{
 "topic": "business-licensing",
 "label": "Business licences & permits",
 "question": "Do I need a business licence or permit? What does it cost?",
 "jurisdiction": "Nova Scotia",
 "country": "CA",
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/ns/business-licensing/",
 "municipalities": [
  {
   "municipality_id": "gx-003122",
   "name": "Amherst",
   "type": "Town",
   "path": "/ca/ns/amherst/",
   "answer_page": "/ca/ns/amherst/business-licensing/",
   "json": "/ca/ns/amherst/business-licensing.json",
   "status": "found",
   "n_adopted": 2,
   "last_verified": "2026-09-27",
   "document": "Mobile Vending on Town Property Bylaw (C-10)",
   "document_number": "C-10",
   "adopted_date": "2023-04-24",
   "transcript_url": "/ca/ns/amherst/business-licensing/bylaw-c-10/",
   "answer": "In the Town of Amherst, Nova Scotia, business licences & permits rules are set by Mobile Vending on Town Property Bylaw (C-10) and 1 other bylaw, verified 2026-09-27. A licence is required. Fee: 2 hundred dollars ($200.00). Who must license: Persons vending on public street, sidewalk, public parking area or park in Town of Amherst."
  },
  {
   "municipality_id": "gx-003124",
   "name": "Annapolis Royal",
   "type": "Town",
   "path": "/ca/ns/annapolis-royal/",
   "answer_page": "/ca/ns/annapolis-royal/business-licensing/",
   "json": "/ca/ns/annapolis-royal/business-licensing.json",
   "status": "found",
   "n_adopted": 1,
   "last_verified": "2026-09-27",
   "document": "Vending By-law #208",
   "document_number": "208",
   "adopted_date": "2026-02-20",
   "transcript_url": "/ca/ns/annapolis-royal/business-licensing/bylaw-208/",
   "answer": "In the Town of Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia, business licences & permits rules are set by Vending By-law #208, verified 2026-09-27. A licence is required. Renewal: not more than one year from the date of issuance."
  },
  {
   "municipality_id": "gx-003125",
   "name": "Antigonish",
   "type": "County municipality",
   "path": "/ca/ns/antigonish-county-municipality/",
   "answer_page": "/ca/ns/antigonish-county-municipality/business-licensing/",
   "json": "/ca/ns/antigonish-county-municipality/business-licensing.json",
   "status": "found",
   "n_adopted": 1,
   "last_verified": "2026-09-27",
   "document": "Special Events By-Law (Antigonish County)",
   "document_number": null,
   "adopted_date": null,
   "transcript_url": "/ca/ns/antigonish-county-municipality/business-licensing/special-events-by-law/",
   "answer": "In the County municipality of Antigonish, Nova Scotia, business licences & permits rules are set by Special Events By-Law (Antigonish County), verified 2026-09-27. A licence is required. Who must license: Persons promoting, organizing or holding a large special event (750+ people) within the Municipality."
  },
  {
   "municipality_id": "gx-003127",
   "name": "Argyle",
   "type": "District municipality",
   "path": "/ca/ns/argyle/",
   "answer_page": "/ca/ns/argyle/business-licensing/",
   "json": "/ca/ns/argyle/business-licensing.json",
   "status": "found",
   "n_adopted": 1,
   "last_verified": "2026-09-27",
   "document": "Transient Vendor By-Law No. 13A",
   "document_number": "13A",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "transcript_url": "/ca/ns/argyle/business-licensing/bylaw-13a/",
   "answer": "In the District municipality of Argyle, Nova Scotia, business licences & permits rules are set by Transient Vendor By-Law No. 13A, verified 2026-09-27. A licence is required. Fee: $100 a day to a maximum of fifteen hundred dollars ($1,500.00) for vehicles; $25 a day to a maximum of Four Hundred Dollars ($400) for traders. Who must license: Transient vehicles vendors and transient traders (persons without permanent place of business temporarily selling merchandise), subject to specific exclusions."
  },
  {
   "municipality_id": "gx-003128",
   "name": "Barrington",
   "type": "District municipality",
   "path": "/ca/ns/barrington/",
   "answer_page": "/ca/ns/barrington/business-licensing/",
   "json": "/ca/ns/barrington/business-licensing.json",
   "status": "found",
   "n_adopted": 1,
   "last_verified": "2026-09-27",
   "document": "Trade and Licensing By-Law No. 13",
   "document_number": "13",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "transcript_url": "/ca/ns/barrington/business-licensing/bylaw-13/",
   "answer": "In the District municipality of Barrington, Nova Scotia, business licences & permits rules are set by Trade and Licensing By-Law No. 13, verified 2026-09-27. A licence is required. Fee: $40.00 annual; Automotive Vehicle Sales $100.00 per day. Who must license: Non-resident auctioneers, peddlers, hawkers, traders, photographers, book agents, magazine salesmen, amusement rides, automotive sales."
  },
  {
   "municipality_id": "gx-003129",
   "name": "Berwick",
   "type": "Town",
   "path": "/ca/ns/berwick/",
   "answer_page": "/ca/ns/berwick/business-licensing/",
   "json": "/ca/ns/berwick/business-licensing.json",
   "status": "found",
   "n_adopted": 1,
   "last_verified": "2026-09-27",
   "document": "Licenses (Hawkers and Peddlars) By-Law",
   "document_number": null,
   "adopted_date": null,
   "transcript_url": "/ca/ns/berwick/business-licensing/licenses-by-law/",
   "answer": "In the Town of Berwick, Nova Scotia, business licences & permits rules are set by Licenses (Hawkers and Peddlars) By-Law, verified 2026-09-27. A licence is required. Fee: $25.00 per three month period; $100.00 per year; Ten Dollars for one year; $1,000/day. Who must license: Non-resident hawkers, peddlers, solicitors; all auctioneers; rag or junk dealers."
  },
  {
   "municipality_id": "gx-003131",
   "name": "Cape Breton",
   "type": "Regional municipality",
   "path": "/ca/ns/cape-breton/",
   "answer_page": "/ca/ns/cape-breton/business-licensing/",
   "json": "/ca/ns/cape-breton/business-licensing.json",
   "status": "found",
   "n_adopted": 1,
   "last_verified": "2026-09-27",
   "document": "V-200 Vendors By-Law",
   "document_number": null,
   "adopted_date": "2016-05-17",
   "transcript_url": "/ca/ns/cape-breton/business-licensing/v-200-vendors-by-law/",
   "answer": "In the Regional municipality of Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, business licences & permits rules are set by V-200 Vendors By-Law, verified 2026-09-27. A licence is required. Who must license: Every person operating a vending stand, vending vehicle, or transient vendor in the Municipality. Renewal: Annual (12 months), expires March 31 each calendar year; new application, documentation, and fee required annually."
  },
  {
   "municipality_id": "gx-003133",
   "name": "Clare",
   "type": "District municipality",
   "path": "/ca/ns/clare/",
   "answer_page": "/ca/ns/clare/business-licensing/",
   "json": "/ca/ns/clare/business-licensing.json",
   "status": "found",
   "n_adopted": 2,
   "last_verified": "2026-09-27",
   "document": "Trade and Licensing By-Law No. 13",
   "document_number": "13",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "transcript_url": "/ca/ns/clare/business-licensing/bylaw-13/",
   "answer": "The District municipality of Clare, Nova Scotia has 2 adopted bylaws on file: Trade and Licensing By-Law No. 13; Transient Motor Vehicle Vendors By-Law No. 28, verified 2026-09-27."
  },
  {
   "municipality_id": "gx-003135",
   "name": "Colchester",
   "type": "County municipality",
   "path": "/ca/ns/colchester/",
   "answer_page": "/ca/ns/colchester/business-licensing/",
   "json": "/ca/ns/colchester/business-licensing.json",
   "status": "found",
   "n_adopted": 1,
   "last_verified": "2026-09-27",
   "document": "Vendors By-law – Chapter 12",
   "document_number": "12",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "transcript_url": "/ca/ns/colchester/business-licensing/chapter-12/",
   "answer": "In the County municipality of Colchester, Nova Scotia, business licences & permits rules are set by Vendors By-law – Chapter 12, verified 2026-09-27. A licence is required. Fee: [Mobile Food Service - $250.00] [Any other Vending Unit - $125.00]. Who must license: Any person who sells food, beverages, goods or amusements on Municipal lands."
  },
  {
   "municipality_id": "gx-003138",
   "name": "Digby",
   "type": "Town",
   "path": "/ca/ns/digby-town/",
   "answer_page": "/ca/ns/digby-town/business-licensing/",
   "json": "/ca/ns/digby-town/business-licensing.json",
   "status": "found",
   "n_adopted": 1,
   "last_verified": "2026-09-27",
   "document": "Town of Digby Vending & Licensing By-law 2018-02",
   "document_number": "2018-02",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "transcript_url": "/ca/ns/digby-town/business-licensing/bylaw-2018-02/",
   "answer": "In the Town of Digby, Nova Scotia, business licences & permits rules are set by Town of Digby Vending & Licensing By-law 2018-02, verified 2026-09-27. A licence is required. Who must license: Buskers, vendors, hawkers, peddlers, transient traders, motor vehicle vendors, amusement/special events, events, farmers markets, umbrella vendors. Renewal: Yearly licenses expire end of fiscal year (April 1-March 31); monthly licenses expire 30 days from issue."
  },
  {
   "municipality_id": "gx-003141",
   "name": "Halifax",
   "type": "Regional municipality",
   "path": "/ca/ns/halifax/",
   "answer_page": "/ca/ns/halifax/business-licensing/",
   "json": "/ca/ns/halifax/business-licensing.json",
   "status": "found",
   "n_adopted": 1,
   "last_verified": "2026-09-27",
   "document": "By-law C-501 Respecting Vending on Municipal Lands",
   "document_number": "C-501",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "transcript_url": "/ca/ns/halifax/business-licensing/bylaw-c-501/",
   "answer": "The Regional municipality of Halifax, Nova Scotia has 1 adopted bylaw on file: By-law C-501 Respecting Vending on Municipal Lands, verified 2026-09-27."
  },
  {
   "municipality_id": "gx-003142",
   "name": "Inverness",
   "type": "County municipality",
   "path": "/ca/ns/inverness/",
   "answer_page": "/ca/ns/inverness/business-licensing/",
   "json": "/ca/ns/inverness/business-licensing.json",
   "status": "found",
   "n_adopted": 1,
   "last_verified": "2026-09-27",
   "document": "Bylaw 53 – Mobile Vending Bylaw",
   "document_number": "53",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "transcript_url": "/ca/ns/inverness/business-licensing/bylaw-53/",
   "answer": "In the County municipality of Inverness, Nova Scotia, business licences & permits rules are set by Bylaw 53 – Mobile Vending Bylaw, verified 2026-09-27. A licence is required. Who must license: Persons vending from a mobile unit in the Municipality, excluding exceptions such as farm products, minors, and busking per s. 7. Renewal: expires on the 31st day of March of each year."
  },
  {
   "municipality_id": "gx-003143",
   "name": "Kentville",
   "type": "Town",
   "path": "/ca/ns/kentville/",
   "answer_page": "/ca/ns/kentville/business-licensing/",
   "json": "/ca/ns/kentville/business-licensing.json",
   "status": "found",
   "n_adopted": 2,
   "last_verified": "2026-09-27",
   "document": "CH94 Vending Bylaw",
   "document_number": null,
   "adopted_date": null,
   "transcript_url": "/ca/ns/kentville/business-licensing/ch94-vending-bylaw/",
   "answer": "In the Town of Kentville, Nova Scotia, business licences & permits rules are set by CH94 Vending Bylaw and 1 other bylaw, verified 2026-09-27. A licence is required. Fee: As shown in Schedule \"B\" to this By-Law. Who must license: Anyone vending food/beverages/merchandise, operating mobile canteens, stands, flea markets, busking, or peddling in Kentville."
  },
  {
   "municipality_id": "gx-003144",
   "name": "Kings",
   "type": "County municipality",
   "path": "/ca/ns/kings/",
   "answer_page": "/ca/ns/kings/business-licensing/",
   "json": "/ca/ns/kings/business-licensing.json",
   "status": "found",
   "n_adopted": 1,
   "last_verified": "2026-09-27",
   "document": "By-law 90 Vendors By-law",
   "document_number": "90",
   "adopted_date": "2007-08-07",
   "transcript_url": "/ca/ns/kings/business-licensing/bylaw-90/",
   "answer": "In the County municipality of Kings, Nova Scotia, business licences & permits rules are set by By-law 90 Vendors By-law, verified 2026-09-27. A licence is required. Who must license: Any person engaging in temporary business preparing and selling food products outside an enclosed building, excluding non-profit bodies. Renewal: terminate on the 31st day of March next after the date of the license."
  },
  {
   "municipality_id": "gx-003145",
   "name": "Lockeport",
   "type": "Town",
   "path": "/ca/ns/lockeport/",
   "answer_page": "/ca/ns/lockeport/business-licensing/",
   "json": "/ca/ns/lockeport/business-licensing.json",
   "status": "found",
   "n_adopted": 1,
   "last_verified": "2026-09-27",
   "document": "Vending By-Law",
   "document_number": null,
   "adopted_date": null,
   "transcript_url": "/ca/ns/lockeport/business-licensing/vending-by-law/",
   "answer": "In the Town of Lockeport, Nova Scotia, business licences & permits rules are set by Vending By-Law, verified 2026-09-27. A licence is required. Who must license: Persons vending at craft/farmers markets, special events, or in/near public places using mobile canteens, stands, flea markets, or garden centres. Renewal: not more than one year from the date of issuance."
  },
  {
   "municipality_id": "gx-003146",
   "name": "Lunenburg",
   "type": "District municipality",
   "path": "/ca/ns/lunenburg-district-municipality/",
   "answer_page": "/ca/ns/lunenburg-district-municipality/business-licensing/",
   "json": "/ca/ns/lunenburg-district-municipality/business-licensing.json",
   "status": "found",
   "n_adopted": 2,
   "last_verified": "2026-09-27",
   "document": "By-law 019A Motor Vehicle Transient Vendors By-law",
   "document_number": "019A",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "transcript_url": "/ca/ns/lunenburg-district-municipality/business-licensing/bylaw-019a/",
   "answer": "In the District municipality of Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, business licences & permits rules are set by By-law 019A Motor Vehicle Transient Vendors By-law and 1 other bylaw, verified 2026-09-27. A licence is required. Fee: One Thousand Six Hundred Eighty Dollars ($1680.00). Who must license: Transient vendor: person temporarily selling motor vehicles in Municipality with provincial dealer supplemental license but no permanent local license."
  },
  {
   "municipality_id": "gx-003147",
   "name": "Lunenburg",
   "type": "Town",
   "path": "/ca/ns/lunenburg-town/",
   "answer_page": "/ca/ns/lunenburg-town/business-licensing/",
   "json": "/ca/ns/lunenburg-town/business-licensing.json",
   "status": "found",
   "n_adopted": 1,
   "last_verified": "2026-09-27",
   "document": "Town of Lunenburg By-law #61 Vending By-law",
   "document_number": "61",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "transcript_url": "/ca/ns/lunenburg-town/business-licensing/bylaw-61/",
   "answer": "In the Town of Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, business licences & permits rules are set by Town of Lunenburg By-law #61 Vending By-law, verified 2026-09-27. A licence is required. Who must license: Any person engaged in vending in the Town unless specifically exempted under this By-law. Renewal: expires on the 31st day of March next following the date of issuance."
  },
  {
   "municipality_id": "gx-003148",
   "name": "Mahone Bay",
   "type": "Town",
   "path": "/ca/ns/mahone-bay/",
   "answer_page": "/ca/ns/mahone-bay/business-licensing/",
   "json": "/ca/ns/mahone-bay/business-licensing.json",
   "status": "found",
   "n_adopted": 2,
   "last_verified": "2026-09-27",
   "document": "Seasonal Sales Area Bylaw",
   "document_number": null,
   "adopted_date": null,
   "transcript_url": "/ca/ns/mahone-bay/business-licensing/seasonal-sales-area-bylaw/",
   "answer": "In the Town of Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia, business licences & permits rules are set by Seasonal Sales Area Bylaw and 1 other bylaw, verified 2026-09-27. A licence is required. Who must license: Retail or food and beverage businesses operating seasonal sales areas on Town property directly in front of their business."
  },
  {
   "municipality_id": "gx-003149",
   "name": "Middleton",
   "type": "Town",
   "path": "/ca/ns/middleton/",
   "answer_page": "/ca/ns/middleton/business-licensing/",
   "json": "/ca/ns/middleton/business-licensing.json",
   "status": "found",
   "n_adopted": 1,
   "last_verified": "2026-09-27",
   "document": "Licenses, General Provisions (Chapter 15)",
   "document_number": "15",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "transcript_url": "/ca/ns/middleton/business-licensing/chapter-15/",
   "answer": "In the Town of Middleton, Nova Scotia, business licences & permits rules are set by Licenses, General Provisions (Chapter 15), verified 2026-09-27. A licence is required. Fee: resident or ratepayer....$40.00; neither resident not a ratepayer... $80.00; amusement..$40.00; one (1) dollar. Who must license: auctioneer, peddler, hawker, or trader of goods; circus or other itinerant amusement."
  },
  {
   "municipality_id": "gx-003151",
   "name": "New Glasgow",
   "type": "Town",
   "path": "/ca/ns/new-glasgow/",
   "answer_page": "/ca/ns/new-glasgow/business-licensing/",
   "json": "/ca/ns/new-glasgow/business-licensing.json",
   "status": "found",
   "n_adopted": 1,
   "last_verified": "2026-09-27",
   "document": "Vending Bylaw",
   "document_number": null,
   "adopted_date": null,
   "transcript_url": "/ca/ns/new-glasgow/business-licensing/vending-bylaw/",
   "answer": "In the Town of New Glasgow, Nova Scotia, business licences & permits rules are set by Vending Bylaw, verified 2026-09-27. A licence is required. Fee: Mobile Canteen/Stand: $450.00 (1 yr), $225.00 (seasonal), $75.00 (occasional); Non-Mobile Stand: $350.00 (1 yr), $200.00 (seasonal), $50.00 (occasional). Who must license: Persons vending in, on, or near a public place, except abutters operating retail commercial enterprises vending at nonmobile stands during business hours."
  },
  {
   "municipality_id": "gx-003154",
   "name": "Pictou",
   "type": "Town",
   "path": "/ca/ns/pictou-town/",
   "answer_page": "/ca/ns/pictou-town/business-licensing/",
   "json": "/ca/ns/pictou-town/business-licensing.json",
   "status": "found",
   "n_adopted": 1,
   "last_verified": "2026-09-27",
   "document": "Vendors By Law",
   "document_number": null,
   "adopted_date": null,
   "transcript_url": "/ca/ns/pictou-town/business-licensing/vendors-by-law/",
   "answer": "In the Town of Pictou, Nova Scotia, business licences & permits rules are set by Vendors By Law, verified 2026-09-27. A licence is required. Fee: $45 per day; $200 for five days in one calendar year. Who must license: Any person engaged in Temporary Vending in the Town."
  },
  {
   "municipality_id": "gx-003155",
   "name": "Port Hawkesbury",
   "type": "Town",
   "path": "/ca/ns/port-hawkesbury/",
   "answer_page": "/ca/ns/port-hawkesbury/business-licensing/",
   "json": "/ca/ns/port-hawkesbury/business-licensing.json",
   "status": "found",
   "n_adopted": 1,
   "last_verified": "2026-09-27",
   "document": "Vending Bylaw",
   "document_number": null,
   "adopted_date": "2016-10-04",
   "transcript_url": "/ca/ns/port-hawkesbury/business-licensing/vending-bylaw/",
   "answer": "In the Town of Port Hawkesbury, Nova Scotia, business licences & permits rules are set by Vending Bylaw, verified 2026-09-27. A licence is required. Who must license: Persons vending at flea markets, public places, peddling, auctioneering, or operating mobile canteens and stands, unless exempt under Sections 3 to 9. Renewal: not more than one year from the date of issuance."
  },
  {
   "municipality_id": "gx-003156",
   "name": "Queens",
   "type": "Regional municipality",
   "path": "/ca/ns/queens/",
   "answer_page": "/ca/ns/queens/business-licensing/",
   "json": "/ca/ns/queens/business-licensing.json",
   "status": "found",
   "n_adopted": 1,
   "last_verified": "2026-09-27",
   "document": "Bylaw No. 16 — Vending",
   "document_number": "16",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "transcript_url": "/ca/ns/queens/business-licensing/bylaw-16/",
   "answer": "In the Regional municipality of Queens, Nova Scotia, business licences & permits rules are set by Bylaw No. 16 — Vending, verified 2026-09-27. A licence is required. Who must license: Persons engaging in vending outside enclosed buildings or in public places, excluding private property yard sales and specific commercial sidewalks. Renewal: expire on the 31st of March following date of issuance."
  },
  {
   "municipality_id": "gx-003157",
   "name": "Richmond",
   "type": "County municipality",
   "path": "/ca/ns/richmond/",
   "answer_page": "/ca/ns/richmond/business-licensing/",
   "json": "/ca/ns/richmond/business-licensing.json",
   "status": "found",
   "n_adopted": 1,
   "last_verified": "2026-09-27",
   "document": "By-Law #67 — Special Event By-Law",
   "document_number": "67",
   "adopted_date": "2023-04-24",
   "transcript_url": "/ca/ns/richmond/business-licensing/bylaw-67/",
   "answer": "In the County municipality of Richmond, Nova Scotia, business licences & permits rules are set by By-Law #67 — Special Event By-Law, verified 2026-09-27. A licence is required. Who must license: Promoters organizing or holding large special events (500+ people)."
  },
  {
   "municipality_id": "gx-003159",
   "name": "Shelburne",
   "type": "Town",
   "path": "/ca/ns/shelburne-town/",
   "answer_page": "/ca/ns/shelburne-town/business-licensing/",
   "json": "/ca/ns/shelburne-town/business-licensing.json",
   "status": "found",
   "n_adopted": 1,
   "last_verified": "2026-09-27",
   "document": "Vending Bylaw 2026",
   "document_number": "2026",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "transcript_url": "/ca/ns/shelburne-town/business-licensing/bylaw-2026/",
   "answer": "In the Town of Shelburne, Nova Scotia, business licences & permits rules are set by Vending Bylaw 2026, verified 2026-09-27. A licence is required. Who must license: All persons wishing to provide for sale goods or services within the Town of Shelburne. Renewal: expires on April 1, calendar year."
  },
  {
   "municipality_id": "gx-003161",
   "name": "Stellarton",
   "type": "Town",
   "path": "/ca/ns/stellarton/",
   "answer_page": "/ca/ns/stellarton/business-licensing/",
   "json": "/ca/ns/stellarton/business-licensing.json",
   "status": "found",
   "n_adopted": 1,
   "last_verified": "2026-09-27",
   "document": "Street Food Vendor By-Law",
   "document_number": null,
   "adopted_date": null,
   "transcript_url": "/ca/ns/stellarton/business-licensing/street-food-vendor-by-law/",
   "answer": "In the Town of Stellarton, Nova Scotia, business licences & permits rules are set by Street Food Vendor By-Law, verified 2026-09-27. A licence is required. Fee: One-Hundred Dollars ($100.00) for each stand or truck. Who must license: Any person who vends food or beverages on public streets from a stand or truck in the Town of Stellarton."
  },
  {
   "municipality_id": "gx-003162",
   "name": "Stewiacke",
   "type": "Town",
   "path": "/ca/ns/stewiacke/",
   "answer_page": "/ca/ns/stewiacke/business-licensing/",
   "json": "/ca/ns/stewiacke/business-licensing.json",
   "status": "found",
   "n_adopted": 1,
   "last_verified": "2026-09-27",
   "document": "Vendors Bylaw",
   "document_number": null,
   "adopted_date": null,
   "transcript_url": "/ca/ns/stewiacke/business-licensing/vendors-bylaw/",
   "answer": "In the Town of Stewiacke, Nova Scotia, business licences & permits rules are set by Vendors Bylaw, verified 2026-09-27. A licence is required. Fee: set out in the Municipal Policy for Fees; non-profit fees waived. Who must license: Persons carrying on the business of vending, except commercial sidewalk vending, yard sales, and Town sanctioned events."
  },
  {
   "municipality_id": "gx-003163",
   "name": "Trenton",
   "type": "Town",
   "path": "/ca/ns/trenton/",
   "answer_page": "/ca/ns/trenton/business-licensing/",
   "json": "/ca/ns/trenton/business-licensing.json",
   "status": "found",
   "n_adopted": 1,
   "last_verified": "2026-09-27",
   "document": "By-law No. 19 — Licences General Provisions",
   "document_number": "19",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "transcript_url": "/ca/ns/trenton/business-licensing/bylaw-19/",
   "answer": "In the Town of Trenton, Nova Scotia, business licences & permits rules are set by By-law No. 19 — Licences General Provisions, verified 2026-09-27. A licence is required. Renewal: In force until the 31st day of December next succeeding the day on which the same is issued."
  },
  {
   "municipality_id": "gx-003164",
   "name": "Truro",
   "type": "Town",
   "path": "/ca/ns/truro/",
   "answer_page": "/ca/ns/truro/business-licensing/",
   "json": "/ca/ns/truro/business-licensing.json",
   "status": "found",
   "n_adopted": 1,
   "last_verified": "2026-09-27",
   "document": "Street Vendors Bylaw",
   "document_number": null,
   "adopted_date": null,
   "transcript_url": "/ca/ns/truro/business-licensing/street-vendors-bylaw/",
   "answer": "In the Town of Truro, Nova Scotia, business licences & permits rules are set by Street Vendors Bylaw, verified 2026-09-27. A licence is required. Fee: two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00) for each stand; one hundred dollars ($100.00) for each stand. Who must license: Persons vending food, beverages, or merchandise on Town lands from a stand, subject to s. 15 exemptions."
  },
  {
   "municipality_id": "gx-003165",
   "name": "Victoria",
   "type": "County municipality",
   "path": "/ca/ns/victoria/",
   "answer_page": "/ca/ns/victoria/business-licensing/",
   "json": "/ca/ns/victoria/business-licensing.json",
   "status": "found",
   "n_adopted": 1,
   "last_verified": "2026-09-27",
   "document": "Auctioneers, Peddlars, Hawkers and Traders of Goods By-law",
   "document_number": null,
   "adopted_date": null,
   "transcript_url": "/ca/ns/victoria/business-licensing/auctioneers-peddlars-hawkers-and-traders-of-goods-by-law/",
   "answer": "In the County municipality of Victoria, Nova Scotia, business licences & permits rules are set by Auctioneers, Peddlars, Hawkers and Traders of Goods By-law, verified 2026-09-27. A licence is required. Fee: $75.00 annual; part year ten per centum of annual fee per month; $2.00 replacement. Who must license: Non-residents acting as auctioneer, peddlar, hawker, trader; excludes farm/forest/sea products, law officers."
  },
  {
   "municipality_id": "gx-003166",
   "name": "West Hants",
   "type": "Regional municipality",
   "path": "/ca/ns/west-hants/",
   "answer_page": "/ca/ns/west-hants/business-licensing/",
   "json": "/ca/ns/west-hants/business-licensing.json",
   "status": "found",
   "n_adopted": 1,
   "last_verified": "2026-09-27",
   "document": "Mobile Canteen Vending By-Law RV 001",
   "document_number": null,
   "adopted_date": null,
   "transcript_url": "/ca/ns/west-hants/business-licensing/mobile-canteen-vending-by-law-rv-001/",
   "answer": "In the Regional municipality of West Hants, Nova Scotia, business licences & permits rules are set by Mobile Canteen Vending By-Law RV 001, verified 2026-09-27. A licence is required. Who must license: Persons operating a mobile canteen on private or municipal property."
  },
  {
   "municipality_id": "gx-003167",
   "name": "Westville",
   "type": "Town",
   "path": "/ca/ns/westville/",
   "answer_page": "/ca/ns/westville/business-licensing/",
   "json": "/ca/ns/westville/business-licensing.json",
   "status": "found",
   "n_adopted": 1,
   "last_verified": "2026-09-27",
   "document": "Vendors and Buskers By-Law",
   "document_number": null,
   "adopted_date": "2023-04-03",
   "transcript_url": "/ca/ns/westville/business-licensing/vendors-and-buskers-by-law/",
   "answer": "In the Town of Westville, Nova Scotia, business licences & permits rules are set by Vendors and Buskers By-Law, verified 2026-09-27. A licence is required. Fee: $50 per day; $250 for five or more days in one calendar year. Who must license: Any person engaged in Temporary Vending or Busking in the Town."
  },
  {
   "municipality_id": "gx-003169",
   "name": "Yarmouth",
   "type": "District municipality",
   "path": "/ca/ns/yarmouth-district-municipality/",
   "answer_page": "/ca/ns/yarmouth-district-municipality/business-licensing/",
   "json": "/ca/ns/yarmouth-district-municipality/business-licensing.json",
   "status": "found",
   "n_adopted": 1,
   "last_verified": "2026-09-27",
   "document": "Vending By-Law V-1048-25",
   "document_number": "V-1048-25",
   "adopted_date": "2025-08-29",
   "transcript_url": "/ca/ns/yarmouth-district-municipality/business-licensing/bylaw-v-1048-25/",
   "answer": "In the District municipality of Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, business licences & permits rules are set by Vending By-Law V-1048-25, verified 2026-09-27. A licence is required. Who must license: Persons vending food, beverages, goods, or merchandise not in an enclosed permanent structure. Renewal: intervals of 1 week, 1 month, or 1 year."
  }
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   "municipality_id": "gx-003123",
   "name": "Annapolis",
   "path": "/ca/ns/annapolis/",
   "status": "found",
   "last_verified": "2026-09-27"
  },
  {
   "municipality_id": "gx-003126",
   "name": "Antigonish",
   "path": "/ca/ns/antigonish-town/",
   "status": "found",
   "last_verified": "2026-09-27"
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  {
   "municipality_id": "gx-003130",
   "name": "Bridgewater",
   "path": "/ca/ns/bridgewater/",
   "status": "found",
   "last_verified": "2026-09-27"
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  {
   "municipality_id": "gx-003132",
   "name": "Chester",
   "path": "/ca/ns/chester/",
   "status": "found",
   "last_verified": "2026-09-27"
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  {
   "municipality_id": "gx-003134",
   "name": "Clark's Harbour",
   "path": "/ca/ns/clark-s-harbour/",
   "status": "found",
   "last_verified": "2026-09-27"
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  {
   "municipality_id": "gx-003136",
   "name": "Cumberland",
   "path": "/ca/ns/cumberland/",
   "status": "found",
   "last_verified": "2026-09-27"
  },
  {
   "municipality_id": "gx-003137",
   "name": "Digby",
   "path": "/ca/ns/digby-district-municipality/",
   "status": "found",
   "last_verified": "2026-09-27"
  },
  {
   "municipality_id": "gx-003139",
   "name": "East Hants",
   "path": "/ca/ns/east-hants/",
   "status": "found",
   "last_verified": "2026-09-27"
  },
  {
   "municipality_id": "gx-003140",
   "name": "Guysborough",
   "path": "/ca/ns/guysborough/",
   "status": "found",
   "last_verified": "2026-09-27"
  },
  {
   "municipality_id": "gx-003150",
   "name": "Mulgrave",
   "path": "/ca/ns/mulgrave/",
   "status": "found",
   "last_verified": "2026-09-27"
  },
  {
   "municipality_id": "gx-003152",
   "name": "Oxford",
   "path": "/ca/ns/oxford/",
   "status": "found",
   "last_verified": "2026-09-27"
  },
  {
   "municipality_id": "gx-003153",
   "name": "Pictou",
   "path": "/ca/ns/pictou-county-municipality/",
   "status": "found",
   "last_verified": "2026-09-27"
  },
  {
   "municipality_id": "gx-003158",
   "name": "Shelburne",
   "path": "/ca/ns/shelburne-district-municipality/",
   "status": "found",
   "last_verified": "2026-09-27"
  },
  {
   "municipality_id": "gx-003160",
   "name": "St. Mary's",
   "path": "/ca/ns/st-mary-s/",
   "status": "found",
   "last_verified": "2026-09-27"
  },
  {
   "municipality_id": "gx-003168",
   "name": "Wolfville",
   "path": "/ca/ns/wolfville/",
   "status": "found",
   "last_verified": "2026-09-27"
  },
  {
   "municipality_id": "gx-003170",
   "name": "Yarmouth",
   "path": "/ca/ns/yarmouth-town/",
   "status": "found",
   "last_verified": "2026-09-27"
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}