{
 "answer": "In the Town of Espanola, Ontario, business licences & permits rules are set by Bylaw No. 2226/09 Licensing and Regulation of Hawkers and Peddlars, verified 2026-10-23. A licence is required. Fee: $500.00 license fee; $500.00 renewal fee. Who must license: Hawker-Peddlar.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-001507",
 "municipality": "Espanola",
 "status_type": "Town",
 "jurisdiction": "Ontario",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "business_licensing",
 "label": "Business licences & permits",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-10-23",
 "official_website": "https://www.espanola.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Bylaw No. 2226/09 Licensing and Regulation of Hawkers and Peddlars",
   "category": "business_licensing",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2009-12-08",
   "document_url": "https://www.espanola.ca/REST/module-files/156/original/2226-09_Hawkers__Peddlars.pdf",
   "summary": "Town of Espanola by-law licensing and regulating hawkers and peddlars under Municipal Act s.150 (scanned PDF, read via OCR).",
   "discovered_by": "on-bizlic",
   "discovered_at": "2026-10-15",
   "capture_sha256": "39b45ea55d1725636b0900b512edba942fe18252d232c8b384fce5c6c2e26627",
   "captured_at": "2026-10-15T21:20:24+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "document_number": "2226/09",
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/39b45ea55d1725636b0900b512edba942fe18252d232c8b384fce5c6c2e26627.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "licence_required": true,
    "who_must_license": "Hawker-Peddlar",
    "fee": "$500.00 license fee; $500.00 renewal fee",
    "renewal": "annual, expires December 31 at 11:59 pm"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "licence_required": "s. 3.3",
    "who_must_license": "s. 3.3",
    "fee": "Schedule \"A\"",
    "renewal": "s. 2.4"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/espanola/business-licensing/regulations-2226-09/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/on/espanola/business-licensing/"
}