Canada: Stability, Quality of Life and North American Access

We obtain your Business Number (BN) from the Canada Revenue Agency and open the corporate income tax, payroll, GST/HST and import-export programme accounts. We model your effective burden by combining federal and provincial corporate rates, and assess eligibility for the small business deduction available to Canadian-controlled private corporations. We advise on transfer pricing, withholding tax and treaty-based structuring.

Canada applies federal GST, harmonised into HST in several provinces, while Quebec levies QST and British Columbia, Saskatchewan and Manitoba run their own PST regimes. We register you once the small supplier threshold is exceeded, interpret the place-of-supply rules that determine which rate applies, manage input tax credit recovery and prepare your periodic returns.

We open your importer account with the Canada Border Services Agency and manage your registration, financial security and declarations on the mandatory CARM portal. We can structure you as a non-resident importer so Canadian customers receive duty-paid delivery. Our services cover HS classification, origin certification and shipment planning through the ports of Vancouver, Montreal and Halifax.

We build your sales channels on Amazon.ca, Walmart Canada, Best Buy Marketplace and Shopify. We integrate Canada Post, Purolator and FedEx for nationwide delivery and produce product content in both English and French. For Quebec we ensure compliance with the Charter of the French Language covering labelling, packaging and commercial communications, removing a common enforcement risk.

Canada's economic immigration system offers wide options for founders and skilled professionals. We identify the best route among the Express Entry pool and its CRS scoring, the Start-up Visa programme requiring a letter of support from a designated angel investor, venture capital fund or business incubator, and the provincial nominee programmes of Ontario, British Columbia and Alberta. We also handle intra-company transfer and Global Talent Stream permits.

Employment standards in Canada are set provincially, so minimum wage, overtime, leave entitlements and termination rules differ across the country. We draft contracts that reflect the applicable standards, set up payroll including CPP, Employment Insurance and income tax withholding, and register you for workers' compensation coverage. We also support talent acquisition in technology, healthcare and engineering.

We assess your eligibility for the SR&ED scientific research and experimental development tax credit and the NRC IRAP innovation programme, and prepare the supporting documentation. We review financing through BDC and EDC. We also build a preferential access strategy covering North America under CUSMA, the European Union under CETA and Asia-Pacific markets under the CPTPP.