Amy-Lynne Williams is a partner at Deeth Williams Wall LLP, a Toronto, Canada, based law firm specializing in Technology law and Intellectual Property Law. Amy-Lynne's areas of practice include international and domestic technology agreements. She represents both the producers and users of information technology in private industry and government. Amy-Lynne is acknowledged to be one of the ten leading Computer and Information Technology lawyers in Canada.

All ten provinces in Canada have active, flourishing companies involved in e-commerce and online business and the provincial and federal laws have been changing at a rapid pace to keep up with the demands of an online economy.

In addition to the usual corporate and tax planning activities that factor into any new venture, companies considering doing business online in Canada should be aware of:

	electronic commerce legislation and requirements for online transactions;
	sale of goods and consumer protection legislation;
	advertising rules;
	language legislation; and
	privacy.

This article will provide a brief point form summary of some of the areas to be considered in order to start a online business in Canada off on the right foot.