Resources

Canada Revenue Agency

CRA My Business Account — https://canada.ca/my-cra-business-account Your GST/HST account, payroll account, corporate tax account, correspondence, and payments — all in one login.

CRA My Account (personal) — https://canada.ca/my-cra-account For your personal T1, notices of assessment, and RRSP room.

CRA Business Registration Online — https://www.canada.ca/en/revenue-agency/services/e-services/e-services-businesses/register.html
For your Business Number and any new program account (GST/HST, payroll, corporate tax). As of July 2026, BRO is no longer a standalone portal — sign into your CRA account first, then access BRO from there.

CRA Business Enquiries — 1-800-959-5525 (Mon–Fri, 9am–6pm local time)
CRA Territories Line — 1-866-841-1876 (YT, NT, NU only)

CRA Filing Information Returns Electronically — where you upload your T4, T4A, and T5 XML files after generating them in your bookkeeping software

CRA Charities Directorate / Registered Charities Database — https://www.canada.ca/en/revenue-agency/services/charities-giving/list-charities/list-charities-other-qualified-donees.html — confirm your own or anyone else's registered charity status before issuing or accepting a donation receipt

Workers' Compensation

Provincial Sales Tax & Health Levy Authorities

Only relevant if you're in one of these provinces — the rest of Canada has GST/HST only, administered by the CRA above.

British Columbia — PST registration and filing: eTaxBC, https://www.etax.gov.bc.ca/btp/eservices/_/ Administered by the BC Ministry of Finance. Also where BC EHT (Employer Health Tax) is filed once your BC payroll crosses $1,000,000.

Saskatchewan — PST and Liquor Consumption Tax: Saskatchewan eTax Services (SETS), https://sets.saskatchewan.ca

Manitoba — RST and the Health and Education (HE) Levy: Manitoba Finance, https://manitoba.ca

Quebec — QST, and GST if you've elected combined administration: Revenu Québec, https://revenuquebec.ca Registration through the clicSÉQUR portal.

Ontario — Employer Health Tax only (no provincial sales tax on top of HST): https://www.ontario.ca/document/employer-health-tax-eht

Corporate & Business Registries

Where you file your annual return — separate from your T2 corporate tax return, and separate from the CRA entirely. Missing this is one of the most common ways a corporation gets struck off without the owner realizing.

Industry-Specific Regulators

Real Estate - BC — BCFSA (BC Financial Services Authority), formerly RECBC - Ontario — RECO (Real Estate Council of Ontario) - Alberta — RECA (Real Estate Council of Alberta) - Quebec — OACIQ

Condominium & Property Management - Ontario — CMRAO (Condominium Management Regulatory Authority of Ontario) - BC — BCFSA (same body that licenses real estate)

Employment Standards

Every province and territory has its own employment standards office, and the rules genuinely differ — minimum wage, overtime thresholds, leave entitlements.

This page is only useful if it stays current. Suggest a quarterly check — five minutes confirming URLs still resolve and rates/thresholds mentioned elsewhere in the guide haven't shifted.