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Guides

Plain-language, sourced guides to the tax, legal, hiring and getting-paid questions behind working across borders. Every guide ends with the experts you can call.

Country guides

Canada’s ten largest trading partners: what to know before selling there, and before working with Canadians from there.

Cross-border and sales taxGet paid, FX and bankingContracts and disputes

Selling to the United States from Canada: tax, legal and getting-paid guide for Canadian consultants and businesses

Treaty relief, W-8BEN, GST/HST on exports, contracts, getting paid, TN status and export funding for Canadians with US clients.

Find buyers and enter marketsCross-border and sales taxContracts and disputes

Selling to China from Canada

A practical first-edition guide for Canadian companies selling goods and services to China, with a short section for people in China who want to work with Canadians.

Cross-border and sales taxSet up a company or branchFind buyers and enter markets

Selling to the United Kingdom from Canada: trade deals, VAT, tax, visas and support for Canadian businesses (and UK buyers)

How Canadian businesses and consultants sell into the UK, and how UK buyers can work with Canadians, covering the trade agreements, VAT, treaty tax, entity choices, IR35, customs, visas and support.

Find buyers and enter marketsCross-border and sales taxStandards, certification and licences

Selling to Mexico from Canada

How Canadian companies sell goods and services into Mexico, and how Mexican businesses can work with Canadians, covering CUSMA, tax, REPSE, customs, visas and risk.

Find buyers and enter marketsCross-border and sales taxHire people, payroll, employer of record

Selling to Germany from Canada

How Canadian companies and contractors sell into Germany under CETA, what German tax, invoicing, contractor-status and supply-chain rules to plan for, and how German firms can work with Canadians.

Find buyers and enter marketsSet up a company or branchCross-border and sales tax

Selling to Japan from Canada

How Canadian businesses sell goods and services into Japan, and what people in Japan should know before working with Canadians.

Find buyers and enter marketsCross-border and sales taxCustoms, shipping and tariffs

Selling to South Korea from Canada: tax, legal, customs and market-entry guide

A practical guide for Canadian businesses selling goods and services in South Korea, and for Korean businesses that want to work with Canadians, based on government and treaty sources.

Find buyers and enter marketsCross-border and sales taxCustoms, shipping and tariffs

Selling to the Netherlands from Canada

How Canadian companies sell goods and services into the Netherlands under CETA and the Canada-Netherlands tax treaty, and how Dutch buyers can work with Canadians.

Find buyers and enter marketsCross-border and sales taxCustoms, shipping and tariffs

Selling to Italy from Canada

A practical guide for Canadian businesses selling goods or services in Italy, and for Italian businesses that want to work with Canadians, with every rule tied to a source and the gaps listed openly.

Cross-border and sales taxCustoms, shipping and tariffsSet up a company or branch

Selling to Switzerland from Canada: trade agreement, tax, VAT, customs and people rules

A plain guide to selling goods and services to Switzerland from Canada (and working with Canadians from Switzerland), covering the Canada-EFTA free trade agreement, the tax treaty, Swiss VAT, customs and people rules, with every gap marked.

Topic guides

One job at a time: hire, set up, ship, get paid, protect, fund. Each leads to filtered lists of experts.

Work permits and visasHire people, payroll, employer of record

Bring a Worker to Canada: Work Permit Routes for Foreign Employers

How a foreign employer can bring a worker to Canada: LMIA and LMIA-exempt routes, who qualifies, employer fees, duties and penalties, and what to do first.

Hire people, payroll, employer of recordSet up a company or branchCross-border and sales tax

Hire a Canadian Employee from Abroad

How a foreign company can put a person on payroll in Canada: own entity, employer of record or contractor, plus payroll registration, contributions, termination rules, Quebec and permanent-establishment risk.

Hire people, payroll, employer of recordContracts and disputesCross-border and sales tax

Hire a Canadian Freelancer or Contractor

How a foreign client can engage a Canadian freelancer or contractor: the employee-versus-contractor tests, withholding, GST/HST invoices, IP assignment and moral rights, payment and misclassification risk.

Set up a company or branchCross-border and sales taxContracts and disputes

Set Up a Canadian Subsidiary or Branch

Steps and decisions for a foreign company setting up a Canadian subsidiary or branch: federal or provincial incorporation, director residency, registrations, Investment Canada Act, ownership registers and cross-border tax pointers.

Set up a company or branchCross-border and sales taxHire people, payroll, employer of record

Working with Canadian Companies: Legal, Tax and Hiring Guide

The core guide to doing business in Canada, hiring Canadians and contracting with Canadian companies.

French rules and translationContracts and disputesStandards, certification and licences

Doing Business in Quebec: French-Language Rules

What Quebec's Charter of the French Language, as amended by Bill 96, requires of businesses for contracts, advertising, labels, websites and francization, with the dates now in force.

Grants, loans and export finance

Export funding and financing map for Canadian companies

A map of federal export grants, loans, guarantees and tax credits open to Canadian companies, with eligibility, status and the page each fact came from.

Get paid, FX and bankingCross-border and sales taxInsurance, credit and payment risk

Get paid from abroad: invoicing currency, payment rails, FX and collection

How a Canadian business can invoice foreign clients, choose a payment rail, convert currency for tax, and limit collection and chargeback risk.

Insurance, credit and payment riskContracts and disputesGet paid, FX and banking

Insurance, credit and payment-risk tools for Canadian exporters

The main ways a Canadian exporter can cut non-payment, political and liability risk, with what EDC publishes and what still needs a broker or lawyer.

Privacy, data and complianceContracts and disputes

Privacy and Data Rules for Canada

How Canada's federal and provincial private-sector privacy laws, breach reporting, cross-border transfer rules and Quebec's Law 25 apply to a company handling Canadian personal data, with the status of federal reform.

Find buyers and enter marketsGrants, loans and export financeContracts and disputes

Sell to governments and large buyers abroad

How a Canadian supplier can find and bid on foreign government and large-buyer contracts, with the US, EU and UK portals, the CCC route and the Buy American rules as read on 2026-10-20.

Hire people, payroll, employer of recordCross-border and sales tax

Work Remotely for a Foreign Employer from Canada

What a Canadian individual should check when employed or contracted by a foreign company: residency, who withholds, T4 versus self-employed, CPP and EI, foreign tax credits, home-office deductions and treaty questions.