AI Compliance Navigation Platform · St. John's, NL

Canada has rules. Newcomer founders deserve to know them.

Work permit rulesProvincial business rulesCRA compliancePlain-language guidance

Generic AI does not know the difference between a work permit, permanent residency, and provincial business rules. Decode does.

Decode helps organizations support newcomer entrepreneurs with compliance guidance filtered by immigration status and province — so advisors can move from confusion to clarity in one conversation.

Certified
Buy Social Canada Certified
License
Flat-fee institutional licensing
Built for
Newcomer entrepreneurs and the teams supporting them
For institutions & partners

Stop translating generic compliance information into newcomer-specific guidance.

Your advisors should not have to memorize CRA, IRCC, provincial, and municipal rules to help one client open a business — or spend 30 minutes bouncing them between agencies to get a complete answer.

Decode gives your team a structured way to understand the client's situation and provide clearer, faster, better-fit guidance.

Institutional support
Built for advisor teams supporting newcomer entrepreneurs.
Decode helps your team move from generic information to filtered, situation-aware guidance that fits the founder's province and immigration status.
Benefit 01
Auto-filtered answers
Every checklist maps to the founder's immigration status and province — so clients do not receive irrelevant steps.
Benefit 02
30 minutes becomes 5
Advisors review instead of researching from scratch. Clients get clearer answers in one conversation, not three referrals.
Benefit 03
Built for your caseload
Usage reporting shows what your clients ask most, so your team can identify patterns and stay one step ahead.
16
Newcomer profiles covered
29+
Real-life scenarios in the database
5 min
Average intake with Decode
Institutional License

For organizations supporting newcomer entrepreneurs.

For settlement agencies, entrepreneurship support organizations, post-secondary programs, incubators, and ecosystem partners supporting newcomer entrepreneurs.

$3,000–$5,000 per year
Flat fee · No per-user charges

At $3,000/year, that is less than the cost of two hours of legal advice — for a full year of structured compliance navigation support for every client you serve.

Full Decode platform access for your organization
Compliance guidance filtered by immigration status and province
24/7 access for clients
Usage reporting to see what your clients ask most
Partner pre-fill so clients arrive with a profile ready
Frontline compliance toolkits
Onboarding and implementation support
How Decode works

Built around their situation. Not a generic checklist.

Most compliance tools assume the user already understands the system. Decode does not.

It starts with who the founder is — their province, their immigration status, and what they are trying to do — then filters the guidance from there.

Setup tasks filtered for their situation
Decode asks about province and immigration status — such as work permit, permanent resident, study permit, or Canadian citizen — then builds a registration checklist that applies to that person's situation.
Complex questions answered directly
Ask how immigration status affects business ownership, tax thresholds, hiring eligibility, permit overlap, or provincial obligations. Decode gives a plain-language answer based on verified Canadian regulatory sources.
Compliance gaps found before they become problems
Decode helps surface issues related to CRA, WorkplaceNL, immigration status, permits, and business registration before they escalate.
Decode by BridgeForward
Guidance flow
1
Start
Province, immigration status, and business goal are captured first.
2
Check
Decode answers complex questions in plain language.
3
Audit
Compliance gaps are surfaced before they become problems.
4
Review
Every answer is structured so founders and advisors can review the reasoning and know when professional support may be needed.
Guidance, not advice. The information provided by BridgeForward and Decode is for educational and navigational purposes only and does not constitute legal, immigration, tax, accounting, or financial advice. Users should consult a qualified professional before making business, immigration, tax, or legal decisions.
For newcomer entrepreneurs
If you immigrated to Canada and you are starting a business — this was built for you.
Canada's business rules are complicated. For immigrant entrepreneurs navigating a new country, a new legal system, and often a second language, those rules can feel paralyzing.
Decode gives you plain-language guidance about registration, taxes, permits, and compliance — filtered for your immigration status and province.
What you can ask
Ask real questions. Get answers that actually fit your situation.
Decode is designed around the reality of immigrant founders navigating Canadian systems.
Business RegistrationHST / GSTWork Permit RulesCRA ComplianceWorkplaceNLMunicipal PermitsHiring EligibilityImmigration Overlap
About BridgeForward

Built in St. John's. Built for newcomers.

BridgeForward is a federally incorporated social purpose corporation based in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador.

We build AI-powered compliance navigation tools for newcomer entrepreneurs in Canada.

We believe access to clear, accurate compliance information should not depend on how long someone has been in Canada, how much they can afford to spend on professional advice, or whether they happen to know the right person.

BridgeForward builds technology that helps close that gap.

Supported by

Supported by partners building a stronger entrepreneurship ecosystem.

WEOC
Women's Enterprise Organizations of Canada
ACBN
Afro Caribbean Business Network
NLOWE
NL Organization of Women Entrepreneurs
ADEC
Atlantic Digital Empowerment Centre
Book a walkthrough

See Decode in action.

If your organization supports newcomer entrepreneurs, we would like to show you what Decode does in 20 minutes — and discuss licensing and implementation timelines that work for your team.

Flat-fee institutional licensing starts at $3,000–$5,000/year. No per-user charges. No hidden costs.

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