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Licences for Buying and/or Selling Goods

The City administers various licences for businesses that address health and safety issues and provide consumer protection.

View the categories below for further information about Pawnbrokers, Peddler, Second Hand Dealer and Second Hand Dealer - Salvage.

Pawnbroker

Fees:

$150 annual licensing fee
$75 annual application fee

To apply, you must submit the following:

$2,000 security deposit
Level 1 - Criminal Record Check
Business name registration (Master Business Licence and/or Articles of Incorporation)
Business Licence Application form

Peddler

Peddler licence applications must be submitted at least thirty (30) days prior to the event.

Class A - General Peddler (per location)

A person who goes from place to place, or to a particular place, with goods, wares or merchandise for sale, or who carries and exposes samples, patterns or specimens of any goods, wares or merchandise that are to be delivered in the City afterwards.

Fees:

1 to 2 days: $100 licensing fee
3 to 5 days: $200 licensing fee
In excess of 5 days: $30 per day licensing fee
$75 application fee for each application

To apply, you must to submit the following:

Site plan detailing the location
Special Event - Peddler Licence Application form

Class B - Special Events/Trade Show, Craft Fair, Flea market Organizer

Any person organizing an event involving multiple vendors at one location exhibiting, offering for sale, and/or distribution of, on a temporary basis, goods, wares, and/or merchandise to the general public.

Fees:

$400 licensing fee
$75 application fee

To apply, you must submit the following:

Special Event - Peddler Licence Application form
Commercial General Liability Insurance with a coverage between $2 million to $5 million naming the City as an additional insured
Proposed list of vendors
Site plan detailing the location of all participating vendors

Any food vendors require a City of Oshawa Short Term Food Shop Licence. If you have food vendors participating in your event please see the Durham Region Food Safety Requirements.

Class C - Seasonal Sales

A person who goes to a particular place to vend goods for one period of up to three months in each twelve-month period, which goods include but are not limited to: gardening products and Christmas trees.

Fees:

1 to 3 months: $250 licensing fee
$75 application fee

To apply, you must submit the following:

Proof of permission for proposed site.
Special Event - Peddler Licence Application form

Second Hand Dealer

A person dealing in second hand goods.

Fees:

$500 annual licensing fee
$75 annual application fee

To apply, you must submit the following:

Second Hand Dealer and Salvage Application form
Level 1 - Criminal Record Check
Business name registration (Master Business Licence and/or Articles of Incorporation)
A site map with the location of the holding area for goods
A letter of approval from the property owner
Copy of Property Parcel Register or Abstract Index
Lease of property

For licence renewals, submit your business licence renewal form.

Second Hand Dealer - Salvage

A person is dealing in second hand goods exclusively to wreck, dismantle, and recycle such goods before their disposition.

Fees:

$500 annual licensing fee
$75 annual application fee

To apply, you must submit the following:

Second Hand Dealer and Salvage Application form
Level 1 - Criminal Record Check
Business name registration (Master Business Licence and/or Articles of Incorporation)
Copy of Property Parcel Register or Abstract Index
Lease of property
A site map with the location of the holding area for goods
A letter of approval from the property owner

For licence renewals, submit your business licence renewal form.