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Guides for doing business in Canada

Practical, ungated guides for newcomers, foreign exporters and anyone opening a Canadian operation for the first time. Nothing here is behind a download form, and nothing here is theory.

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The guides

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Doing business in Canada, the 10 rules nobody writes down

Canadian business culture is not hostile to newcomers, it is just quiet about its own rules. This guide sets out the ten that cost people the most money: why “that’s interesting” is usually a no, why silence is not rejection, why small talk is the qualification round, and why you should never accept the first quote you are given.

Around 1,500 words. Includes a straight-answers section on English, timelines and where to get free help.

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Why these are free

Most of what is written about entering the Canadian market is either a government page that explains the paperwork and none of the behaviour, or a gated PDF that wants your email before it tells you anything. I have spent twenty years on the Canadian side of these conversations, and the things that actually derail a newcomer are rarely the forms.

If a guide saves you one bad quote or one dead follow-up, it has already done its job. If you want someone in the room for the rest of it, that is what the consulting is for.

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By country

Exporting into Canada

Country-by-country pages on selling into the Canadian market: what buyers here expect, how to be represented locally, and what usually goes wrong first.

All country guides

Written for manufacturers and exporters who want a real Canadian presence rather than a distributor who forgets them. Start with India, Türkiye, China, Mexico, Pakistan or Germany.

Canadian cities

Where the buyers actually are, city by city: Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver, Calgary, Ottawa, Hamilton and more.

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