Grow your Canadian business

You’ve incorporated, opened the bank account, and have a few customers. Now what? These guides cover the messier middle - hiring, books, taxes, and getting paid - from a Canadian regulatory perspective.

Money & books

• Set up your books from day one - chart of accounts, bookkeeping cadence, what to track. (coming soon)
• Register for GST/HST - mandatory once you cross $30,000 in revenue.
• Corporate tax basics for CCPCs - the small business deduction and what it actually saves you. (coming soon)
• Dividends vs. salary - how owner-managers pay themselves. (coming soon)

Hiring & people

• Hire your first employee - payroll account, T4s, WSIB/WCB, vacation pay. (coming soon)
• Contractors vs. employees - CRA’s test and why misclassification gets expensive. (coming soon)
• Run your first payroll - CPP, EI, source deductions, remittance schedule. (coming soon)

Getting paid

• Invoicing that gets paid - what to include, when to follow up, when to charge interest. (coming soon)
• Dealing with late-paying clients - small claims thresholds by province. (coming soon)
• Accepting card payments - Stripe, Square, Helcim, Moneris compared. (coming soon)

Funding & grants

• Canadian grants database - federal and provincial programs, searchable.
• SR&ED for first-timers - what qualifies and what doesn’t. (coming soon)
• Business loans and lines of credit - BDC, big banks, and online lenders. (coming soon)

Compliance calendars

• Year-end checklist - T4s, T5s, GST/HST returns, corporate tax filing. (coming soon)
• Annual return (federal & provincial) - the one filing every incorporated business forgets. (coming soon)

Coming soon

We’re working on hiring playbooks for software companies, an export-ready checklist for selling into the US, and a deep dive on the Canadian SR&ED program. Subscribe via the contact page if you want the next update.

Last updated: June 5, 2026. We review this page when rules or pricing change. Spot an error?