Business Licenses
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Supports and services for business licensing in the NWT.
Under the Business Licence Act, MACA issues business licences to:
Businesses operating outside community boundaries.
MACA also issues business licences in communities that do not issue their own business licences. This is available as an eService. These communities are:
Colville Lake
Dettah
Fort Good Hope
Fort Providence
Fort Resolution
Jean Marie River
Kakisa
Kátł’odeeche
Nahanni Butte
Sambaa K’e
Tsiigehtchic
Wrigley
Lutselk’e
All other NWT communities issue their own business licences, and interested businesses must obtain a business licence from the community government.
To obtain a licence for your business, you must fill out an application, pay a fee and provide proof of Worker’s Safety and Compensation Commission coverage. Under the Pawnbrokers and Second Hand Dealers Act, if you wish to open a pawnbroker’s shop or a second-hand store, there are other regulations that you must comply with in addition to those covering all other businesses.
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Under the Business Licence Act, MACA issues business licences to:
- Businesses operating outside community boundaries.
MACA also issues business licences in communities that do not issue their own business licences. This is available as an eService. These communities are:
- Colville Lake
- Dettah
- Fort Good Hope
- Fort Providence
- Fort Resolution
- Jean Marie River
- Kakisa
- Kátł’odeeche
- Nahanni Butte
- Sambaa K’e
- Tsiigehtchic
- Wrigley
- Lutselk’e
All other NWT communities issue their own business licences, and interested businesses must obtain a business licence from the community government.
To obtain a licence for your business, you must fill out an application, pay a fee and provide proof of Worker’s Safety and Compensation Commission coverage. Under the Pawnbrokers and Second Hand Dealers Act, if you wish to open a pawnbroker’s shop or a second-hand store, there are other regulations that you must comply with in addition to those covering all other businesses.