Employer of Record in Canada: The Best and the Rest

Borderless AI is a Toronto-founded EOR and international payroll platform built around automated employment administration. Canadian entrepreneur Willson Cross, previously the founder of GoFetch and UBC Bitcoin Jobs, co-founded the business with Sean Aggarwal in 2022. Backing from Susquehanna and Aglaé Ventures helped the company develop an AI-native platform that brings contracts, onboarding, benefits and payroll together, while its HRGPT assistant helps HR teams find information and work through routine questions. Its international coverage extends to more than 170 countries, making Canada part of a wider hiring operation.

That global service has a Canadian operating base at 1 University Avenue, third floor, Toronto, ON M5J 2P1. The company identifies Borderless AI Ventures Inc. in its privacy policy and assigns clients a Canada-based point of contact, connecting the software with local support. For a business hiring in Canada and other markets, this combination offers a common employment workflow with access to people working in the same North American business day. The Canadian onboarding process brings tax forms and benefits enrolment into that workflow so employees can move from signed offer to payroll through the same service.

People2.0 combines international workforce infrastructure with the Canadian employment experience of The Payroll Edge, an acquired business that has helped companies hire and pay workers in Canada since the late 1990s. The Payroll Edge began in back-office services for staffing businesses and developed into a Canadian EOR and HR operation. That background is particularly relevant to recruiters and companies that already have a candidate in mind: the local team takes on employment administration, payroll and benefits while the client continues to direct the work.

The Canadian operation includes People2.0 Workforce Services Canada, ULC, the name adopted by The Staffing Edge ULC in 2021. The Payroll Edge publishes its office at 7685 Hurontario Street, sixth floor, Brampton, ON L6W 0B4. Its Canadian specialists connect employment contracts, tax deductions and employee support with the wider People2.0 network, allowing a client to start with Canadian hiring and use the group for other markets later. The service also separates employee EOR arrangements from contractor AOR engagements, helping businesses choose the appropriate model for each worker.

RemotePeople combines Canadian EOR services with recruitment, payroll and international employment support. Although the group is headquartered in New York, it has substantial headcount in Toronto and operates through its own Canadian federal corporation. This gives the Canadian service an operating team as well as a local employing structure, so clients can connect candidate recruitment with the contracts, payroll, benefits and employee support needed after hiring. The same relationship can also support companies adding employees in other countries.

Its Canadian corporation is registered under number 13082831 and incorporated under the Canada Business Corporations Act. The local office is at 111 Peter Street, Suite 700, Toronto, ON M5V 2H1. From that base, RemotePeople supports the administration of Canadian employment while the client manages the employee’s day-to-day work. Recruitment and immigration assistance can sit alongside the EOR engagement where required, making the offering useful both for a company hiring its first Canadian employee and for an established international team expanding its local presence.

Rippling connects EOR employment with the HR, payroll and IT tools used to manage a wider workforce. For a company hiring in Canada, this means employee records and onboarding can sit alongside workflows for benefits, software access and company equipment. The advantage is particularly practical for businesses already using Rippling: a Canadian EOR employee can be administered within the same system as colleagues employed through the client’s own entities, reducing the need to maintain separate employee records across several products.

The group has a Canadian corporate presence through Rippling Canada Services, Inc. and publishes a Toronto office at 200 Wellington Street West. British Columbia’s corporate register records Rippling Canada Services, Inc. under amalgamation number 1558932, following an October 2025 amalgamation. This local footprint supports a service whose main distinction is the connection between employment administration and the wider Rippling platform. Buyers can combine the EOR service with other modules, while specifying which payroll, benefits and IT functions they actually need in the Canadian engagement.

Safeguard Global provides Canadian EOR employment within a broader international workforce service that also covers managed payroll, recruitment and HR administration. This makes it relevant to businesses that want to hire in Canada while coordinating employment in several other markets, or that operate a mixture of EOR teams and their own subsidiaries. Canadian employment can therefore form part of a wider operating relationship, with related support available as the business expands.

Its published Canadian EOR affiliates are SafeGuard World Payroll Services Canada Ltd and Global Professional Employment Services (Canada) Inc. The group also publishes a Canadian office at 550 Burrard Street, Suite 2300, Bentall 5, Vancouver, British Columbia. These local entities and the Vancouver presence sit behind the Canadian service, rather than relying on the address of the US parent to describe its footprint. Clients can connect employment and benefits administration with the group’s payroll and business-support services, while defining the scope and responsibilities for each country in their agreement.

Syndesus specializes in helping US businesses build and employ Canadian teams, with a particular focus on technology talent. Founded by Marc Pavlopoulos, it combines recruitment with an EOR service that handles employment contracts, payroll, benefits and HR support after the candidate joins. Its current talent work emphasizes experienced AI and machine-learning engineers, making the combined service particularly relevant when a technology company needs both help finding people and the infrastructure to employ them in Canada.

The local entity is Syndesus Canada Inc., federal corporation number 1340657-1, with its published Toronto address at 1 University Avenue, third floor, Toronto, ON M5J 2P1. The present corporation resulted from a 31 December 2021 amalgamation. Its EOR service is complemented by Canada Co-pilot, an outsourced HR service for businesses that already have their own Canadian entity. This gives clients two routes through the same Canadian team: employment through Syndesus at the outset, or ongoing HR administration once a client-owned operation is in place.

Thirdsail connects Canadian EOR employment with subsidiary formation and ongoing company management. Its service is designed for businesses entering Canada, whether they want to start with a small employee team or establish their own local company. Through the EOR arrangement, Thirdsail becomes the legal employer and handles contracts, onboarding, payroll, benefits and employment administration while the client directs the work. The additional entity services give the same business a route to a more permanent Canadian operation as its team grows.

The company operates as Thirdsail Inc., federal corporation number 14156757, incorporated on 24 June 2022. Its published Toronto address is 2967 Dundas Street West, Suite 980, Toronto, ON M6P 1Z2, and its founder is Julien Roger. This combination of employment and corporate administration is useful for a staged market entry: a client can begin with EOR hiring, assess the scale of its Canadian operation and then plan a subsidiary. That transition still needs coordination so employment agreements, payroll and benefits move together.

Thomson Tremblay brings a Montréal staffing and HR background to an EOR service built around payrolling employees who work for a client business. Its payroll offering expressly makes Thomson Tremblay the employer of record, connecting local employment administration with the recruitment and personnel support already available from the firm. This model is particularly relevant to temporary and hourly assignments, where a client wants a worker on its team without running that person through its own payroll.

The business operates as Thomson Tremblay Inc. and now publishes its head office at 1411 rue Saint-Urbain, Montréal, QC H2X 2M6. Its local payroll work encompasses Québec deductions, employment documentation and related administration, while its recruitment practice covers administrative, technical, engineering, industrial and other business roles. That combination gives clients a Montréal-based employment partner with practical experience of placing and supporting workers. The scope is centred on the staffing and payroll assignment, with additional recruitment or HR work agreed around the client’s needs.

VensureHR’s Canadian offering is strengthened by Canadian Payroll Services, which Vensure acquired in 2023. Founded in 2014, Canadian Payroll Services built its business around helping international companies employ Canadian talent without establishing a local subsidiary. It becomes the employer and connects employment contracts, payroll and benefits with day-to-day HR support, while clients retain responsibility for directing their teams. The acquisition places that Canada-focused operation within the wider Vensure Employer Solutions group.

The Canadian business is Canadian Payroll Services Inc., with its published contact address at Suite 4357, 1460 The Queensway, Etobicoke, ON M8Z 1S4. Its service includes an HR account manager, employee support and tools for documents, expenses and leave, linking employment administration with the practical tasks a growing Canadian team needs. Group health benefits, retirement-saving options and additional HR services can be incorporated into the engagement. This is particularly useful for employers that want an established Canadian service team alongside access to a broader North American HR organization.

Wages Canada is a Canadian workforce-services business founded in 2019 by Michael Coffill, whose staffing-industry experience shaped its focus on employment and back-office administration. It serves both direct employers and staffing firms, combining EOR employment with payroll, benefits, HR support and contractor AOR services. Coverage extends across all ten provinces and three territories, while agency clients can also use payroll funding, invoicing and collection support to manage the commercial side of their assignments.

Wages Canada Inc. operates through its wholly owned subsidiaries Wages Corp and Les Services Wages QC Inc. Its Ontario head office is at 7 Grand Avenue South, Cambridge, ON N1S 2L3, and its Québec office is at Château St-Ambroise, 4020 rue Saint-Ambroise, Suite 495, Montréal, QC H4C 3J9. These Canadian teams combine direct account support with tools for applicant tracking, timesheets and employee administration. The Montréal operation and English- and French-language support are particularly useful for employers building teams that span Québec and other provinces.