{
 "municipality_id": "gx-000459",
 "municipality": "Vermilion",
 "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.vermilion.ca",
 "documents": [
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   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Bylaw 20-2014 Licensing, Control and Regulating Businesses",
   "category": "business_licensing",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "http://www.vermilion.ca/media/t51j5t0j/bylaw2014-signed-1.pdf",
   "summary": "Establishes the framework for licensing and regulating businesses operating within the Town of Vermilion.",
   "capture_sha256": "df5643f625fa6e4ce4367f79348afb2d54412d5fc24f8efdc6d84ce1b6ea9353",
   "captured_at": "2026-06-08T18:48:41+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/df5643f625fa6e4ce4367f79348afb2d54412d5fc24f8efdc6d84ce1b6ea9353.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "licence_required": true,
    "who_must_license": "Any person carrying on or operating any business within the Town, unless specifically exempted by law.",
    "fee": "Schedule \"A\": Hawker and Peddler $120/day to a maximum of $500 Annually; Resident Business $150 Annually; Home Occupation $150 Annually; District Resident Business $150 Annually; Non-Resident Business $250 Annually; Non-Resident General Contractor $500 Annually; Seasonal Youth Entrepreneur Business $10 Annually. s. 13: half the annual cost if commencing after July 1.",
    "renewal": "Terminates midnight Dec 31 of year issued. Invoiced January of each year, due Jan 31."
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "licence_required": "s. 10",
    "who_must_license": "s. 10",
    "fee": "s. 9; Schedule \"A\"; s. 13",
    "renewal": "s. 7; s. 4(b)"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/ab/vermilion/business-licensing/text-df5643f625fa/",
   "transcript_quality": "ocr"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/ab/vermilion/business-licensing/"
}