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 "municipality_id": "gx-001538",
 "municipality": "Guelph",
 "status_type": "City",
 "jurisdiction": "Ontario",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "business_licensing",
 "label": "Business licences & permits",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-06-10",
 "official_website": "https://guelph.ca/",
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   "title": "Business Licence By-law (2009)-18855",
   "category": "business_licensing",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2009-09-28",
   "document_url": "https://guelph.ca/wp-content/uploads/Business-Licence-By-Law.pdf",
   "summary": "City of Guelph By-law (2009)-18855 (office consolidation) respecting the licensing of businesses; Municipal Code Chapter 176.",
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    "who_must_license": "Any Person carrying on a Business set out in Schedule \"A\" of this By-law.",
    "renewal": "annual, expires December 31st"
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    "licence_required": "s. 2(a)",
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 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/on/guelph/business-licensing/"
}