This dataset includes over one hundred thousands business licences issued by the Business Licence Office of City of Vancouver. Under Licence By-Law No. 4450, a valid business licence is required in order to operate a business in the City of Vancouver. Each business is registered with licence number, licence type, business name, trade name, location, licence issue date and expiration date, etc.
| Subject | Business and Economy |
| Jurisdiction | City of Vancouver, Province of British Columbia |
| Data Provider | Business Licence Office, the Development, Buildings, and Licensing Division, City of Vancouver |
| Source | opendata.vancouver.ca |
| Attribution | Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Vancouver. |
All businesses in Vancouver require a licence to operate. This ensures that all business locations are safe and meet land-use requirements. The Business Licence Office issues about 50,000 business licenses and 100,000 permits every year. A business licence can be obtained from the City's Licence Office and is valid for the remainder of the calendar year unless stated otherwise. The Licence By-Law No. 4450 regulates the licensing of business, trade, professions, and other occupations with the City of Vancouver. All persons and companies doing business in the City of Vancouver need to be licensed, including: Each location operated by a business in the city; Persons and companies based out-of-town and doing business in the city; Home-based businesses (for example, professionals working from a home office); Employees do not need a business licence. This dataset identifies current and previously licensed businesses and trades. The following information are included: business name, business trade name, status, license issue date and expire date, business type, business location, and others. The types of businesses that require a business licence include:
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| Business Name | Address | Business Type | Issued Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| John Karanosos & Penelope Karanasos | 2119 W 42nd Av, Vancouver, BC V6M 2B7 | Apartment House | 2023-12-01 |
| (Elsie Lowe) | 1965 E 43rd Av, Vancouver, BC | Apartment House | 2023-11-20 |
| 0774886 BC Ltd | 2291 W 1st Av, Vancouver, BC V6K 1E9 | Apartment House | 2022-12-13 |
| (Ewa Kaminski) | 2295 W 1st Av, Vancouver, BC V6K 1E9 | Apartment House | 2022-12-13 |
| Syndic Holdings Inc | 1411 Commercial Dr, Vancouver, BC V5L 3X8 | Apartment House | 2022-12-12 |
| Beverly D Richardson & John L Richardson | 117 W 13th Av, Burnaby, BC V5Y 1V8 | Apartment House | 2022-11-21 |
| Jian J Ling & Charmaine Y Ma | 878 W 58th Av, Vancouver, BC V6P 6Y3 | Apartment House | 2022-09-27 |
| Rosedale Apartments · Maria C Jonker (Maria Jonker) | 1121 Harwood St, Vancouver, BC V6E 1R9 | Apartment House | 2022-01-02 |
| Pacific Terrace · 254564 B C Ltd | 1360 Hornby Street, Vancouver, BC V6Z 1W5 | Apartment House | 2021-12-28 |
| Shalimar Holdings Ltd | 4946 Joyce St, Vancouver, BC V5R 4G6 | Apartment House | 2021-11-23 |
| (Elisabeth Thompson) | 1265 W 10th Av, Vancouver, BC V6H 1J5 | Apartment House | 2021-11-22 |
| Tomo Spaces (Alpha) Inc | 5809 Main St, Vancouver, BC V5W 2T1 | Apartment House | 2020-12-23 |
| 2225 Triumph Apartments Ltd | 2225 Triumph St, Vancouver, BC V5L 1L2 | Apartment House | 2020-01-17 |
| (Frank Luey) | 2115 Oxford St, Vancouver, BC V5L 1E8 | Apartment House | 2020-01-08 |
| 1537 Burnaby Street Nominee Ltd | 1537 Burnaby St, Vancouver, BC V6G 1X1 | Apartment House | 2020-01-06 |
| Tamarac · Shelmarjay Holdings Ltd | 1160 Broughton, Vancouver, BC V6G 2B2 | Apartment House | 2020-01-03 |
| The Connaught · M M C Investment Corporation | 1255 Pendrell Street, Vancouver, BC V6E 1L7 | Apartment House | 2020-01-02 |
| Macabees Holdings Ltd | 3173 W Broadway, Vancouver, BC | Apartment House | 2020-01-02 |
| Guillermo Chang & Sophia Wong | 2186 Cornwall Av, Vancouver, BC | Apartment House | 2020-01-02 |
| A Weger Ltd | 566 E 44th Av, Vancouver, BC V5W 1W5 | Apartment House | 2020-01-02 |
| Elena Margot Feder (Elena Feder) | 840 E 6th Av, Vancouver, BC | Apartment House | 2020-01-02 |
| (Balbir Bharaj) | 1536 E 3rd Av, Vancouver, BC V5N 1G9 | Apartment House | 2019-12-23 |
| 1136 Properties Ltd | 1136 Pacific St, Unit, Vancouver, BC V6E 1T4 | Apartment House | 2019-12-23 |
| (Maria Sidiropoulos) | 1117 Commercial Dr, Vancouver, BC V5L 3X3 | Apartment House | 2019-12-19 |
| Gene Ben Eng (Gene Eng) | 1522 E 3rd Av, Vancouver, BC V5N 1G9 | Apartment House | 2019-12-14 |
| 417381 B C Ltd | 1037 E 8th Av, Vancouver, BC V5T 1V1 | Apartment House | 2019-12-09 |
| Koon Kei Yang (Koon Yang) | 1325 W 10th Av, Vancouver, BC V6H 1J7 | Apartment House | 2019-12-04 |
| Koon Kei Yang (Koon Yang) | 1957 Grant St, Vancouver, BC V5L 2Z1 | Apartment House | 2019-12-04 |
| (Angelo Mion) | 1809 Frances St, Vancouver, BC V5L 1Z8 | Apartment House | 2018-12-17 |
| Flavia Punzo & Steven Punzo | 1950 Adanac St, Vancouver, BC V5L 2E4 | Apartment House | 2017-12-19 |
| Gordon H Becker (Gordon Becker) | 2483 W 6th Av, Vancouver, BC V6K 1W2 | Apartment House | 2017-12-11 |
| 0881269 BC Ltd | 445 Sw Marine Drive, Vancouver, BC V5X 2R9 | Apartment House | 2017-02-28 |
| Farwest International Enterprises Ltd | 360 E 14th, Vancouver, BC V5T 2M8 | Apartment House | 2016-12-29 |
| Verville Estates Ltd | 541 W 13th, Vancouver, BC V5Z 1N7 | Apartment House | 2016-12-21 |
| (Hong Lum) | 533 Woodland Dr, Vancouver, BC V5L 3P8 | Apartment House | 2016-12-12 |
| Juan Hui Lui (Juan Lui) | 8691 Selkirk St, Vancouver, BC V6P 4J2 | Apartment House | 2016-12-02 |
| Giuseppe Mantini & Rosa Mantini | 1320 Salsbury Dr, Vancouver, BC V5L 4B3 | Apartment House | 2016-11-28 |
| Nicolas H Abramson (Nicolas Abramson) | 6060 East Boulevard, Vancouver, BC V6M 3V5 | Apartment House | 2016-11-25 |
| Virendra Seth & Zemaray Shohab | 1338 Commercial Drive, Vancouver, BC V5L 3X6 | Apartment House | 2016-11-18 |
| (Danny Ha) | 5228 St Catherines St, Suite 2, Vancouver, BC V5W 3G1 | Apartment House | 2015-12-12 |
| 0961763 BC Ltd | 2934 Birch St, Vancouver, BC V6H 2T7 | Apartment House | 2015-11-24 |
| Christine P Y Ho & Kit Ching Young | 1758 E 1st Av, Vancouver, BC V5N 1B1 | Apartment House | 2015-11-20 |
| Herbert Chuk-Wing Eng (Herbert Eng) | 2034 Franklin St, Vancouver, BC V5L 1R3 | Apartment House | 2014-12-16 |
| Kerris Holdings Ltd | 2409 W 41st Av, Vancouver, BC V6M 2A5 | Apartment House | 2014-11-21 |
| Letchumana Pathmayohan & Mangaleswaryt Pathmayohan | 7039 Main St, Vancouver, BC V5X 3H5 | Apartment House | 2014-01-07 |
| (Valen Schultz) | 2134 W 6th Ave, Suite 3, Vancouver, BC V6K 1V6 | Apartment House | 2014-01-06 |
| Delian Consultants Ltd | 2358 Cornwall, Vancouver, BC V6K 1B7 | Apartment House | 2013-12-18 |
| (Demetre Patseas) | 1004 Douglas Cres, Vancouver, BC V6H 1V5 | Apartment House | 2013-12-04 |
| (Roy Tatsumi) | 1057 E 13th Av, Vancouver, BC V5T 2L9 | Apartment House | 2013-12-03 |
| Lani Sommerville & Gail Dyte-Field & Anson Wong & Terrance Wong | 2435 W Broadway, Vancouver, BC V6K 2E8 | Apartment House | 2013-01-29 |
| George Ingham Guy (George Guy) | 1610 W 10th Av, Vancouver, BC V6J 2A1 | Apartment House | 2013-01-25 |
| (John Markin) | 2104 W 37th Av, Vancouver, BC V6M 1N8 | Apartment House | 2013-01-15 |
| Shannon Mews · Wall & Redekop Corp Ltd | 7135 Granville St, Vancouver, BC V6P 4X6 | Apartment House | 2013-01-04 |
| Shiu Wah Lam & Betty Wai Hing Lam | 8796 Fremlin St, Vancouver, BC V6P 3X6 | Apartment House | 2012-12-15 |
| Chun Cheung & Li Kuen Cheung | 215 E 16th Av, Vancouver, BC V5T 2T5 | Apartment House | 2012-12-06 |
| (Antonio Baruffa) | 1567 Commercial Dr, Vancouver, BC V5L 3Y1 | Apartment House | 2012-12-04 |
| Sweid Enterprises Ltd | 1620 Haro, Vancouver, BC V6G 1G7 | Apartment House | 2012-01-18 |
| Edward K Ellis & Arlene P Ellis (Edward Ellis) | 1379 W 15th, Vancouver, BC V6H 1S2 | Apartment House | 2012-01-04 |
| 0705610 BC Ltd | 644 E 8th Av, Vancouver, BC V5T 1T1 | Apartment House | 2011-05-31 |
| Willowstan Apartments · Willowstan Holdings Ltd | 990 Lagoon Dr, Vancouver, BC V6G 2R9 | Apartment House | 2011-01-24 |
| Shack Man Wong & Siu HingWong | 2854 W 4th Av, Vancouver, BC V6K 1R2 | Apartment House | 2010-12-23 |
| Myllfawny Isabella Brunt-Tompsett (Myllfawny Brunt-Tompsett) | 8781 Granville St, Vancouver, BC V6P 5A4 | Apartment House | 2010-12-20 |
| (Deanna Anslow) | 296 E 22nd Av, Vancouver, BC V5V 1T7 | Apartment House | 2010-01-07 |
| Charles B Balfour Jr (Charles Balfour) | 952 W 18th Av, Vancouver, BC V5Z 1W5 | Apartment House | 2009-12-21 |
| C B Balfour Sr Estate (C Balfour) | 966 W 18th Av, Vancouver, BC V5Z 1W5 | Apartment House | 2009-12-21 |
| James Horne & Margaret Horne | 1010 Salsbury Dr, Vancouver, BC V5L 4A7 | Apartment House | 2009-12-07 |
| Wang Dart Chu & Chu Lan Chu | 25 N Templeton Dr, Vancouver, BC V5L 3C9 | Apartment House | 2009-12-02 |
| 0721818 BC Ltd | 2331 W 1st Av, Vancouver, BC V6K 1G4 | Apartment House | 2009-11-30 |
| 0721818 BC Ltd | 2339 W 1st Av, Vancouver, BC V6K 1G4 | Apartment House | 2009-11-30 |
| The Marilyn · Shelmarjay Holdings Ltd | 1622 Vine, Vancouver, BC V6K 3J4 | Apartment House | 2009-01-23 |
| (Maureen Barnes) | 3227 W 34th Av, Vancouver, BC V6N 2K3 | Apartment House | 2009-01-21 |
| Strata Lots 2 7 9 13 15 21 23 & 26 · Fairview Apts Ltd | 1066 W Hastings, Suite 1200, Vancouver, BC V6E3X1 | Apartment House | 2009-01-19 |
| Cressey Developments Corp | 2399 Willow St, Vancouver, BC V5Z 1E3 | Apartment House | 2009-01-19 |
| Willow Gardens · Hollyburn Properties Ltd | 6187 Tisdall St, Vancouver, BC V6N 2E3 | Apartment House | 2009-01-19 |
| Dr R Carvalho Inc | 2955 Commercial Dr, Vancouver, BC V5N4C8 | Apartment House | 2009-01-19 |
| Henry Wong & Mee Wong | 4437 Boundary Rd, Vancouver, BC V5R 2N3 | Apartment House | 2009-01-15 |
| Harvest Properties Ltd | 1874 Robson St, Vancouver, BC V6G 1E3 | Apartment House | 2009-01-14 |
| Fraser Pointe I · VLC Leaseholds Ltd | 3021 E Kent North Av, Vancouver, BC V5S 4P6 | Apartment House | 2009-01-05 |
| Fraser Pointe II · VLC Leaseholds Ltd | 3079 E Kent Av North, Vancouver, BC V5S 4P6 | Apartment House | 2009-01-05 |
| (Helen Pallas) | 2577 York Av, Vancouver, BC V6K 1E4 | Apartment House | 2008-12-17 |
| Chateau Landmark Apartments Ltd | 1770 W 7 Av, Unit 410, Vancouver, BC V6J 4Y6 | Apartment House | 2008-12-03 |
| Peter Cindric & Barbara Cindric | 611 E 26th Av, Vancouver, BC V5V 2H6 | Apartment House | 2007-12-20 |
| (Nino Capaldo) | 1605 Cotton Dr, Vancouver, BC V5L 3V3 | Apartment House | 2007-12-18 |
| GCC Balsam Property Limited | 5951 Balsam St, Vancouver, BC V6E 4H1 | Apartment House | 2007-01-24 |
| (Wing Mung) | 765 Victoria Dr, Vancouver, BC V5L 4E5 | Apartment House | 2007-01-09 |
| Grant Why Yee Lew (Grant Lew) | 1985 Commercial Dr, Vancouver, BC V5N 4A8 | Apartment House | 2006-12-06 |
| Warrington Apartments · Warrington Holdings Ltd | 1485 Davie Street, Vancouver, BC V6G 2E5 | Apartment House | 2006-12-05 |
| Gilbert Chan & James Chan | 375 N Garden Dr, Vancouver, BC V5L 3G1 | Apartment House | 2006-11-23 |
| Integral Properties Ltd | 2286 W 39th Av, Vancouver, BC V6M 1T9 | Apartment House | 2006-01-16 |
| Meteor Investments · Esther Brenda Yablon (Esther Yablon) | 1655 W 11th Ave, Vancouver, BC V6J 2B8 | Apartment House | 2006-01-12 |
| Jason Letkeman & Sarah Letkeman | 36 E 22nd Av, Vancouver, BC V5V 1T4 | Apartment House | 2006-01-11 |
| Heidi Mo-Pun Wong & Mo Ping Tsang | 1466 W 14th Av, Vancouver, BC V6H 1R3 | Apartment House | 2005-12-20 |
| Marjorie D Ross (Marjorie Ross) | 3160 Dunbar St, Vancouver, BC V6R 3N9 | Apartment House | 2005-12-12 |
| Viam Holdings Ltd | 1643 East 3rd Avenue, Vancouver, BC V5N 5R6 | Apartment House | 2005-02-17 |
| (Michael Lavigne) | 2456 Point Grey Rd, Vancouver, BC V6K 1A2 | Apartment House | 2005-02-16 |
| Broadway Properties Ltd | 4798 Yew St, Vancouver, BC V6J 4A3 | Apartment House | 2005-01-11 |
| Chuk-Keong Wong & Tai-Day Wong | 1385 Davie Street, Vancouver, BC V6G 2B1 | Apartment House | 2004-12-24 |
| Project 24 Garden Apartments Ltd | 1503 N Grandview Hwy, Vancouver, BC V5N 1N3 | Apartment House | 2004-12-23 |
| Bernadine Fox & Pamela Sleeth | 2831 Windsor St, Vancouver, BC V5T 4A4 | Apartment House | 2004-12-23 |
| (Jack Perel) | 8675 Laurel Dr, Vancouver, BC V6P 3V5 | Apartment House | 2004-12-21 |