COVID-19 response
Business Licensing has temporarily suspended in-person service at our Commerce Place front counter.
Submit applications by email to sa.businesslicensing@gov.ab.ca.
Questions may be directed to:
Phone: 780-422-1335
Email: sa.businesslicensing@gov.ab.ca
For more information, visit COVID-19 info for Albertans.
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- Application for a Business Licence (PDF, 98 KB)
- Application for a Business Licence Addendum for Employment Agencies (PDF, 96 KB)
- Application for a Business Licence Addendum for Payday Loans (PDF, 95 KB)
- Application for a Collection Agency Licence (PDF, 85 KB)
- Application for a Collector's Licence (PDF, 80 KB)
- Application for a Direct Selling Business Licence (PDF, 2.4 MB)
- Application for a High-Cost Credit Business Licence (PDF, 1.9 MB)
- Application for a Home Inspection Business Licence (PDF, 83 KB)
- Application for a Home Inspector Licence (PDF, 1.8 KB)
- Application for a Prepaid Contracting Business Licence (PDF, 2.4 MB)
- Accountant's Report and Guidelines for the Accountant's Report (PDF, 84 KB) (Collection Agency)
- Addition of Partners, Directors or Officers (PDF, 78 KB)
- Appointment of Authorized Agent or Business Representative (PDF, 75 KB)
- Cash Security Agreement (PDF, 78 KB)
- General Surety Bond (PDF, 79 KB)
- Irrevocable Letter of Credit (PDF, 76 KB)
- Proof of Completion of a Test Inspection (Home Inspection Business) (PDF, 77 KB)
- Statutory Declaration (PDF, 979 KB) (for direct sellers, electricity marketers and gas marketers who are hiring independent contractors to market on their behalf)
- Statutory Declaration (for direct sellers with sales of $25 dollars or less) (PDF, 213 KB)
- Trust Account Information (Consumer Protection Act) (PDF, 73 KB)
Cemetery forms
These forms are for licence or registration types including cemetery, cemetery pre-need contract sales, cemetery pre-need contract salesperson, monument business, monument salesperson, and mausoleum.
- Application for a Cemetery Pre-Need Contract Sales Licence (PDF, 534 KB)
- Application for a Cemetery Pre-Need Contract Salesperson Licence (PDF, 84 KB)
- Application for Approval of Mausoleum (PDF, 461 KB)
- Application for Provisional Approval of Cemetery (PDF, 507 KB)
- Sample Sketch Plan (cemetery application) (PDF, 71 KB)
- Health Authority Recommendation of Proposed Cemetery Location (PDF, 477 KB)
- Accountant's Report on Pre-Need Assurance Fund – Monument Dealers (PDF, 324 KB)
- Statement of Pre-Need Assurance Fund – Monument Dealers (PDF, 330 KB)
- Accountant's Report on Pre-Need Assurance (for commercial cemetery operators) (PDF, 255 KB)
- Statement of Pre-Need Assurance (for commercial cemetery operators) (PDF, 400 KB)
- Accountant's Report on Perpetual Care Fund (for commercial cemetery operators) (PDF, 613 KB)
- Statement of Perpetual Care Fund (for commercial cemetery operators) (PDF, 517 KB)
Charitable organization and fund-raising business forms
- Application for a Charitable Organization (PDF, 85 KB)
- Application for a Fund-raising Business Licence (PDF, 83 KB)
- Addition of Partners, Directors or Officers (PDF, 78 KB)
- Appointment of Authorized Agent or Business Representative (PDF, 75 KB)
Contact
Connect with the Consumer Contact Centre:
Hours: 8:15 am to 4:30 pm (open Monday to Friday, closed statutory holidays)
Phone: 780-427-4088
Toll free: 1-877-427-4088 (in Alberta)
Email: sa.businesslicensing@gov.ab.ca