaL also provides contact information and access to online application forms if available.

Saskatchewan Contact(s):
BizPaL
Saskatchewan 
E-mail: bizpal@gov.sk.ca

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