Business Guide of Canada (bgoc.ca) is not another business directory. It is a step-by-step guide platform for people starting a business in Canada — newcomers, one-person businesses and small business owners — written in plain language and in the order the steps actually happen: registration, Business Number, permits, banking, importing and first-year taxes.
The site starts narrow on purpose: Alberta first, with guides built from processes the founder has personally completed. Other provinces will be added when their guides are ready, not before. A directory of accountants, lawyers and advisors who work with new businesses is planned as a later layer, once the guides have built an audience.
BGOC is run by Munir Polat, an Edmonton-based entrepreneur. He started his first Alberta business as a sole proprietorship — completing the registration himself and obtaining his Business Number — and today runs MunirBuilds, an Edmonton handyman business. He also founded Prairie Polish, a cleaning company. The guides are written from that experience: what worked, what didn't, and what each step actually requires.
Questions, corrections, or a specialist who would like to be listed when the directory opens: munirpolat.ca@gmail.com
Spotted an out-of-date fee or rule in a guide? Please write — accuracy is the whole point of this site.