Sell your manufacturing or distribution company

In Ontario, a change of owner is processed as an amendment to the existing approval, without a fee. The ministry requires a copy of the approval, proof of the new owner’s legal name and a letter from the previous holder authorizing the transfer, filed within the period set in the approval’s conditions. Selling a manufacturing business

A non-Canadian acquiring control must file a notification before closing or within 30 days after it. A full net benefit review applies only above the thresholds, which in 2026 is $1.452 billion in enterprise value for private investors from WTO members. A national security review may apply to an investment of any size.

Not where the property remains in industrial use. The Environmental Protection Act requires a record of site condition before land changes from industrial or commercial use to residential or parkland use. Lenders financing the purchase commonly require a Phase One environmental site assessment.

Strategic manufacturers, private equity funds, distribution groups and foreign acquirers entering the Canadian market. Strategic buyers acquire capacity, products or customers that would take years to build, and InvestDeal introduces them alongside financial buyers so each offer is measured against the other.

No. In Ontario, a boiler plant registration is issued to the user and is not transferable. TSSA requires the new owner to register the plant again and to file for new certificates of inspection for its boilers and pressure vessels.

In an asset sale, the buyer and seller can jointly elect on Form GST44 so that no GST/HST applies, provided the buyer acquires all or substantially all of the property needed to carry on the business. The election is not available where the seller is registered for GST/HST and the buyer is not. Taxes when you sell

In Ontario, employees the buyer keeps are treated as continuously employed, so their service with the seller counts toward the buyer’s obligations, provided they are rehired within 13 weeks. The seller remains responsible for any employee whose employment ends before closing. What happens to your employees