If you want to come and live here then you'd need a visa under the entrepreneurship category ( see http://www.immigration-quebec.gouv.qc.ca/en/immigr... ), but if you simply want to open a business location in QC while maintaining your headquarters in the USA, you can buy any commercial property in QC and get a business license quickly and easily from the Registraire des Entreprises du Québec: http://www.registreentreprises.gouv.qc.ca/en/
You pay a small fee (I think around $40 for a sole proprietorship, up to $400 for a corporation), the QC Gov't gives you an NEQ number as well as GST/PST codes, and you can start running your business. You will probably have to hire a local manager though, since you can only stay in Canada for 6 months out of the year without obtaining a visa.
Keep in mind that to operate a business in Quebec, the primary language of operation MUST be French, so either you have to speak French yourself or you'll have to hire a translator to help you.
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If you want to come and live here then you'd need a visa under the entrepreneurship category ( see http://www.immigration-quebec.gouv.qc.ca/en/immigr... ), but if you simply want to open a business location in QC while maintaining your headquarters in the USA, you can buy any commercial property in QC and get a business license quickly and easily from the Registraire des Entreprises du Québec: http://www.registreentreprises.gouv.qc.ca/en/
You pay a small fee (I think around $40 for a sole proprietorship, up to $400 for a corporation), the QC Gov't gives you an NEQ number as well as GST/PST codes, and you can start running your business. You will probably have to hire a local manager though, since you can only stay in Canada for 6 months out of the year without obtaining a visa.
Keep in mind that to operate a business in Quebec, the primary language of operation MUST be French, so either you have to speak French yourself or you'll have to hire a translator to help you.
Yes, as long as you meet any visa requirements and regulations relating to investment/businesses operating in Canada and in the province of Quebec.
If you have a work visa. Canada has a lot of book stores already.