Open a Business

Environmental Public Health

These guidelines will help you determine how to make your business safe for your customers and which permits you need.

Food Facilities

• Starting a Food Business
• Food Handling Permit Application
• Low Risk Home-Prepared Foods
• Mobile Food Establishments
• Pay Permit Fee
• Permission to Use an Approved Food Establishment

Personal Services

• Notify EPH about your Personal Services Business
• Opening a Personal Services Business Checklist
• Opening a Personal Services Business Checklist – Punjabi 
• Opening a Personal Services Business Checklist – Simplified Chinese 

Potable Water Haulers

• Potable Water Hauler Application

Social Care

• Registration Form for a Social Care Facility
• Playspace Plan Review Application 
• Health & Safety Guidelines for Child Care Facilities
• Health & Safety Information Guide for Adult Care Facilities

Swimming Pools

• Pool Permit / Renovations Application
• Information to Support a Public Pool Permit Application
• Public Swimming Pool Approval Checklist
• Meeting Anti-Entrapment Requirements:
  • Information to complete Anti-Entrapment Compliance Plan for Public Swimming Pools
  • Anti-Entrapment Compliance Plan for Public Swimming Pools

Work Camps

• Environmental Public Health Guidelines for Silviculture Camps
• Industrial Work Camp Start Up Checklist
• Industrial Work Camp Notification Form

See Learn More for Your Home or Business for posters, handouts and other information for your home or business.