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Pricing

Canada Employer of Record.
Priced honestly.

Direct entity in Canada. One flat markup on wages, or cost-plus for larger programs, depending on how many people you are hiring and for how long. The two calculators below show what you'd actually pay versus a SaaS EOR.

Two pricing options

Pick the model. The country rate is set.

●One rate · every province & territory, Quebec quoted separately

One markup rate on wages, the same in every province except Quebec. Quebec runs about 4 points higher on every rate, and French-language employment documents are included, so we quote it separately.

Flat markup
One rate on wages. Nothing on top.
Canada rate
21% markup on wages
18% on a 3-year contract
CPP, EI, provincial levies and workers' compensation sit inside the markup, plus a 4% vacation pay premium each pay period. Your people are salaried, so taking time off doesn't change your invoice. Anything accrued and unpaid is paid out at the end of the assignment. Same rate in every province; Quebec is quoted on its own.
How billing works
  • ·One markup rate on wages, every month
  • ·Leave doesn't move your invoice; payout at assignment end
  • ·No platform fee, no per-seat charges
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Enterprise
Larger programs, multi-entity, MSP replacement
Canada rate
~11% + CA$2.50–4.50/hr
Statutory at cost. Effective rate drops as wages scale.
Every employer statutory cost, including CPP and QPP, EI and QPIP, provincial payroll taxes, workers' compensation, passes through at our actual cost with no markup. HQ Simple's only fee is CA$2.50–4.50/hr per worker, depending on program scale. Best for higher-wage roles and longer assignments, where the rate drops once workers pass the annual EI and CPP ceilings.
How billing works
  • ·Our only fee: CA$2.50–4.50/hr per worker
  • ·Everything else at our actual cost, no markup
  • ·Rate drops as wages pass the EI and CPP ceilings
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Every plan includes
Direct EOR in Canada plus 3 more countries; vetted specialist partners in 75 more
CPP and QPP, EI and QPIP, provincial levies and workers' comp all handled
Extended health, dental, and a group RRSP with DPSP match, where you offer them
ENGAGE platform + AI classification + free ATS
The same benefits as your own T4 employees, plus our four-day week 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.
Role classification affects the rate
Rates assume salaried office roles. Hourly, field and high-risk classifications quote separately.
Rates exclude GST/HST
Whether GST/HST applies depends on whether we invoice a Canadian entity or one overseas. We set the position out on your quote.
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 15% markup on payroll and a ~CA$749/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. In Canada they typically run through a local partner, who adds their own profit and G&A on top, so you're paying two margins instead of one. 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 (18% on a 3-year term, everything included).

Country
Your program
25
1250
CA$42/hr
20220
52 wk
4≈ 12 mos billed104
What we assumed (industry averages)
Ordinary hours40 hrs/week
SaaS EOR platform fee (mid-market plan)CA$749/mo per worker
SaaS payroll markup15% on wages
Local partner profit / G&A5% on wages
Onboarding / setupCA$425 per worker
OffboardingCA$625 per worker
Effective markup with a SaaS EOR
31.5%
You signed up for 15% on payroll. Most SaaS EORs deliver through a local partner in Canada, even where they hold an entity there, and that partner adds 5% profit / G&A. After that, platform fees, and add-ons, you're actually paying 31.5% of wages, a 16.5-point hidden uplift.
Total cost (SaaS EOR)
CA$2,871,750
vs. CA$2,184,000 of wages over 52 wk
HQ Simple · 18% on 3-yr flat markup
CA$2,577,120
Lowest published rate. No platform fee, no setup fee, no offboarding fee.
Where the SaaS bill goes
Payroll markup on wages (15% SaaS + 5% local partner)CA$436,800
Platform fee (12 mos × 25 workers)CA$224,700
Setup / onboarding (one-time per worker)CA$10,625
Offboarding (per worker)CA$15,625
Savings with HQ SimpleCA$294,630
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: ~11% statutory at cost + CA$2.50–4.50/hr.

On higher-wage roles and larger programs, cost-plus usually comes in under both our flat markup and the big providers' 20% plus a monthly admin fee. Our admin is a fixed amount per hour, so the higher the wage, the less it costs as a percentage. You see exactly what we charge: statutory employer costs at our actual cost, roughly 11% of wages, plus CA$2.50–4.50/hr per worker, depending on program scale. No platform fee, no FX skim, no add-on SKUs. Move the sliders to see where you land.

Your program
50
5500
CA$42/hr
20220
52 wk
4≈ 12.0 months104
What we assumed (industry standard)
Ordinary hours40 hrs/week
Other-provider markup20% on wages
Other-provider admin (cheapest in-country plan)CA$599/mo per worker
Statutory pass-through (at cost)~11% of wages
HQ Simple adminCA$2.50–4.50/hour per worker (illustrated at the low end)
Estimated savings with HQ Simple
CA$492,520
~8.8% lower than the industry baseline · illustrative
Industry baseline
CA$5,601,000
20% markup + CA$599/mo admin
With HQ Simple
CA$5,108,480
Enterprise cost-plus
The HQ Simple cost-plus model
11% statutory, at cost+CA$2.50–4.50/hour all-in admin per worker (scales with program size). No platform fee. No FX skim. No add-on SKUs.
Total wages this program: CA$4,368,000 · 104,000 billable hours over ~12.0 months
Illustrative. Final pricing reflects worker mix, geography, and your T4 employee versus contractor split. We'll quote real numbers on a 30-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 into a language the law doesn't require (French in Quebec is included)
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, simple markup on wages is a single percentage on payroll quoted ahead of time: 21% on wages, with every statutory cost included. Cost-plus passes employer statutory costs through at our actual cost (effective rate ~11% on average, varies by wage and worker mix) plus CA$2.50–4.50/hour per worker as our only fee. Simple markup is easiest for budgeting on smaller programs; cost-plus usually wins on higher-wage roles and longer assignments. We will model both against your actual numbers on a call.
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