Notification to Public Health of Business Opening, Reopening or Renovation

By completing this form, you are fulfilling your responsibility as a business owner/operator to inform Public Health of any opening, reopening or changes to your business. Public Health reviews all completed forms and will follow up with the owner/operator. Depending on the specifics of the opening, reopening or renovations, a public health inspector may be required to visit your premises.
All fields marked with * are required and must be filled.
Reason for notification:*

I am opening a new businessI am reopening a business (example: seasonal)I am renovating an existing businessI am a new owner/operator of a businessI am changing my operation and/or the services I am providingI am requesting an inspection for licensing or other reason
Category of business:*

Food PremisesPersonal Service SettingsRecreational Water FacilitiesRecreational CampsSmall Drinking Water SystemsTobacco or Vapour Product Retailers (including Specialty Vape Store/Tobacconist)International agricultural worker housingGroup homesTanning beds
A food premises is where food is manufactured, processed, prepared, stored, handled, displayed, distributed, transported, sold or offered for sale. Examples include but are not limited to:
- restaurants
- take-outs
- supermarkets
- bakeries
- convenience stores
- banquet facilities
- community/rental kitchens
- cafeterias
- food caterers
- child care centres
- food banks
- home-based food businesses
- mobile food premises (example: food truck, hot dog cart, refreshment vehicles)
Personal service settings refer to settings in which aesthetic services are delivered, such as (but not limited to):
- aesthetics
- body piercing and earlobe piercing
- body modification
- electrolysis and hair removal
- hairdressing and barbering
- manicure and pedicure
- microdermabrasion
- micropigmentation
- tattooing and tattoo removal
Recreational water facilities are Class A pools (e.g., recreational camp pool, community center pool) and Class B pools (e.g., apartment pool, hotel pool) including hot water, cold plunge and floatation pools; spas; splash pads and wading pools, floatation tanks as defined in Ontario Regulation 565/90
Recreational camps are defined as camps for recreational activities on a site in which sleeping and eating facilities are provided for temporary occupancy, with or without charge, for five or more persons who are under 18 years of age or persons who have special needs (Ontario Regulation 503/17).
A small drinking water system can be a privately or publicly owned or operated drinking water system that provides non-municipal drinking water to the public such as food service premises, non-residential public facilities, or seasonal trailer parks or campgrounds, as defined in Ontario Regulation 319/08.
A tobacco product retailer is any establishment that sells tobacco products and whose sale, display, and promotion is regulated by the Smoke-free Ontario Act, 2017 and its regulations. This includes tobacconists, which are retail establishments that meet the definition in the Smoke-free Ontario Act, 2017 and its regulations, and must register as a tobacconist with Halton Region Public Health.

A vapour product retailer is any establishment that sells vapour products or vapour product accessories, and whose sale, display, and promotion is regulated by the Smoke-free Ontario Act, 2017 and its regulations. This includes specialty vape stores, which are retail establishments that meet the definition in the Smoke-free Ontario Act, 2017 and its regulations, and must register as a specialty vape store with Halton Region Public Health.
Business name:*
Business address:*

Street Address

Street Address Line 2

CityProvince

Postal Code
Owner/Operator name:*

First NameLast Name
Owner/Operator phone number:*
Please enter a valid phone number.
Owner/Operator email:*
example@example.com
Intended Opening/Re-Opening/Date of renovation:*

MonthDayYear
Is there any other information you would like to add?
Halton Region Public Health is responsible for community health protection as outlined by the Health Protection and Promotion Act (HPPA). Information on this form is collected under the authority of the HPPA and is used to administer Public Health programs, including inspections that help to prevent the spread of disease and infection. If you have any questions about Halton Region’s information handling practices, please call 311 or send an email to accesshalton@halton.ca.
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