Saskatchewan: from idea to open for business
Saskatchewan runs on farms, resources and two growing cities, with a strong habit of neighbours helping neighbours. Here’s how to start a business here, and get online.
Saskatchewan’s entrepreneurial landscape
Agriculture is the backbone: grain and oilseed farms, cattle, and the dealers, mechanics, trucking and custom work that serve them. Many first businesses in rural Saskatchewan are skilled people working for themselves — welders, mechanics, electricians, carpenters — serving farms and towns over long distances.
Regina and Saskatoon add government, universities, health care and a growing tech and food scene, where newcomers and graduates open restaurants, cleaning and care services, consulting practices and online shops. Potash, uranium and energy create their own demand for trades and services.
Saskatchewan has a Fransaskois community with roots in towns across the province, and many Indigenous and Métis entrepreneurs. Summers bring lake-country tourism; winters bring snow clearing and indoor work.
Real help for new entrepreneurs
Help for new entrepreneurs in Saskatchewan:
- ISC Corporate Registry — Saskatchewan’s registry for business names and corporations.
- Saskatchewan: business information — The Government of Saskatchewan’s hub for starting and running a business.
- Saskatchewan PST — Who must register for and collect provincial sales tax.
- PrairiesCan — Prairies Economic Development Canada, the federal agency for Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta.
- Community Futures Saskatchewan — Local loans and business advice across rural Saskatchewan.
- Conseil économique et coopératif de la Saskatchewan (CÉCS) — Economic development and business support for Fransaskois entrepreneurs. For entrepreneurs who want to work in French.
- Innovation Saskatchewan — The provincial agency for technology and innovation start-ups.
- Futurpreneur — Start-up financing paired with a volunteer business mentor, for entrepreneurs aged 18 to 39.
- BDC — The Business Development Bank of Canada: financing, plus free guides and templates for people starting out.
Your first steps in Saskatchewan
- Register your business name with the ISC Corporate Registry if you use a name other than your own.
- Understand GST and PST. Saskatchewan has no HST. There’s the 5 % federal GST (register with the CRA once taxable sales pass CA$30,000 over four quarters) and the province’s 6 % PST, which has its own registration rules depending on what you sell.
- Lean on local support. Community Futures offices help across rural Saskatchewan; Innovation Saskatchewan focuses on tech start-ups.
- Make distance work for you. A Google Business Profile with your service area, a website and an email at your own domain bring in customers from beyond your town.
Canada Revenue Agency: get a business number · CRA: GST/HST rates by province
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Questions
Do I need to charge PST in Saskatchewan?
It depends on what you sell. The Province’s PST page explains which goods and services are taxable and who must register.
Can my website show the whole area I serve?
Yes. Add a service-area section naming the towns and rural municipalities you cover.