Sales licences

Licence (regular sales)

A licence is required to carry out the community sales of consigned livestock in Ontario.

Apply for a Regular Sales Licence (Livestock Community Sales Act and Regulation 729).

Please follow instructions on the form.

Licence (special sales)

A licence is required to carry out the community sales of consigned livestock in Ontario. This applies to an operator licensed for Class 1 or Class 2 community sales to hold an extra community sale not authorized by the licence for Class 1 or Class 2 community sales.

Apply for a Special Sales Licence (Livestock Community Sales Act and Regulation 729).

Please follow instructions on the form.

For more information on sales licences, read the Livestock Community Sales Act.

Certificate to act as an examiner

For non-emergency on-farm slaughter, a certificate is required to provide stunning, slaughter and dressing services, perform ante-mortem and post-mortem examinations and ensure humane animal handling and sanitary dressing.

For more information on the examiner certificate, please visit the certified examiner webpage.

Apply for a Certificate to Act as an Examiner.

Please follow instructions on the form.

Licence to sell livestock medicines

A licence is required to sell livestock medicines to owners of livestock or to another person acting on the owner’s behalf for the treatment of the owner’s livestock under the Animal Health Act, 2009 and the Licences to Sell Livestock Medicines Regulation.

For more information on livestock medicines licences, please visit the Livestock Medicines and Livestock Medicines Outlets webpage.

Apply for a Licence to Sell Livestock Medicines under the Animal Health Act, 2009 and (O. Reg. 584/20) (Licences to Sell Livestock Medicines Regulation).

Please follow instructions on the form.

Contact us

If you have any questions, please contact AHWApplications@ontario.ca.