{
 "municipality_id": "gx-000396",
 "municipality": "Provost",
 "status_type": "Town",
 "jurisdiction": "Alberta",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "business_licensing",
 "label": "Business licences & permits",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-06-08",
 "official_website": "http://www.townofprovost.ca",
 "documents": [
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   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Business Licensing Bylaw 10-2016",
   "category": "business_licensing",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2016-01-01",
   "document_url": "https://provost.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/BUSINESS-LICENSE-BYLAW-10-2016.pdf",
   "summary": "Requires and regulates business licences for commercial and home-based businesses operating within the Town of Provost; sets licence categories and fees.",
   "capture_sha256": "73bec65e3ba4a0a66930e5870cb8cad62787ace35857e38a321010ff4103e8e7",
   "captured_at": "2026-06-08T18:48:41+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/73bec65e3ba4a0a66930e5870cb8cad62787ace35857e38a321010ff4103e8e7.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "licence_required": true,
    "who_must_license": "Persons engaged in any Business in the Town, excluding owners/lessees at premises, Town, and some NFPs.",
    "renewal": "Expires December 31st in the year of issuance"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "licence_required": "s. 4.1",
    "who_must_license": "s. 4.1, s. 4.2",
    "renewal": "s. 5.11"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/ab/provost/business-licensing/text-73bec65e3ba4/",
   "transcript_quality": "ocr"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/ab/provost/business-licensing/"
}