Canada
Canada has essentially no e-invoicing regime - no mandate, no Peppol Authority, not even a Canadian identifier scheme. Canadian businesses meet e-invoicing through their trading partners' obligations abroad.
Profile last verified 2026-07
At a glance
Fully served today with standard Peppol connectivity - Canada has no e-invoicing authority, no accreditation and no local requirements, so nothing extra is needed.
- Exchange model
- Peppol (post-audit)
- B2B mandate
- No mandate, no consultation, no timeline - e-invoicing is entirely voluntary
- B2G e-invoicing
- Federal suppliers invoice electronically through the CanadaBuys procurement portal (SAP Ariba) - procurement plumbing, not a tax-law mandate
- Formats
- Peppol BIS Billing 3.0 - the network convention for Canadian participants; no national standard exists
- Peppol identifier schemes
0088Global Location Number (GLN)The usual scheme for Canadian participants - Canada has no Peppol scheme of its own, so sender and receiver agree an identifier0060D-U-N-S NumberCommon international alternative; the Canadian CRA Business Number is not a Peppol scheme and cannot be used for addressing- E-reporting
- None - GST/HST runs on periodic returns; no transaction-level reporting exists and no plans have been announced
Mandate timeline
How Recommand serves Canada
- Served today with standard Peppol connectivity - there is no Canadian authority, accreditation or local format to comply with
- Address Canadian counterparties by GLN (0088) or DUNS (0060) - the platform handles registration and lookup
- The realistic use case is cross-border: European or Australian operations invoicing Canadian subsidiaries and counterparties over one network
- When mandates land in your other markets - Europe phases in through 2026-2030 - the same connection covers them, with nothing to install for Canada itself
Frequently asked questions
01Is e-invoicing mandatory in Canada?
No. Canada has no e-invoicing mandate at any level and none has been announced. Suppliers to the federal government invoice electronically through the CanadaBuys procurement portal (SAP Ariba), but that is procurement policy, not a tax mandate. Between businesses, e-invoicing is entirely voluntary.
02Will Canada introduce an e-invoicing mandate?
Nothing has been announced - no consultation, no proposal, no timeline from the Canada Revenue Agency or the Department of Finance. Talk of Canada following the global trend is speculation, not policy. The first real signal would be a government consultation, and none is pending.
03How do I address a Canadian company on Peppol?
Canada has no identifier scheme of its own in the Peppol code lists - the CRA Business Number cannot be used. In practice, Canadian participants register under an international scheme, usually the Global Location Number (0088) or DUNS (0060), agreed between the trading partners. Recommand handles registration and lookup once the identifier is chosen.
04Why would a Canadian business adopt e-invoicing now?
Because your counterparties increasingly must invoice electronically under their own laws. Europe's mandates phase in through 2026-2030, Australia's government pushes suppliers onto Peppol, and Singapore's requirement reaches every GST-registered business by 2031. One Peppol connection makes a Canadian exporter reachable and compliant on the counterparty's side - with no Canadian obligation to worry about.
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