{
 "municipality_id": "gx-000105",
 "municipality": "Port Coquitlam",
 "status_type": "City",
 "jurisdiction": "British Columbia",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "business_licensing",
 "label": "Business licences & permits",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-06-08",
 "official_website": "https://www.portcoquitlam.ca/",
 "documents": [
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   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Business Bylaw",
   "category": "business_licensing",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://www.portcoquitlam.ca/sites/default/files/2024-10/3725%20-%20Business%20Bylaw.pdf",
   "summary": "Requires business licences and regulates the operation of businesses in Port Coquitlam.",
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   "captured_at": "2026-06-08T05:38:58+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/c4b483a87d5d040c8cec748a5d9047ff2c3c46dbece51eebe276e89a425b90b1.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "licence_required": true,
    "who_must_license": "Every person who owns or operates any business within the City",
    "fee": "applicable licence fee prescribed in Schedule A; maximum $3,000.00; reduced by one-half if issued after July 31st",
    "renewal": "annual licences for a period commencing each January 1st and expiring each December 31st"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "licence_required": "s. 3(a)",
    "who_must_license": "s. 3(b)",
    "fee": "s. 4; s. 4.1; s. 4.3; Schedule A",
    "renewal": "s. 13"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/bc/port-coquitlam/business-licensing/text-c4b483a87d5d/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
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 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/bc/port-coquitlam/business-licensing/"
}