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Key Business Permits and Licences in the Province of Quebec

Learn about frequently required permits and licences for businesses operating in the province of Quebec. Please note that this is not a comprehensive list. For more information on required permits and licences, you can contact Canada Business.

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Frequently Required Permits and Licences

• Alcohol Permit: Categories (only available in French)
  
  http://www.formulaire.gouv.qc.ca/cgi/affiche_doc.cgi?query=&dossier=7286&table=0&tableOrg=0
  You must have a permit if you wish to serve or sell alcohol.
• Amusement equipment: Licences and stickers (only available in French)
  
  http://www.formulaire.gouv.qc.ca/cgi/affiche_doc.cgi?dossier=2714&table=0
  Find information on the licence you need to own amusement equipment which generates income, such as the costs and forms required.
• Film Distributor Permit (only available in French)
  
  http://www.rcq.gouv.qc.ca/definition_distributeur.asp
  Find out how to apply for a distributor's permit if you want to sell, rent, loan or trade copies of films in Quebec.
• Operating permit for movie screening (only available in French)
  
  http://www.rcq.gouv.qc.ca/definition_exploitant.asp
  Find out how to obtain an operator's permit if you want to screen movies in a public place.
• Food Retailer and Restaurateur Permit (only available in French)
  
  http://www.mapaq.gouv.qc.ca/fr/Transformation/md/Permis/Pages/prepvente.aspx
  You need a food permit to operate a restaurant or food retail business.
• Licence for Slaughterhouses and Meat Processing Plants (only available in French)
  
  http://www.formulaire.gouv.qc.ca/cgi/affiche_doc.cgi?dossier=199&table=0&
  All operators of slaughterhouses and plants that process meat and meat-containing food items for wholesale must hold a MAPAQ permit.
• Seafood preparation or cannery permit (only available in French)
  
  http://www.formulaire.gouv.qc.ca/cgi/affiche_doc.cgi?dossier=3223&table=0&
  Find out the steps to follow to obtain the required permit if you want to handle seafood for human consumption.
• Mobile Shop Merchant’s Permit (only available in French)
  
  http://www.formulaire.gouv.qc.ca/cgi/affiche_doc.cgi?dossier=3423&table=0&
  Any merchant who signs contracts or calls upon customers in a location other than his or her business establishment must hold a mobile shop merchant's permit.
• Opening a day care service (only available in French)
  
  http://www.formulaire.gouv.qc.ca/cgi/affiche_doc.cgi?dossier=5546&table=0
  Find out about the regulations and procedures you need to follow to open a child care service for more than six children.
• Opening of a private home for the elderly (only available in French)
  
  http://www.formulaire.gouv.qc.ca/cgi/affiche_doc.cgi?dossier=3899&table=0&
  Find out about the regulations and method you need to follow to open a residence for the elderly.
• Promotional contests (Quebec) (only available in French)
  
  http://www.formulaire.gouv.qc.ca/cgi/affiche_doc.cgi?dossier=2718&table=0
  Find out about the regulations and method for holding a promotional contest for profit, where the total value of the prizes to be awarded exceeds $100.
• Regulations for successive delivery service undertakings (only available in French)
  
  http://www.formulaire.gouv.qc.ca/cgi/affiche_doc.cgi?dossier=3417&table=0
  Keep informed of the regulations and permits required to offer services or courses spread over several days or weeks in exchange for remuneration.
• Travel Agent Permit (only available in French)
  
  http://www.formulaire.gouv.qc.ca/cgi/affiche_doc.cgi?dossier=1128&table=0
  If you are a travel agent, a retailer or wholesaler for the travel industry, you must hold an operating permit.
• Video Equipment Retailing Permit (only available in French)
  
  http://www.rcq.gouv.qc.ca/definition_commercant.asp
  Find out about the regulations and permits you need to sell, rent, lend or trade video equipment.