Port Alice business licences: who needs one, fees and how to apply
Do I need a business licence in Port Alice, and how do I get one?
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.
Key facts
| Who needs one | 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.Rates and Fees Bylaw No. 695-2025, Schedule F · Wording matched the official text retrieved 2026-11-08Official wordingotherwise 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 |
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| Fee | 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.Rates and Fees Bylaw No. 695-2025, Schedule F · Wording matched the official text retrieved 2026-11-08Official wordingEmploying 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. |
| How to apply | Not confirmed. Port Alice's Business Licence Bylaw No. 496 is a scanned PDF that could not be read. |
| Renewal | Fees are annual (per annum unless otherwise stated), and are pro-rated 50% after July 31 each year. Renewal dates are not stated.Rates and Fees Bylaw No. 695-2025, Schedule F · Wording matched the official text retrieved 2026-11-08Official wording(per annum unless otherwise stated) Business License fees will be pro-rated 50% after July 31st of each year. |
| Inter-community licence | Not confirmed. Not found in the official sources that were read. |
| Fine | Not confirmed. Port Alice's Business Licence Bylaw No. 496 is a scanned PDF that could not be read. |
| Bylaw | Business License Bylaw No. 496; fees in Rates & Fees Bylaw No. 695-2025, Schedule FBylaws library, Bylaws library page; Rates and Fees Bylaw No. 695-2025, Schedule F · Wording matched the official text retrieved 2026-11-08Official wording496 Business License Bylaw SCHEDULE F – BUSINESS LICENCE FEES |
How it works
Business licence fees are in Schedule F of Rates and Fees Bylaw No. 695-2025. 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.
Fees (per year unless stated):
- Commercial/Industrial: 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.
- Rental units/spaces: see short-term-rental.
Steps
- 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.
Good to know
- Fees are pro-rated at 50% after July 31 each year. Renewal dates are not stated.
- The sources do not state a fine for operating without a licence.
Official forms and pages
The same question in other places
Port Hardy · Port McNeill · Alert Bay · Sayward · Gold River · Campbell River
Business licence fees in British Columbia, by municipality →
Sources
- Rates and Fees Bylaw No. 695-2025 (PDF), Village of Port Alice (read 2026-11-08)
- Bylaws library, Village of Port Alice (read 2026-11-08)
- Contact, Village of Port Alice (read 2026-11-08)
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. How answers are checked.