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Pricing

Canada Employer of Record.
Priced honestly.

Direct entity in Canada. Pass-through, all-inclusive, or cost-plus pricing depending on the size and shape of your program. The two calculators below show what you'd actually pay versus a SaaS EOR.

Three pricing options

Pick the model. The country rate is set.

●One rate · every province & territory

Same structure in every country we operate in directly. The percentage reflects local employer burden.

All-inclusive
Bundled simplicity. One number on the invoice.
Canada rate
23% markup on wages
21% on a 3-year contract
Mandatory paid sick leave, major medical contributions, and background checks are absorbed into the markup. The invoice is the same number every month, in every state.
How billing works
  • ·One bundled markup, every month
  • ·Variable items absorbed into the rate
  • ·No surprise pass-through line items
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MOST CHOSEN
Pass-through
Most teams. Most chosen.
Canada rate
22% markup on wages
20% on a 3-year contract
Lower base markup. Three line items pass through at cost only when they're actually incurred. Otherwise identical coverage to All-inclusive.
Pass-through items (only when incurred)
  • ·Mandatory paid sick leave (where state-mandated)
  • ·Major medical contributions (when employee elects)
  • ·Background checks (per engagement)
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Enterprise
Larger programs, multi-entity, MSP replacement
Canada rate
~10% + CA$2.50–3.50/hr
Statutory at cost. Effective rate drops as wages scale.
Every employer statutory cost — payroll taxes, CPP, EI, provincial premiums — passes through at our actual cost, with no markup. HQ Simple's only fee is CA$2.50–3.50/hr per worker, depending on program scale. Best for higher-wage roles and longer assignments, where the effective rate drops below the flat tiers as workers hit annual tax caps.
How billing works
  • ·CA$2.50–3.50/hr per worker — our only fee
  • ·Everything else at our actual cost, no markup
  • ·Rate drops as wages cross annual tax caps
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Every plan includes
Direct EOR in Canada + 3 more direct countries; specialist partners in 75 more
All statutory employer contributions handled
Standard benefits (medical, dental, vision, 401k where applicable)
ENGAGE platform + AI classification + free ATS
W-2 benefits parity and our four-day workweek commitment
People-before-technology customer service, same-day every weekday
No minimums, ever
No minimum headcount, no required hours. One worker or one hundred, the rate is the rate.
3-year rate, no teaser
Secured by a refundable one-week-invoice deposit. Returned or applied to your final invoice at term end.
Standard payment terms
Rates assume office-type roles. Field, shift-based, and high-risk classifications quote separately.
Two calculators

Two ways to see what you're really paying in Canada.

First, we expose the effective markup rateon a SaaS EOR after platform fees and add-ons. Then, we show what you'd pay on our cost-plus model for the same program, in Canada.

Calculator 1 · vs. SaaS EORs

What's your effective markup with Deel, Rippling or Remote?

SaaS EORs quote you a 14% markup on payroll and a ~$799/month per-worker platform fee, then add a setup fee per worker on day one and an offboarding fee per worker on the way out. Your effectivemarkup ends up well above the headline. Set just three things (workers, pay rate, assignment length) and we'll show what you're actually paying versus HQ Simple's flat published markup (pass-through from 18%, all-inclusive from 23%).

Country
Your program
25
1250
CA$42/hr
20220
52 wk
4≈ 13 mos billed104
What we assumed (industry averages)
SaaS EOR platform feeCA$749/mo per worker
SaaS payroll markup12.5% on wages
Local partner profit / G&A8% on wages
Onboarding / setupCA$425 per worker
OffboardingCA$625 per worker
Effective markup with a SaaS EOR
32.8%
You signed up for 12.5% on payroll. SaaS EORs don't hold a direct entity in Canada — they route through a local partner who adds 8% profit / G&A. After that, platform fees, and add-ons, you're actually paying 32.8% of wages, a 20.3-point hidden uplift.
Total cost (SaaS EOR)
$2,901,395
vs. $2,184,000 of wages over 52 wk
HQ Simple · 20% on 3-yr pass-through
$2,620,800
Lowest published rate. No platform fee, no add-ons.
Where the SaaS bill goes
Payroll markup on wages (12.5% SaaS + 8% local partner)$447,720
Platform fee (13 mos × 25 workers)$243,425
Setup / onboarding (one-time per worker)$10,625
Offboarding (per worker)$15,625
Savings with HQ Simple$280,595
Illustrative. Defaults reflect mid-points from public SaaS EOR price lists. SaaS EORs bill in whole months; a 4-week assignment counts as one month of platform fee. Setup and offboarding are billed per worker but rarely quoted up front.
Calculator 2 · cost-plus alternative

Cost-plus pricing: 10% on wages + CA$2.50–3.50/hr.

For programs above ~25 workers, our cost-plus model usually beats both flat per-worker pricing and the big providers' 15% + monthly admin fee. You see exactly what we charge: wages pass through at a 10% markup, and our admin is billed at CA$2.50–3.50/hr per worker, depending on program scale. No platform fee, no FX skim, no add-on SKUs. Move the sliders to estimate your savings.

Your program
50
5500
CA$42/hr
20220
52 wk
4≈ 12.0 months104
What we assumed (industry standard)
Other-provider markup15% on wages
Other-provider adminCA$600/mo per worker
HQ Simple markup10% on wages
HQ Simple adminCA$2.50–3.50/hour per worker (illustrated at the low end)
Estimated savings with HQ Simple
$318,428
~5.9% lower than the industry baseline · illustrative
Industry baseline
$5,383,228
15% markup + CA$600/mo admin
With HQ Simple
$5,064,800
cost-plus all-inclusive
The HQ Simple cost-plus model
10% pass-through on wages+CA$2.50–3.50/hour all-in admin per worker (scales with program size). No platform fee. No FX skim. No add-on SKUs.
Total wages this program: $4,368,000 · 104,000 billable hours over ~12.0 months
Illustrative. Final pricing reflects worker mix, geography, and W-2 vs 1099 split. We'll quote real numbers on a 20-minute call.
The honest list

What's included. What isn't. What costs more.

We'd rather over-tell you up front than spring a line item on the third invoice. Here's the breakdown, including the things we charge extra for.

Always included
We are the legal Employer of Record (full liability)
People-before-technology customer service
ENGAGE platform: dashboard, ATS, AI compliance
Worker onboarding in their own language
Mid-market FX on conversions, or invoice in local currency
Never charged extra
Per-seat fees for your internal team
Add-on for ATS, compliance, or reporting
API access and standard integrations
Implementation fees
Migration from another EOR
Calls to a real human
Costs extra (honest)
Sourcing service (in-house recruiters, flat fee)
Equipment provisioning if you want us to ship
Translation of bespoke contracts
Multi-entity consolidated reporting
The honest FAQ

Questions other EORs avoid.

We'll answer these on a call too, but here's the short version.

In Canada, flat per-worker is a single percentage on wages quoted ahead of time — 22% pass-through or 23% all-inclusive. Cost-plus passes employer statutory costs through at our actual cost (effective rate ~10% on average, varies by wage and worker mix) plus CA$2.50–3.50/hour per worker as our only fee. Flat is easiest for budgeting on smaller programs; cost-plus usually wins on higher-wage roles and longer assignments. The cost-plus calculator above will tell you which way you land for your specific program.
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