{"title":"Port Alice business licences: who needs one, fees and how to apply","question":"Do I need a business licence in Port Alice, and how do I get one?","slug":"business-licence","place":{"path":"ca/bc/port-alice","name":"Port Alice","region":{"code":"bc","name":"British Columbia"},"country":{"code":"ca","name":"Canada"}},"category":{"slug":"business","name":"Starting and running a business"},"owner":"municipal","owner_label":"Municipal","owner_body":{"name":"Village of Port Alice","url":"https://portalice.ca"},"short_answer":"Port Alice charges business licence fees by class, such as Commercial/Industrial from $50 a year (up to 3 employees) and Home Occupation $50. Who must hold a licence is set by Business Licence Bylaw No. 496, which could not be read. Call the Village office.","aliases":["business licence port alice","business license port alice","port alice business licence fee","non-resident business licence port alice"],"cost":"Commercial/Industrial from $50 a year; Home Occupation $50 a year; see below.","how_long":"Not stated.","where":[{"type":"phone","label":"Village office","value":"250-284-3391"},{"type":"email","label":"Village office email","value":"info@portalice.ca"},{"type":"in_person","label":"Municipal Hall","value":"1061 Marine Drive, Port Alice, BC V0N 2N0","note":"Monday to Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m."}],"documents":[],"forms":[{"title":"Rates and Fees Bylaw No. 695-2025 (PDF), Village of Port Alice","url":"https://portalice.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/695-Fees-and-Charges-Bylaw-for-2025.pdf"},{"title":"Bylaws library, Village of Port Alice","url":"https://portalice.ca/town-hall/bylaws/"}],"related":[{"slug":"home-based-business","title":"Port Alice home-based business rules","url":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/port-alice/home-based-business/"},{"slug":"short-term-rental","title":"Port Alice short-term rental rules (Airbnb, Vrbo)","url":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/port-alice/short-term-rental/"},{"slug":"zoning-lookup","title":"Port Alice zoning: find your zone and what it allows","url":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/port-alice/zoning-lookup/"}],"nearby":[{"place":"ca/bc/port-hardy","name":"Port Hardy","url":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/port-hardy/business-licence/"},{"place":"ca/bc/port-mcneill","name":"Port McNeill","url":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/port-mcneill/business-licence/"},{"place":"ca/bc/alert-bay","name":"Alert Bay","url":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/alert-bay/business-licence/"},{"place":"ca/bc/sayward","name":"Sayward","url":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/sayward/business-licence/"},{"place":"ca/bc/gold-river","name":"Gold River","url":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/gold-river/business-licence/"},{"place":"ca/bc/campbell-river","name":"Campbell River","url":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/campbell-river/business-licence/"}],"topic":{"title":"Business licence fees in British Columbia, by municipality","url":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/business-licence/"},"facts":{"who_needs":{"label":"Who needs one","value":"Business licence classes in the fee schedule: Commercial/Industrial, Rental units/spaces, Home Occupation, Miscellaneous Business (canvassers, agents, contractors, delivery services, mobile sales), Mobile Business, and Non-Resident Business.","status":"stated","sources":[{"url":"https://portalice.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/695-Fees-and-Charges-Bylaw-for-2025.pdf","title":"Rates and Fees Bylaw No. 695-2025 (PDF), Village of Port Alice","section":"Schedule F","quotes":["otherwise stated) Commercial/Industrial Definition - any business permitted in the Employing up to 3 people $50.00","Employing over 50 people $400.00 Rental units/spaces Definition - Any building containing rental Up to 10 units $50.00","Bylaw and any amendments thereto. Miscellaneous Business Per business $50.00 Definition - any business not carried out of","Each mobile unit Per year $300.00 Non- Resident Business Definition - any type of business carried on North Island (Mt. Waddington"]}],"check":{"result":"matched","text_date":"2026-11-08"}},"fee":{"label":"Fee","value":"Commercial/Industrial per year: up to 3 employees $50, up to 10 $80, up to 25 $100, up to 50 $200, over 50 $400. Home Occupation $50. Miscellaneous Business $50 ($21.25 for instructors under 10 hours a week). Mobile Business $50 a day or $300 a year per unit. Non-resident: North Island business $21.25 a day or $80 a year; others $30 a day or $100 a year. Pro-rated 50% after July 31.","short":"By employees: up to 3 employees $50","status":"stated","sources":[{"url":"https://portalice.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/695-Fees-and-Charges-Bylaw-for-2025.pdf","title":"Rates and Fees Bylaw No. 695-2025 (PDF), Village of Port Alice","section":"Schedule F","quotes":["Employing up to 3 people $50.00","Employing up to 10 people $80.00","Employing over 50 people $400.00","Home Occupation Per business $50.00","Per day $21.25","Per year $80.00","Per day $30.00","Per year $100.00","*Exception: Instructors offering","Each mobile unit","Business License fees will be pro-rated 50% after July 31st of each year."]}],"check":{"result":"matched","text_date":"2026-11-08"}},"how_to_apply":{"label":"How to apply","value":null,"status":"unknown","reason":"scanned","note":"Port Alice's Business Licence Bylaw No. 496 is a scanned PDF that could not be read.","sources":[]},"renewal":{"label":"Renewal","value":"Fees are annual (per annum unless otherwise stated), and are pro-rated 50% after July 31 each year. Renewal dates are not stated.","status":"stated","sources":[{"url":"https://portalice.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/695-Fees-and-Charges-Bylaw-for-2025.pdf","title":"Rates and Fees Bylaw No. 695-2025 (PDF), Village of Port Alice","section":"Schedule F","quotes":["(per annum unless otherwise stated)","Business License fees will be pro-rated 50% after July 31st of each year."]}],"check":{"result":"matched","text_date":"2026-11-08"}},"inter_community":{"label":"Inter-community licence","value":null,"status":"unknown","reason":"not_found","sources":[]},"fine":{"label":"Fine","value":null,"status":"unknown","reason":"scanned","note":"Port Alice's Business Licence Bylaw No. 496 is a scanned PDF that could not be read.","sources":[]},"bylaw":{"label":"Bylaw","value":"Business License Bylaw No. 496; fees in Rates & Fees Bylaw No. 695-2025, Schedule F","status":"stated","sources":[{"url":"https://portalice.ca/town-hall/bylaws/","title":"Bylaws library, Village of Port Alice","section":"Bylaws library page","quotes":["496 Business License Bylaw"]},{"url":"https://portalice.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/695-Fees-and-Charges-Bylaw-for-2025.pdf","title":"Rates and Fees Bylaw No. 695-2025 (PDF), Village of Port Alice","section":"Schedule F","quotes":["SCHEDULE F – BUSINESS LICENCE FEES"]}],"check":{"result":"matched","text_date":"2026-11-08"}}},"facts_summary":{"total":7,"stated":4,"matched":4,"none":0,"unknown":3},"body_markdown":"## How it works\nBusiness licence fees are in Schedule F of [Rates and Fees Bylaw No. 695-2025](https://portalice.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/695-Fees-and-Charges-Bylaw-for-2025.pdf). Who must hold a licence is set by Business Licence Bylaw No. 496, a scanned PDF that could not be read. The fee schedule has these classes: Commercial/Industrial, Rental units/spaces, Home Occupation, Miscellaneous Business (canvassers, agents, contractors, delivery services, mobile sales), Mobile Business, and Non-Resident Business.\n\nFees (per year unless stated):\n- Commercial/Industrial: up to 3 employees $50, up to 10 $80, up to 25 $100, up to 50 $200, over 50 $400.\n- Home Occupation: $50.\n- Miscellaneous Business: $50 ($21.25 for instructors under 10 hours a week).\n- Mobile Business: $50 a day or $300 a year per unit.\n- Non-resident: North Island business $21.25 a day or $80 a year; others $30 a day or $100 a year.\n- Rental units/spaces: see short-term-rental.\n\n## Steps\n1. Phone the Village office at 250-284-3391 or email info@portalice.ca to ask which class applies to you and how to apply. The sources do not say how.\n\n## Good to know\n- Fees are pro-rated at 50% after July 31 each year. Renewal dates are not stated.\n- The sources do not state a fine for operating without a licence.","sources":[{"url":"https://portalice.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/695-Fees-and-Charges-Bylaw-for-2025.pdf","title":"Rates and Fees Bylaw No. 695-2025 (PDF), Village of Port Alice","accessed":"2026-11-08"},{"url":"https://portalice.ca/town-hall/bylaws/","title":"Bylaws library, Village of Port Alice","accessed":"2026-11-08"},{"url":"https://portalice.ca/contact/","title":"Contact, Village of Port Alice","accessed":"2026-11-08"}],"sources_read":"2026-11-08","review":{"status":"machine_checked","badge":"Checked against official text","label":"Checked by script, not yet by a person: the official wording behind 4 of 7 facts was matched to the official text; 3 could not be confirmed."},"urls":{"html":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/port-alice/business-licence/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/port-alice/business-licence.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/port-alice/business-licence.json"}}