Selling internationally from Quebec
Incorporate your Montmagny business from $999, fees included. Suited to manufacturers selling internationally. Reviewed by Quebec lawyers, fully online.
Manufacturing and agri-food in Chaudière-Appalaches
Complete legal filings
Each incorporation includes all legal filings required to create a compliant and operational corporation from day one.
Share capital structure
Depending on the option selected, your share capital structure is prepared in a simple or advanced format to support the future evolution of your business.
Digital minute book
All corporate documents are delivered in a digital minute book, ready for electronic signature and secure record keeping.
Professional validation
Documents are prepared according to established legal standards and reviewed before delivery.
Human support
Our team supports you throughout the process and provides guidance when decisions need to be made, without unnecessary complexity.
Incorporate your business
Build your company in Quebec or federally with a strong legal structure from day one.
Keep your company’s annual filings up to date and maintain compliance of your corporate minute book.
Access professional legal templates to structure relationships with your employees, partners, and suppliers.
By opening a NBC business account.
A guided process, from information gathering to final document delivery.
Each step is designed to ensure compliance and legal consistency.
Tailor your incorporation to your needs (simple or advanced structure).
Each file is reviewed before delivery to ensure a reliable outcome.
Our incorporation guides
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The Complete Guide to Federal Incorporation in Canada (CBCA)
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The Complete Guide to Incorporating in Ontario (OBCA)
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Montmagny: a manufacturing tradition facing outward
Montmagny rests on a diversified manufacturing base: equipment, metal, plastics, agri-food, plus services and a tourism sector tied to the river. Several of these companies sell well beyond Quebec, into the United States and sometimes Europe.
Exporting raises questions legal form does not fully settle, but does shape.
What changes when the client is abroad
An international contract raises three additional questions. Which law applies in a dispute, and before which court? In what currency and on what terms will you be paid? And who bears the risk during transport?
These are settled in the contract, not after. A clause specifying governing law and competent court prevents a dispute from unfolding abroad, under rules you do not know.
The corporation plays a simple but essential role here: it contracts, it is exposed, and it bears any adverse decision. Selling abroad in your personal name exposes your assets to claims in jurisdictions where your protection is uncertain.
Online incorporation, reviewed by lawyers
Our pricing includes government fees. See our online incorporation guide or start your incorporation.
By opening a NBC business account.
Getting paid, the real difficulty
The main export risk is not legal, it is financial. Protection comes through deposits, letters of credit for significant amounts, or export credit insurance. Checking a foreign buyer's solvency before shipping is more effective than any remedy afterward.
Provincial or federal for a Montmagny business?
Exporting does not require federal incorporation. A Quebec corporation sells worldwide. Federal becomes useful if you establish a presence in another province or want Canada-wide name protection.
Your obligations once incorporated
Annual updating declaration, a current minute book, a separate corporate tax return and resolutions recording major decisions. Add the customs and tax obligations specific to exporting.
Common questions from Montmagny entrepreneurs
Must I create a foreign entity to sell there? Rarely at the start. It becomes relevant with a physical presence, employees or a warehouse on site.
Can I invoice in foreign currency? Yes. Plan for exchange rate risk, notably on long-term contracts.
Compare your options in REQ, platform or notary, or start your incorporation.