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pants in my pants
Aug 18, 2009

by Smythe
I have noticed that up until maybe the late 1960s, if an American or other non-Canadian company wanted to set up a branch office in Canada, they did so in Montreal. Nowadays, it seems like any company setting up a Canadian office does so in Toronto, or to a lesser extent maybe Ottawa or Vancouver.

I have a couple guesses- mainly that because Quebec has such strict Francophone rules that it makes it unnecessarily complex to set up an office in Montreal.

Maybe Ontario has tax benefits for setting up shop in that province?

Maybe "overseas" offices in Quebec implied solidarity with the PQ, which might be undesirable?

Anyone have any factual input on this?

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