Business Licences

Every business operating within the City of Prince Albert is required to have a valid City business licence. See the Business Licence Bylaw for additional information.

Business Directory

Steps for applying for your Business Licence

Please submit your application at least 30 days prior to your business start date.
Download and save the fillable pdf for your specific business licence requirement.
Fill in application and email to pds@citypa.com
*Please note that an ISC or PST number is required to receive your City of Prince Albert business license.
Once it is received, our Economic Development team will review the application with planning, building and fire inspection, and public health to insure that all requirements are met.
The Finance department will issue you an invoice.
Once the payment has cleared through our system you will be emailed your official Business Licence.

Types of business licences

Each application type is based on the location and/or the type of business:

Commercial Business Licence

The Commercial Business Licence Application is for businesses in commercial or industrial areas in the City of Prince Albert.

Examples: a retail store, a professional office, a production facility, etc.

Home-Based Business Licence

The Home-Based Business Licence Application is for running a business out of your home in the city.

Cannabis Business Licence

This Cannabis Business Licence Application is for a:

Cannabis Retail Store;
Cannabis Production Facility; or
Cannabis Wholesale.

See the Cannabis Business Licence Bylaw for more information.

Daycare Business Licence

The Daycare Business Licence Application is for:

A day care home offering care for less than four children in a home setting and is not a home-based business; and
A day care centre which offers child care services but does not include a day care home.

Direct Seller Business Licence

You'll need a Direct Seller Business Licence Application if you:

Go home-to-home selling or offering goods or services for sale;
Go home-to-home getting orders for the future delivery of good or services;
By telephone sells or takes orders for the future delivery of goods or services; and
Does not have a home-based or commercial business location in city limits.

Examples are door-to-door alarm sales, and home party sales of make-up, health products, etc.

Transient Trader Business Licence

The Transient Trader Business Licence Application is for:

Businesses located outside the city limits and would like to work within the City of Prince Albert; and
Businesses that do not fit under the commercial or home-based business such as fruit stands.

Categories include:

Blanket transient traders

Shopping malls, hotels or event centres that want to cover transient trader businesses operating at their location.

Circus and/or carnival or rodeo promoters

Travelling circus, carnival, rodeo or other similar traveling show or exhibition, which may need City Council approval.

Contractors and direct sales contractors

Those who:

Construct, alter, maintain, repair or remove buildings or structures;
Install heating plants, plumbing or other fixtures;
Landscaping; or
Perform other similar work.

Farmer's market

This category is for a group of vendors selling goods together as a part of the farmer's market.

Trade shows

This category is for events where goods are for sale on a short-term such as hobby shows, home improvement shows, craft shows, etc. The event may include a showcase of products or services.

Other transient traders

This category is for all businesses that do not fit under a home-based or commercial licence and do not fit the transient trader categories. Examples are consultants, realtors, caterers, retail, etc.

Mobile Food Vendor Business Licence

The Mobile Food Vendor Business Licence Application is for selling confectionery, food and/or beverage items from a Mobile Food Bicycle, Cart, Trailer or Truck to the public. For more information see our Mobile Food Vendor Policy.

Inter-Municipal Business Licence (IMBL) Short Form

The Inter-Municipal Business Licence (IMBL) Short Form Application allows home-based, commercial, and some transient trader businesses to operate in the Town of Shellbrook, the Town of Rosthern and the Town of Duck Lake, as well as Prince Albert. You can also select the IMBL on the home-based, commercial and transient trader applications.

All home-based or commercial businesses with a City licence can apply for an IMBL.

Transient trader businesses

Transient trader businesses can apply for an IMBL if they have an annual business licence in one of the four communities and they are one of the following types of businesses:

Appraisers
Beauty/ aesthetics
Caterers
Consultants
Contractors
Direct sellers
DJs
Drafting and design
Event planners/promoters
Graphic designers
Massage therapists
Moving and storage
Pest control
Photographers
Real estate agents
Surveyors
Tow truck operators

Reasons you would not need a business licence

Any business operating on the exhibition grounds during the Prince Albert Exhibition;
A community club running a flea market;
Any activity carried on by the City or at a location operated by an employee of the City;
When you have approval from City Council;
If you are a charity as defined in the Business licence Bylaw; and
If a statute of Canada or the Province of Saskatchewan says that you do not need a licence.

Please contact Economic Development if you are not sure if you need a business licence.

Paying for a business licence

Pay your business licence online

Recommended: pay your business licence online with credit card or debit.
Pay at City Hall with cash, cheque, or debit. Please make any cheques payable to the City of Prince Albert.

Other resources

If you need assistance with creating a business plan, or determining what permits or licenses are required to start your business, you may want to visit the SK Startup, Community Futures or BizPaL website.