Export & market-entry services · Worldwide clients · Based in Ontario, Canada
English Representation for Foreign Companies Entering Canada and North America
If your company is outside North America and English is not your first language, you do not need a subsidiary to start selling here. You need a credible English-speaking representative on the ground. I act as your Canadian and North American face: I take the calls, work the accounts, staff and build your trade show booth, manage the freight, and report back to your head office in clear, plain English.
Native English speaker, Canadian, 20+ years in B2B outside sales, logistics operations and trade show execution. One contract replaces the cost of a local hire, an office and a distributor who never calls back.
Why
What you get that a distributor will not give you
Your English-speaking point of contact
A Canadian phone number, a Canadian email signature and a real person who answers. North American buyers stop hesitating when the first voice they hear is local, fluent and accountable.
B2B outside sales in your target market
Prospecting, in-person visits, quoting, negotiation and account management across Canada and the northern United States. The same territory work I have done for two decades, run under your brand.
Trade show representation & booth construction
I design, build, staff and strike your exhibit at Canadian and North American trade shows, pre-show outreach, on-floor selling in English, lead capture and 48-hour follow-up, then a written debrief for head office.
Distributor, dealer & channel development
Identify, vet, sign and manage Canadian distributors, dealers and agents. With contract terms, pricing structures and performance reviews that hold them to actual volume.
Logistics, customs & delivery coordination
Freight forwarding liaison, customs broker coordination, warehousing, fleet dispatch and last-mile delivery so your product actually lands on the customer's dock on time.
English marketing, localization & AI content
Rewrite translated marketing into natural North American English, run SEO and marketing automation, and deploy AI content pipelines so your catalogue, site and proposals read like they were written here.
Engagements
Ways to start
Market Entry Sprint
90 days · First look at the Canadian / North American market
- Market and competitor assessment in your category
- Pricing, duty and landed-cost reality check
- Target account list with named decision-makers
- 20+ first conversations held in English on your behalf
- Written go / no-go recommendation for your board
Ongoing English Representation
Monthly retainer · Companies actively selling into North America
- Named English-speaking representative with Canadian phone and email
- Active B2B outside sales and account management
- Distributor and dealer management
- Quotation, order and logistics coordination
- Monthly written and video report to head office
Trade Show Representation
Per event · Exhibitors who cannot send a full team overseas
- Booth design, construction, install and teardown
- Pre-show appointment setting with buyers
- On-floor selling and demonstrations in English
- Qualified lead capture with structured notes
- Post-show follow-up sequence and debrief
Process
How it runs
1. Discovery call
One video call in plain, slow, clear English. Your product, your target buyer, your price, your capacity.
2. Market brief
A written brief covering realistic Canadian and North American demand, competitors, pricing and the fastest route to first revenue.
3. Representation agreement
A simple written scope: what I represent, in which territory, for how long, at what fee and against which targets.
4. Sell, ship, report
I work the market and send head office a clear monthly report: conversations held, quotes issued, orders won, obstacles hit.
Industries served
Languages
- Deutsch, Ihre englischsprachige Vertretung in Kanada und Nordamerika
- Español, Su representante en inglés en Canadá y América del Norte
- Français, Votre représentant anglophone au Canada et en Amérique du Nord
- Italiano, Il vostro rappresentante di lingua inglese in Canada e Nord America
- 中文, 您在加拿大和北美的英语代表
- 日本語, カナダ・北米における英語representative（英語代理人）
- Português, Seu representante em inglês no Canadá e na América do Norte
- Türkçe, Kanada ve Kuzey Amerika'daki İngilizce temsilciniz
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Questions
Straight answers
What does 'English representation for foreign companies' actually mean?
It means a native English-speaking Canadian represents your company in North America. I use your brand, a Canadian phone number and a Canadian email address to sell, attend meetings and trade shows, manage distributors, coordinate logistics and report back to your head office, without you opening a legal entity or hiring locally.
Do I need a Canadian company or office to work with you?
No. Most clients start with representation only. You keep invoicing from your home country while I generate demand, hold the relationships and coordinate delivery. If volume justifies a legal entity or warehouse later, I help you scope it.
Which countries do you represent companies from?
Any country exporting to Canada or the United States, including Germany, Italy, Spain, France, the Netherlands, Poland, Turkey, China, Japan, South Korea, India, Vietnam, Brazil, Mexico, Portugal and the UAE.
Can you attend and build our trade show booth in Canada?
Yes. Booth architecture and event construction is a core service: I design, fabricate, install, staff and strike the exhibit, run pre-show appointment setting, sell on the floor in English and deliver a written lead debrief after the show.
How are you paid, commission, retainer or both?
Usually a monthly retainer plus performance commission, or a fixed fee per trade show or market-entry sprint. Everything is written down before work starts: territory, scope, term, fee and targets.
What if our English is limited?
That is exactly the problem this service solves. Calls are held in slow, clear English, all reporting is written so you can translate at your own pace, and every piece of customer-facing material is rewritten into natural North American English.
How do we start?
Call +1 519 278 5085 or send an email. First step is a short discovery call, then a written market brief. Time zone is Eastern Time (Toronto), early-morning calls work well for Europe, evening calls for Asia.
Contact
Tell me what you are hiring for
- Call: +1 519 278 5085
- Email: tim@timarmstrong.ca
- Based: London & Southwestern Ontario, Ontario, America/Toronto (Eastern Time)
- Availability: Available nationally across Canada, on-site, hybrid or remote
- Serving: London · Stratford · Woodstock · Kitchener: Waterloo · Cambridge · Guelph · Brantford · Sarnia · Chatham-Kent · Windsor · Toronto · Mississauga and Canada-wide