Do I need a business licence or permit? What does it cost?
In the Municipality of Hastings Highlands, Ontario, licence required: True; who must license: Vendor, Mobile Food Vendor, Public Market, Door-to-Door Sales. Retail/home-based exempt.; renewal: expire annually, except were permitted otherwise in the appendixes; licence required: True. Source: Business Licence Policy (Schedule A to By-law 2024-005); Sign By-law 2020-019, verified 2026-06-10.
| licence required | True | The following businesses require a Business Licence |
| who must license | Vendor, Mobile Food Vendor, Public Market, Door-to-Door Sales. Retail/home-based exempt. | 1. |
| renewal | expire annually, except were permitted otherwise in the appendixes | 6.1 |
Business Licence Policy adopted as Schedule A to By-law 2024-005, covering vendors, mobile food vendors and public markets.
| licence required | True | s. 2.2 |
| who must license | Persons erecting signs on rural, commercial, industrial lots or specific roads | s. 2.2, s. 2.8 |
| fee | $25.00 plan approval; $100.00 (up to 32 square feet); $150.00 (over 32 square feet) | s. 4.2, s. 4.4 |
| renewal | January 1 of the year of issue up to and including December 31 | s. 4.4 |
By-law 2020-019 to prohibit or regulate the erection of signs, billboards, posters and panels; enacted and passed 2020-02-05.