how to start a business?

Question

I want to start a house cleaning business. Just wondering how I would be able to get info on something like that in Calgary alberta Canada

Answer 1

I don't live in Canada so I'm not familiar with how it would be done but you could start by looking for a small business administration/organization in the government for resources.

Canadian Federation of Independent Business
http://www.cfib.ca/default_E.asp?l=E

Lo and behold, Yahoo Canada has a directory that might help:

http://ca.dir.yahoo.com/Business_and_Economy/Business_to_Business/Small_Business_Information/


You just need to find out what you need to start the business (i.e. can you do something like a sole proprietorship which in the US requires nothing more than a business license if the local county/city requires it).

Answer 2

Talk to people that are already in that type of business. Calgary is a boom town for the present and very expensive to live. It could very easily go into a bust situation when the bottom falls out. Did you ever hear of the saying what goes up must come down. Well the same rule applies to Calgary and I would not go there unless you had a place to stay because they are hard to find, you have alot of homeless people out there right now with no place to live.

Answer 3

It would all depend upon whether you are a citizen or perminant resident or have some other status in Canada.
If you are a citizen of another country and have no current status in Canada you will first have to visit ;
http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/

If you currently have status in Canada, or eventually gain status in Canada, then you would contact;
http://www.cra-arc.gc.ca/menu-e.html

Good luck to you!