Saskatchewan has teamed with Industry Canada’s BizPal website to provide an easy way to find out which licenses and permits you need to start your business.

The BizPal website is an effort by Industry Canada to make it easier for business owners across the country to get the information they need on licenses and permits. Not all municipalities are involved but Saskatchewan has managed to engage a large number of participants. The participating Saskatchewan municipalities are:

Arcola	Asquith	Assiniboia	Balcarres	Battleford
Bienfait	Big River	Biggar	Broadview	Bruno
Canora	Carlyle	Carnduff	Carrot River	Churchbridge
Corman Park	Coronach	Cudworth	Cupar	Whitewood
Cut Knife	Dalmeny	Davidson	Delisle	Duck Lake
Dundurn	Edenwold	Esterhazy	Estevan	Eston
Fort Qu’Appelle	Gravelbourg	Grenfell	Gull Lake	Hague
Herbert	Hudson Bay	Humboldt	Indian Head	Yorkton
Kamsack	Kelvington	Kerrobert	Kindersley	Kinistino
Kipling	Lampman	Langenburg	Langham	Lanigan
Lashburn	Leader	Lloydminster	Lumsden	Luseland
Macklin	Maidstone	Maple Creek	Martensville	Wilkie
Meadow Lake	Melfort	Melville	Moose Jaw	Moosomin
Nipawin	North Battleford	Osler	Outlook	Oxbow
Pilot Butte	Porcupine Plain	Preeceville	Prince Albert	Radville
Redvers	Regina	Regina Beach	Rosetown	Wolseley
Rosthern	Saskatoon	Shaunavon	Shellbrook	Southey
Spiritwood	Stoughton	Strasbourg	Sturgis	Swift Current
Tisdale	Unity	Wakaw	Waldheim	Warman
Watrous	Watson	Weyburn	White City	Wynyard

If you don’t see your community on this list, you’ll have to contact local municipal office directly. The BizPal site is a useful tool but you’ll notice that you get back a lot of possible permits or licenses. You still have to sort the wheat from the chaff yourself. It’s still a good tool but hopefully this is something that will improve in future updates to the site.