Hire a Remote Financial Bookkeeper for Your Ontario Business

Why Ontario Businesses Hire Remote Bookkeepers

Ontario is Canada's largest financial and business hub. Bay Street in Toronto anchors Canadian banking, with RBC, TD, BMO, Scotiabank, and CIBC all HQ'd in the GTA. Around them sit thousands of asset managers, advisory firms, corporate finance teams, and a huge SMB base across professional services, retail, and tech. Ontario runs the 13 percent Harmonized Sales Tax (HST), and interprovincial businesses add Quebec QST, BC PST, and Alberta GST-only wrinkles. Keeping multi-province books clean is more complicated than a single-state US business.

Toronto bookkeeper pay per Robert Half Canada runs CAD $62,000 to $82,000 per year, or CAD $7,000 to $9,500 loaded, with senior bookkeepers and staff accountants clearing CAD $95,000. A Teckas bookkeeper works Eastern Time inside QBO Canada, Xero, or Sage 50 Canada.

Statistics Canada NOC 12200 (accounting technicians/bookkeepers) median is around CAD $55,000 nationally.

What Your Ontario Bookkeeper Will Do

• Daily bank and credit card reconciliation in QBO Canada or Xero
• HST filings prep, multi-province tax breakouts
• AP in Plooto or Dext, AR with collections
• Payroll journal from Wagepoint, Payworks, ADP Canada
• Monthly close, accruals, management P&L
• CRA-ready workpapers for your accountant

Tools They Know

• GL - QuickBooks Online Canada, Xero, Sage 50 Canada, Sage Intacct
• AP/AR - Plooto, Dext, Bill.com, Ramp
• Payroll - Wagepoint, Payworks, ADP Canada, Ceridian Dayforce

Cost: Ontario Local vs Teckas

How to Hire

1. Discovery call. GL, tax exposure, close calendar.
2. Shortlist. 3 to 5 bookkeepers with Canada experience.
3. Onboard. Live on next close cycle.

Frequently Asked Questions