Before you open
✓Register your business
✓Insure the trailer and the business. Your city sets the minimum.
✓Have a certified food handler on board when you're open
✓Notify your local public health unit before you open
✓Book a fire inspection if you cook with grease or make smoke
✓Apply for your city's food truck / refreshment vehicle licence. Each city licenses separately.
Plan your pickup date with your licence application. Some cities want recent inspection
dates. London, for example, asks for a TSSA document dated within 36 days of the application.
Tell us when you plan to apply and we'll plan the handover with you.
Rules where you'll sell
Links to each city's own licensing page or by-law. Most Ontario towns call it a “refreshment vehicle” licence. Not on the list? Ask your town's clerk or by-law office.
Southwestern Ontario
London St. Thomas (application, PDF) Thames Centre (by-law, PDF) Woodstock Sarnia (by-law, PDF) Chatham-Kent (checklist, PDF) WindsorWaterloo Region, Hamilton & Brant
Kitchener Waterloo Cambridge Brantford Hamilton (food service vehicles)GTA & Eastern Ontario
Toronto Mississauga Brampton Richmond Hill (by-law, PDF) Markham Oakville Burlington Kingston OttawaProvince-wide
Find your public health unit Middlesex-London Health Unit Southwestern Public Health (St. Thomas, Elgin, Oxford) Toronto Public Health Peel Public Health York Region Public Health Halton Region Public Health Durham Region Health Ontario Business Registry TSSA: mobile food equipment Electrical Safety AuthorityLinks checked November 2026. Each city and agency sets its own rules and can change them, so confirm with them before you apply.