Proud to Work

Canada, in both directions

Work with Canada. Take Canada to the world.

The practical guide and marketplace for working across the Canadian border: for companies abroad that want to hire, buy from and partner with Canadians, and for Canadian workers and businesses winning clients, contracts and funding outside Canada.

Pick your direction

Two ways to work with Canada, one place to get set up.

From outside Canada

Work with Canada

Hire Canadian talent, buy from Canadian suppliers, set up a Canadian entity or partner with a Canadian company, with the legal and tax rules explained first.

  • Hiring, payroll and contractors, province by province
  • Withholding, sales tax and permanent establishment
  • Quebec’s French-language rules
  • Work permits and LMIAs
Start the Canada guide →
From inside Canada

Go global

Land US and international clients, contracts and funding as a consultant, freelancer or company, and know the tax and legal basics before you invoice.

  • W-8BEN, treaty relief and US withholding
  • GST/HST on exports and getting paid in USD
  • Trade Commissioner Service, CanExport and export finance
  • Markets beyond the US
Start the Go-global path →

How it connects

From “how do I handle taxes and legal?” to fully set up.

Most people stall on the same questions before their first foreign client or Canadian hire. This site answers them in order, then connects you to the people and programs that finish the job.

  1. Understand the rules

    Sourced guides on tax, contracts, hiring, privacy, language and immigration, with what is not yet verified stated plainly.

    Read the guides →
  2. Find the right help

    A marketplace of regulators, referral services, government agencies, funders, trade bodies and training, each checked against its own site.

    Browse experts and support →
  3. Meet the Canadians

    Companies and people to hire, buy from or partner with, from the national directory to the very early-stage Bootstrapped list.

    Open the directory →

Why this site

Foreign clients are Canada’s biggest untapped income source.

Proud to Work is edited by David Bussell, who runs a Canadian business serving clients abroad, mostly in the United States. The aim is simple: make it easier for individuals, companies and the country to find foreign clients and markets, and for the world to work with Canadians. The boards, trackers and culture leaders that were the front door before are still here, one level down under Boards & trackers.

Why Canada, and why now

Almost no country can serve its own needs and the world's. Canada can.

The things in short supply this decade — critical minerals, firm clean power, trusted researchers, and a government that can pay its bills — are the things Canada happens to hold at once. Every figure below links to the sourced piece behind it.

And the build is already funded: $192 billion of nation-building projects are in the federal Major Projects Office pipeline, backed by $57 billion of new infrastructure money and a two-year decision target.

Companies near you

Built here. Working everywhere.

See the full directory →

Articles

The case for Canada, argued with numbers.

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Post to the portal

Put your work in front of the world.

Add a company, a professional profile, a project, an announcement, or a support program we have missed. It is free, there is no paid placement, and it is open to anyone working in Canada — including you.

Every submission is read and checked by hand before it is published, usually within a few days. Nothing goes live automatically.

Submissions reach the editors through Netlify Forms. Nothing is published automatically.