Incorporating in Canada 6: Understanding GST/HST and Whether it Applies to Your Goods or Services

This post is part of a series on my story incorporating in Canada. Once you have your business number you need to figure out whether you have to make a GST/HST account with the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA). In this post we will explore the CRA website to understand better GST/HST and its rules. I…

Incorporating in Canada 5: Receiving your Business Number and Canada Revenue Agency account number(s)

This post is part of a series on my story incorporating in Canada. Once you have a corporation registered you will receieve a message (in my case it was a letter) from the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) with your business number and Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) account number(s) for your business. This is a very…

Incorporating in Canada Resources

Online General Guides and Advice Government of Ontario Business Resources Industry Canada online Resources In-Person Help Ontario Small Business Enterprise Centre and community-based provider locations Private Sector Service Providers Business Structure Canada Business Network: Corporation, partnership, or sole proprietorship? Canada Business Ontario: Business Structure: Which One is Right for You? Ontario Legal: Which Entity is…

Incorporating in Canada 4: Submitting Articles of Incorporation and Deciding Share Provision Structure

This post is part of a series on my story incorporating in Canada. Armed with the name pre-approval or even just a NUANS Name Search report (or neither if you are going for a numbered corporation), it is time to start the incorporation registration. Head over to the federal online system. Before clicking on incorporate…

Incorporating in Canada 3: NUANS Name Search and Pre-Approval

This post is part of a series on my story incorporating in Canada. Regardless of whether you decide to incorporate provincially or federally, you will still have to perform a NUANS Name search, (unless you want a numbered corporation i.e. without a name, in which case this whole step can be skipped as the government…