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Old Apr 12th 2018, 2:56 pm
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Good Morning Folks,

My wife is thinking about starting her own business in Ontario. She has been trying to secure a job by dropping her Resume and covering letter on indeed until she is blue in the face
We are now at the stage of visiting employers and handing these documents personally as we have been told that we will get a better response.

The idea behind the self employed idea based on her previous experience is that it will give her more flexibility especially as we have three kids at home.
She could potentially make more money with this venture than working for minimum wage etc.

We would be interested to hear the thoughts of any expats and there experiences with running their own businesses here in Ontario.

Many Thanks

Alan.
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Old Apr 12th 2018, 6:21 pm
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Originally Posted by Farmboy1892
Good Morning Folks,

My wife is thinking about starting her own business in Ontario. She has been trying to secure a job by dropping her Resume and covering letter on indeed until she is blue in the face
We are now at the stage of visiting employers and handing these documents personally as we have been told that we will get a better response.

The idea behind the self employed idea based on her previous experience is that it will give her more flexibility especially as we have three kids at home.
She could potentially make more money with this venture than working for minimum wage etc.

We would be interested to hear the thoughts of any expats and there experiences with running their own businesses here in Ontario.

Many Thanks

Alan.
Between us we run three. My real estate, the farm and we have a Microfit solar generation contract which is also set up as a business. What do you want to know? I keep the books myself for all three but we have an accountant to make sure that we are claiming/paying the right things against each business plus OH works a regular job too.
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Old Apr 13th 2018, 1:10 am
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Good Morning Folks,

My wife is thinking about starting her own business in Ontario. She has been trying to secure a job by dropping her Resume and covering letter on indeed until she is blue in the face
We are now at the stage of visiting employers and handing these documents personally as we have been told that we will get a better response.

The idea behind the self employed idea based on her previous experience is that it will give her more flexibility especially as we have three kids at home.
She could potentially make more money with this venture than working for minimum wage etc.

We would be interested to hear the thoughts of any expats and there experiences with running their own businesses here in Ontario.

Many Thanks

Alan.
Are you already in Ontario? If the setup costs aren't too onerous, what do you have to lose?
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Old Apr 13th 2018, 2:11 pm
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https://www.ontario.ca/page/small-bu...es-regulations
There's a ton of helpful websites / pages about Ontario small business start up. See this Google Search.
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Thanks Everyone.
I am researching all the options and we will see what happens in the next week or so.

fingers crossed.
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