Tips on Adding Information When Applying for a Licence

When you submit a Pathogen and Toxin Licence application in the Biosecurity Portal, you’ll see a comment text box in the application. You can use it to add any extra information about your licence application that could be important for our review. The licensing team will assess this information and act accordingly when possible.

Examples include the following:

•         For a new licence application, you can provide additional information regarding the type of controlled activities you wish to conduct.
•    You can also include a list of known pathogens that will be manipulated.
•         For a request to change your licence, you can specify what changes you’re making and include the date these changes will come into effect.
•         If you plan to import regulated material, you can confirm the anticipated date of importation and specify if your licence should be updated before or after the importation.

We’ll do our best to accommodate these types of requests. Please note that our service delivery standard for Risk Group 2 licences is 80 business days.

If you have questions, please contact the licensing team by:

•         email at licence.permis@phac-aspc.gc.ca
• phone at 613-957-1779