Akerplunk Business Blog: March 2017

Sunday, March 26, 2017

12 Facts About Starting a Business in Canada

hinking of starting a business in Canada? Knowing these twelve facts will help make the startup process easier.

1) You need to be a Canadian citizen or a landed immigrant to start a business in Canada.

You can't start a business while you're in Canada on a visitor or student visa or while you're here on a work permit.
You may be able to partner with one or more Canadians to start a business here but that doesn't mean that you will be able to reside in Canada.
To do that, you need to immigrate to Canada. This page from Citizenship and Immigration Canada provides information on immigrating to Canada.

Top Home Business Opportunities

Cleaning Services - Along the same lines, there's currently a heavy demand for cleaning services, and the demand for domestic cleaning services will only increase with our aging population. If you're good at organizing and comfortable with the thought of running a crew, this home business opportunity has the potential of turning into something big.The cleaning service I use is a man and wife operated home-based business that has multiple cleaning crews and over 150 residential and commercial customers.
Fall Prevention Products - Sales and Service - Did you know that falls are the leading cause of fatal injury among elderly American and Canadians? And did you know that the death rates from falls among older men and women have risen sharply over the past decade? (Falls Among Older Adults: An Overview, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention). Now, what if you developed or distributed a product related to helping seniors prevent falls? Think of the growing size of the potential market!One of my business associates distributes a variety of fall prevention products from her home, including a padded hip garment that prevents hip fractures from falls. Another sells and services electric scooters.
Wedding Planner Services - People are still getting married. In 2014, 6.9 people per 1,000 married in the United States, meaning there were 2,140,272 marriages (CDC). And these numbers refer only to the traditional kind of marriage; there's also a growing demand for gay marriages, providing even more opportunities for wedding-related businesses of all kinds.You need to be good at planning and have a mind for details, but if you are, becoming a wedding planner could be your dream business - and there's no reason you can't do it from your home.