Business Licences and Permits

Whether you are opening a food truck or commercial refreshment vehicle, filming a movie or holding a lottery, you’ll need to get a licence. We issue a variety of municipal licences to regulate business operations in Milton. Check out our municipal by-laws to make sure your business follows all regulations, including:

Business Licensing By-law
Taxi/Limousine Licensing By-law

Application process

Learn how to apply for the following business licences in the Town of Milton:

Business licences

You need a business license if you have a personal services business, a food truck (commercial refreshment vehicle), a salvage yard, a kennel or require a transient trader license.

Personal services licence

A personal services license is required if your business provides personal care for any part of the body and may include:

Acupuncture
Hair cutting
Manicuring and nail treatments
Electrolysis
Aesthetics
Tattooing or micro-pigmentation
Body and ear piercing

If you’re a personal services business owner, you’ll also need to submit a copy of your Regional Health Inspection along with the completed application.

Please submit your business licence application to Town Hall, located at 150 Mary St. in Milton.

Fees

Kennel licence

Kennel licenses are required if you are boarding, breeding or training more than three dogs or five cats. Drop off your business licence application at Town Hall, located at 150 Mary St. in Milton.

Fees

Salvage yard licence

A salvage yard license is required when motor vehicle parts are stored or re-sold, and/or where used equipment, used appliances, scrap material and salvage for the purposes of wrecking, dismantling or salvaging parts thereof for sale or other disposal are stored or re-sold, and shall include an automobile wrecking yard.

Drop off your business licence application at Town Hall, located at 150 Mary St. in Milton.