Passion to Paycheque · A Free Guide · 9 Chapters
Turning Your Cooking or Baking Passion Into a Business
Your food is ready. This guide covers the part that determines whether you can legally sell it: the provincial rules for home-based food sales, product liability insurance, pricing, and getting your first customers.
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What's inside
Nine chapters — from the provincial rules that actually apply to your first 30 days.
Why This Guide Exists
Turning a home kitchen or catering side hustle into a real business.
The Rules for Selling Food in Canada
Why there's no single "cottage food law" — and what actually applies.
Insurance You Actually Need
Product liability for anything anyone eats.
Pricing Your Food
Costing ingredients, time, and not underpricing custom orders.
Getting Your First Customers
Farmers' markets, local delivery, and word of mouth that scales.
Managing Orders, Invoices & Cash Flow
Deposits for custom orders and tracking recurring customers.
Common Early Mistakes to Avoid
The habits that cost real money or create real risk.
Your 30-Day Launch Checklist
A realistic path from first sale to a repeatable business.
Resources and Next Steps
Where to go for official rules, and where CFN fits in.
Call your local public health unit before you sell your first item
Chapter 2 explains why Canada has no single cottage food law and what's typically allowed — but confirming with your local public health unit first is the single highest-leverage step in this guide.