Business Licensing

The fundamental principles for business licensing are to protect the community against infractions related to:

• Nuisance control
• Public health and safety
• Consumer protection

By-Law 2020-17 outlines the regulations that must be met when you apply for a business licence. Click on the schedules below for more information on the areas in which Norfolk County requires businesses to be licensed.

• Schedule 1: Pedlars
• Schedule 2: Auction and Flea Market Sales
• Schedule 3: Amusements
• Schedule 4: Hotels, Motels, Bed and Breakfasts
• Schedule 5: Mobile Food Premise
• Schedule 6: Food Premise
• Schedule 7: Pawnbrokers/Seller of Used Goods
• Schedule 8: Salvage Yards
• Schedule 9: Personal Aesthetic Services
• Schedule 10: Taxicabs and Limousines
• Schedule 11: Friday the 13^th and Thursday the 12^th Events
• Schedule 12: Personal Watercraft Rentals

 

Processing times for licenses require a minimum of 15 business days to allow for circulation and approval from appropriate departments and agencies.

• Business License Application 
• Friday the 13^th Business Licence Application

• 2022 Watercraft Business Licence Application
• Licence Fees

 

• Applications are available at all Norfolk County Customer Service Centres. Applications can be submitted via email at [email protected] or by mail to the Clerks and By-law Department located at:

County Administration Building
50 Colborne Street South
Simcoe, ON N3Y 4H3
Phone: 519-426-5870

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