Cities’ Appetites Vary When Handing Out Patio Permits to Canadian Restaurants

Nov 5,2024 5 Comments By The Lilly Commercial Team

Cost and Time Required To Open a Restaurant Patio Depends on Your City, Notes New CFIB Report

Restaurant owners hungry to feed their revenues by adding streetside patios in front of their locations are required to pay a wide variety of permit fees for this use across Canada according to a new study from the Canadian Federation of Independent Businesses.

Permits for restaurant owners to open streetside patios in Toronto cost $917 and require an eight-week delay, while that same permit can cost around $1,100 and take four weeks in Montreal and Vancouver, according to the CFIB data.

The CFIB report demonstrates the wide variety of costs for patio permits across Canadian municipalities. (Canadian Federation of Independent Businesses)

The best restaurant patio permit bargains can be found in Winnipeg and Saskatoon where the cost is zero and the process is fast. Calgary municipal authorities ask only $116 for a permit but require eight documents and a six-week wait, while Edmonton charges $405 for the permission and five documents.

In Canada’s capital, patio permits are among the most expensive, as Ottawa charges $1,424 for the permit, according to the study.

The most expensive spot to set up a patio is in St. John’s Newfoundland where the permit costs $2,765 and requires three documents, but only a two-week wait.

The political magnitude of the patio permitting issue was exposed in June after Montreal firefighters ordered all restaurant patios closed on downtown Peel Street during the Grand Prix festivities, one of the biggest tourist draws in Canada. The story caused a stir after the owner of the Ferreira Cafe posted a video online criticizing the forced closure of her terrace. Montreal Mayor Valerie Plante denounced the firefighters’ action and reopened the patios soon afterward.

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