• Registering your business
• Québec enterprise number (NEQ)
• Identification number
• Registration
• Other formalities

• Starting a Business
• Canada Business Service Centres
• Info entreprises
• Fondation de l'entrepreneurship (available in French only)
• Business Development Bank of Canada
• Québec Entrepreneurship Contest

Other formalities

You may be required to open an account with the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) respecting corporate income tax or imports/exports, in which case you will be assigned a federal Business Number. If you have employees, you will also have to open an account with the CRA for source deductions.

You can open an account with the CRA either before or after registering with Revenu Québec.

If you are an employer, you may have to contact other agencies, such as

• the Commission de la santé et de la sécurité du travail (CSST), which is responsible for the compensation and rehabilitation of any worker who is the victim of an industrial accident or an occupational disease. The CSST also ensures that, in matters of prevention, the rights and obligations of workers and employers are respected;
• the Commission des normes du travail (CNT), which sets the rules governing working conditions;
• the ministère du Travail, in respect of collective agreement decrees;
• certain Québec or federal departments or agencies, in order to obtain licences or permits.