ON Ontario Liquor Licence Tracker
Built on AGCO open data · 13 Ontario cities

Liquor licence lookup for every bar & restaurant in Ontario

Search licensed establishments by city, confirm a venue’s AGCO licence number and status in seconds, and watch the “opening soon” feed of pending applications — all sourced straight from Ontario’s public open data.

Re-published from AGCO Open Data (agco.ca). Not affiliated with the AGCO.

One clean place for a public record that’s usually a mess

The AGCO publishes liquor licences and public-notice applications as raw spreadsheets. We turn them into something a diner, a realtor, a supplier, or a curious neighbour can actually use.

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Is this place licensed?

Look up any establishment by city and confirm its active Liquor Sales Licence number, status and endorsements — the authoritative answer, not a guess.

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What’s opening soon

New liquor-licence applications post a public notice with an objection deadline. We surface them per city so you see new venues taking shape before they open.

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By city, by address

Every record carries its real street address and postal code, so you can find what’s licensed on a given street or in a given neighbourhood.

Sourced from the full provincial dataset

The AGCO’s Liquor Sales Licences open-data file lists roughly 24,214 licence records, of which about 17,453 are active. This tracker concentrates on Ontario’s highest-density cities first.

17,453
Active liquor sales licences in the AGCO dataset
13
Ontario cities covered so far
130
Establishment pages live now
33
Pending ‘opening soon’ applications tracked

Browse licensed establishments by city

Pick a city to see every licensed bar, restaurant and venue we track there — plus the local pending-application feed.

Common questions

How do I look up a liquor licence in Ontario?

Every establishment licensed to sell liquor in Ontario holds a Liquor Sales Licence issued by the AGCO. You can search this directory by city to find the legal entity, premises name, licence number, address, endorsements and key dates exactly as published in AGCO Open Data.

How can I tell if a restaurant or bar is licensed?

If a venue holds an active Liquor Sales Licence it appears in the AGCO open dataset that powers this tracker. Find the city, then the establishment, to confirm its licence number and status. An active licence confirms the venue is authorised to sell liquor — it does not describe hours or menu.

What does a pending application or “opening soon” entry mean?

When someone applies for a new liquor licence, the AGCO posts a public notice with an objection deadline. We surface those notices per city. A pending application proves a licence was applied for at that address — it does not mean the venue has opened or what it will serve.

Where does this data come from?

All records are pulled from AGCO Open Data at agco.ca: the Liquor Sales Licences file and the Applications Undergoing Public Notice file. We re-present public records and link back to the source. We are not affiliated with the AGCO.

Get alerted when a new licence is applied for near you

We’re building paid address-level alerts: tell us a street or neighbourhood and get a heads-up the moment a new liquor-licence application posts its public notice nearby. Join the early-access list.

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