A Business Licence is your formal permission to operate a business within the City of Chilliwack.  The Business Licence Office is located at #201 - 46093 Yale Road Chilliwack BC  V2P 8A4.  Hours of operation are Monday to Friday 8:30am to 12:00am and 1:00 pm to 4:30pm excluding Statutory holidays.  For information on the requirements for a licence phone 604-793-2909.  (see Business Licence brochure)
 
You may also want to register you business: 
Business Licence name searches and Registration can be done at any OneStop Kiosk. One is located within the Business Licence office. A One Stop registry for business is also located at the BC Access Center at 45467 Yale Road West, Chilliwack BC, phone: 604-795-8415.
  
The first step in the registration process is the approval of a business name.  Business names must have both a descriptive and distinctive element.  The name approval process & registration can now be completed online at www.bcregistryservices.gov.bc.ca. Name Approval Request forms may also be downloaded from the Ministry of Finance website. Forms are also available and may be completed at all OneStop Kiosks. The cost of name search is $35.00.  Once your business name is approved, it is reserved for 56 calendar days.  Within this 56-day period, you must register your business with the Corporate Registry.  You can register your name approval on-line with a credit card or you can register at the OneStop Kiosk with a credit card. If you do not have a credit card, you can register the name approval at the BC Access Center.

The cost of registering your Sole proprietorship and partnership is $40.00.  Please note:  Sole proprietorship and partnership names have no statutory name protection.  If name protection is important to you, you may wish to incorporate your business (cost for incorporation is $350.00). Also, Business owners who decide to establish a business in their own name, without adding any other words (i.e. "and sons/daughters" or "and associates"), do not have to go through the Name Approval Request process, nor does their business have to be registered with the Corporate Registry.

 
For more information on starting a small business, read the information booklet provided by the Ministry of Small Business and Revenue.

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