Trusted Remote AI and Full-Stack Developer for Canadian Businesses

What can a Canadian company hire me to build?

AI chatbots and agents first, then the software they plug into. Each line of work has its own page with the scope, the price model and the limits.

When can we talk, given the time difference?

At the start of your day in Atlantic and Eastern Canada, and by written update everywhere else. India (UTC+5:30) does not change its clocks. Eastern Canada falls back on 1 November 2026, and British Columbia stopped changing its clocks in 2026.

In practice: one scheduled call a week in your morning, a written update every working day that is waiting when you start, and a release window agreed in the quote so nothing goes live while your team is asleep.

What tax and paperwork does a Canadian company need from me?

Less than for a contractor working in Canada. Two CRA rules matter, both summarized from CRA's own guidance; your accountant applies them to your situation.

• GST/HST. I am not registered, so my invoice carries none. A Canadian recipient of an imported service may have to self-assess it, unless the service is used exclusively in commercial activities, and HST provinces have a separate rule for the provincial part. CRA's simplified registration for foreign digital suppliers is aimed at consumers and unregistered buyers, not at a registered business hiring a developer.
• Regulation 105. The 15% withholding applies to fees for services rendered in Canada. CRA states that payments for services performed outside Canada are not subject to it, and my work is done entirely in India.

What you receive from me: a written quote, an invoice in US dollars per payment stage, and a clause assigning the custom code to your company on payment.

How do PIPEDA and Quebec's Law 25 shape the build?

You stay accountable for your customers' personal information while I process it, so the build and the paperwork both have to show where it goes.

• PIPEDA. The Privacy Commissioner treats a transfer to a processor abroad as a use, not a disclosure. You remain accountable, should get a comparable level of protection by contract, and should tell people their data may be processed outside Canada. A breach with a real risk of significant harm must be reported to the Commissioner and to the people affected.
• Quebec, section 17 of Law 25. Before personal information about Quebec residents is communicated outside Quebec, including to a service provider, you must do a privacy impact assessment and have a written agreement. I supply the facts your assessment needs: what data the system touches, where it is stored, and which AI provider sees what.
• Quebec, section 12.1. If an agent makes a decision about a person based exclusively on automated processing, the person must be told, and can ask what information was used. I design agents so a staff member approves decisions about people.
• Alberta. PIPA requires notifying the Commissioner of a breach with a real risk of significant harm.

The federal reform is still pending. Bill C-27, which held the CPPA and the AI and Data Act, died when Parliament was prorogued in January 2025. Bill C-36 was introduced on 15 June 2026 and had only a first reading as of 31 October 2026, so PIPEDA still applies.

Which rules apply to AI agents and automated messages?

There is no federal AI law in force, but three existing rules reach what agents and chatbots do.

Canada's national AI strategy, launched in June 2026, and the federal voluntary code on generative AI set expectations but not legal duties. My agents log what they did and why, which is what a buyer will be asked for if that changes.

Where is the system hosted, and how do Canadian customers pay?

In Canada if you need it, and through gateways Canadian customers already use.

• Data residency. AWS runs Canada Central and Calgary regions, Azure runs Canada Central in Toronto and Canada East in Quebec City, and Google Cloud runs Montréal and Toronto. I set the database, file storage and backups in the region your contracts name.
• Cards. Stripe is available to Canadian businesses and is built into WHMCS and most frameworks I use. Its Canadian list price for domestic cards is 2.9% plus CA$0.30.
• Bank payments. Pre-authorized debit through Stripe, or Interac e-Transfer requests through your bank, for customers who will not use a card.
• Payment page security. PCI DSS 4.0.1 requires control of scripts on payment pages, so checkout pages carry only the scripts they need.

What do Canadian hosting companies on WHMCS ask me for?

Tax rules by province, .ca domains and custom modules. WHMCS tax rules have two levels, which fits GST plus a provincial sales tax, or a single HST rate by province. A .ca registrant must meet CIRA's Canadian Presence Requirements, so the order form needs the registrant's legal type and acceptance of CIRA's agreement, mapped correctly to the registrar module. Scope and proof for this work are on my WHMCS developer page.

What North American work can you check?

Canadian clients are not named on this site. The nearest named work: Chargewise, a Next.js store for a company that ships smart 12V battery chargers across the United States and Canada, and CloudByteHost, WHMCS automation for a US hosting company. My US page covers that market, and the rest is in my portfolio.

When am I the wrong choice for you?

• Your contract requires the work to be done in Canada or by a Canadian resident.
• You need someone in your office, or on call through your night without a support agreement.
• You need French copy written, not only built. Bring a translator.
• You need a team of several developers at once. I am one person.

Disclosure: I am CTO at ElySpace, a freelance developer for Marmaids LLC, and founder of WHMCSPilot and MagizAI. Tax, privacy, language and accessibility points on this page summarize the Canada Revenue Agency, the Office of the Privacy Commissioner, Quebec's Commission d'accès à l'information and Office québécois de la langue française, the Government of Ontario, the CRTC, the Parliament of Canada and the cloud and payment providers as read on 31 October 2026. They are not legal or tax advice.