{
 "answer": "In the District Municipality of Elkford, British Columbia, licence required: True; who must license: Any person conducting any business within the District, including resident, home-based, non-resident, mobile, cannabis, and youth businesses; fee: Annual Municipal Business Licence: $100.00 initial and renewal; Temporary One Day Licence: $25.00/day; Cannabis Retail/Production initial: $1000.00, renewal: $100.00; Youth Licence: $20.00; Change Fee: $25.00; renewal: Annual, expires December 31; renewal fees due by January 31 each year. Source: Business Licence Bylaw, verified 2026-06-08.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-000034",
 "municipality": "Elkford",
 "status_type": "District Municipality",
 "jurisdiction": "British Columbia",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "business_licensing",
 "label": "Business licences & permits",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-06-08",
 "official_website": "http://www.elkford.ca/home",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Business Licence Bylaw",
   "category": "business_licensing",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://elkford.civicweb.net/document/74472",
   "summary": "Regulates business licensing requirements within the District of Elkford.",
   "capture_sha256": "6eab68677ffbad217d4b2a12fdefa0393517eed3a5cf2e5e52d644ef2effbe50",
   "captured_at": "2026-06-12T02:48:21+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/6eab68677ffbad217d4b2a12fdefa0393517eed3a5cf2e5e52d644ef2effbe50.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "licence_required": true,
    "who_must_license": "Any person conducting any business within the District, including resident, home-based, non-resident, mobile, cannabis, and youth businesses",
    "fee": "Annual Municipal Business Licence: $100.00 initial and renewal; Temporary One Day Licence: $25.00/day; Cannabis Retail/Production initial: $1000.00, renewal: $100.00; Youth Licence: $20.00; Change Fee: $25.00",
    "renewal": "Annual, expires December 31; renewal fees due by January 31 each year"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "licence_required": "s. 3.2",
    "who_must_license": "s. 3.1",
    "fee": "Schedule \"A\"",
    "renewal": "s. 3.24, s. 3.26"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/bc/elkford/business-licensing/text-6eab68677ffb/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/bc/elkford/business-licensing/"
}