{
 "municipality_id": "gx-000121",
 "municipality": "Saanich",
 "status_type": "District Municipality",
 "jurisdiction": "British Columbia",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "business_licensing",
 "label": "Business licences & permits",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-06-08",
 "official_website": "http://www.saanich.ca",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Business Licence Bylaw No. 8213",
   "category": "business_licensing",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "http://www.saanich.ca/assets/Local~Government/Documents/Bylaws~and~Policies/business-licence-bylaw-2002-no-8213.pdf",
   "summary": "Requires businesses operating in Saanich to obtain a licence, sets licence fees and conditions for various business types.",
   "capture_sha256": "cde44f607315193e73a13be85f8247ece27187fe408f9ae5d8aceb2361b98f57",
   "captured_at": "2026-06-08T05:38:58+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/cde44f607315193e73a13be85f8247ece27187fe408f9ae5d8aceb2361b98f57.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "licence_required": true,
    "who_must_license": "Any person carrying on business within Saanich, defined as commercial/industrial undertaking or service for gain or profit.",
    "fee": "Licence fee specified in Schedule \"A\"; includes Home Crafts $50.00, Commercial - Small $100.00, Commercial - Large $200.00",
    "renewal": "Annual licences for the period January 1st to December 31st in each and every year"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "licence_required": "s. 3",
    "who_must_license": "s. 3; s. 2",
    "fee": "Schedule \"A\"",
    "renewal": "s. 8(a)"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/bc/saanich/business-licensing/text-cde44f607315/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/bc/saanich/business-licensing/"
}