Buying a franchise can help reduce the risk of running your own business, but there are significant risks as well. These articles will help you better understand your legal risks as well as the opportunities.

Legal Considerations

Avoiding Legal Perils: Critical Insights into Canadian Franchise Law

Before you buy - or sell - a franchise, make sure that you understand these ins and outs of Canadian franchise legislation.

7 Things to Consider Before Buying a Franchise: A Lawyer's Perspective

Doing your homework carefully before you buy a franchise will help you avoid litigation after the deal has closed. These tips from Jonathan Mesiano-Crookston, a lawyer that advises both franchisors and franchisees, should help.

Financial & Business Considerations

Starting a Business in Canada: Understanding the Basics of Buying a Franchise

There are many reasons to consider the franchise option, but the most important reason is that franchises have a high likelihood of success. To help people who are looking at starting a business better understand the ins and outs of franchising, we are creating this free guide. To get started, consider how franchises differ from other forms of business.

Seven Facts and Myths About Franchising in Canada

If you are considering buying a franchise, it is important for you to do your homework and inform yourself of both the benefits and risks. What's more, you need to prepare yourself to deflect high pressured sales tactics and keep your emotions out of the decision. Here is a look at some key things to keep in mind if you are thinking of becoming a franchisee.

What Are the Differences in Buying a Franchise in a New System versus an Established One?

What Are the Differences in Buying a Franchise in a New System versus an Established One?

The Hidden Realities in Franchise Financing

There are many myths and misunderstandings surrounding franchising. None, however, are as pervasive and as dangerous as those dealing with financing.

Franchise Opportunities

US Survey: Franchisers Earn More, Happier

A survey revealed that more than 9 out of 10 franchise owners consider themselves to be successful ...

3 Tips on Choosing The Franchise That Is Right for You

Buying a franchise has many advantages, but have you given enough thought to how the franchise you are planning to buy aligns with who you are as an entrepreneur? These three tips can help you pursue the option that is most likely to succeed with you at the helm.

Coming Home: Home-Based Franchise Opportunities for the Entrepreneurial Mind

Many service oriented franchisors are now offering two of today's most sought after business trends - home based businesses and franchise driven concepts - in one powerful package.

Franchisor Show their Stuff at Toronto Expo

From a mobile solar-powered building to interesting ways to build a part-time coffee business, many franchise opportunities were on display at the 2011 Toronto Business & Investment Expo.

Franchising Your Company

To Franchise or Not to Franchise... How does Your Business Answer this Question?

Shelly Sun has proven that she can walk the walk when it comes to building a successful franchise, building her own franchise empire from a single location with $1 million in sales to over 200 locations across the US generating $100 million in sales. CanadaOne spoke with her learn about her insights into franchising a business.

Franchise Innovations: A Look at Adobe Connect Managed Services

Adobe has introduced an online training and webinar product, Adobe Connect Managed Services, uniquely suited to help franchises provide innovative online training to franchisees.