Canada is very business friendly, so drop that 'bureaucracy' concern. Forming a corporation took about 24 hours, with most of that time spent waiting for corpo

Canada is very business friendly, so drop that 'bureaucracy' concern. Forming a corporation took about 24 hours, with most of that time spent waiting for corporate name approval. Everything (except for getting a lawyer to notarize a form -- about $25 or so and five minutes of my time) was done online and there are TONS of resources to help start up. I think I spent around $200 in total to get all the corporate paperwork filed -- it was trivial. This site will provide all the information you need: http://corporationscanada.ic.gc.ca/epic/site/cd-dgc.nsf/Intro http://corporationscanada.ic.gc.ca/epic/site/cd-dgc.nsf/Intr... Annual corporate paperwork takes me just a few minutes each year (all done online) and taxes are likewise easy to put together. Any questions I've had about the company, taxes, etc. were quickly answered either through the Corporations Canada web site or after a brief e-mail dashed off to their contact e-mail address. As a sole founder of a software startup, I really couldn't be happier at my (by accident of birth) choice of nation. I've been able to just focus on building a business and quickly deal with the legal and tax stuff as minimally needed.