Business licences 1997 to 2012

This dataset includes business licence records from 1997 to 2012 with original categories (BusinessType).​ Under Licence By-Law No.4450, a valid business licence is required in order to operate a business in the City of Vancouver. A business licence can be obtained from the City's Licence Office and is valid for the remainder of the calendar year unless stated otherwise. Note Effective May 6, 2024, the City streamlined its business licence categories, consolidating over 500 categories into fewer than 100. While data from before this date will remain accessible, Busines​​s licences dataset post-May 6 is organized according to the new, streamlined categories. Learn more about this update Business licences | City of Vancouver. This dataset remains the same. Business licences dataset includes business licence records from 2024 onwards according to the new categories (BusinessType). Business licence records from 2013 to 2024 , up to May 3, 2024, with their original categories (BusinessType) are found in Business licences 2013 to 2024 dataset. Effective April 12, 2018, the business license dataset, including historical data files from 1997 forward to the current year, has been updated…

Publisher
City of Vancouver
Resources
1
Catalogue metadata updated
2025-04-22

Data overview

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CSV
File languages
English
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1 loadable resources · 1 mapped resources

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