FOREIGN AFFAIRS, TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT CANADA
Export and Import controls
Telephone: 613 996-2387 or 1 877 808-8838
Fax: 613 996-9933
AGRICULTURE AND AGRI-FOOD CANADA
CANADIAN FOOD INSPECTION AGENCY
CFIA National Import Service Centre
Processing of import request documentation / data sent by the importing community across Canada.
Telephone: 1 800 835-4486
HEALTH CANADA
Consumer Product Safety
Telephone: 514 283-5488 or 1 866 662-0666
CANADA BORDER SERVICES AGENCY
Border Information Service (BIS)
Information on tariff classification, rates of duty, permits, etc.
Telephone: 1 800 461-9999
Outside Canada: 506 636-5064
BUSINESS REGISTRATION NUMBER, IMPORT/EXPORT NUMBER
Canada Revenue Agency
Import-export program account.
Telephone: 1 800 959-5525
QST/HST & GST
(Goods and services taxes)
Revenu Québec
Telephone: 514 873-4692 or 1 800 567-4692
FEDERAL INCORPORATION
Industry Canada (Corporation Canada)
Telephone: 1 866 333-5556
CA Number – Industry Canada – Competition Bureau Canada
For manufacturers, processors, importing or selling any textile fibre product.
Telephone: 1 800 348-5358
RN Number for United States
Federal Trade Commission
For manufacturers importing, distributing, or selling products covered by the Textile, Wool, and Fur Acts.
Packaging and labelling
(logos, regulations, washing codes, textile and apparel, etc.) (Non-food products)
Industry Canada – Competition Bureau Canada
Telephone: 1 800 348-5358
BUSINESS REGISTRATION/PROVINCIAL INCORPORATION
Registraire des entreprises du Québec (REQ)
2050 de Bleury Street, RC 10
Montréal (Place-des-Arts metro)
Telephone: 514 644-4545 or 1 877 644-4545
Outside of Montréal, register your business at your local municipal courthouse.
Steps to follow:
- Register your business and obtain your Quebec business number (NEQ);
- Obtain a business registration number from the Canada Revenue Agency;
- Obtain GST/QST registration numbers from Revenu Québec.