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WSIB for Ontario contractors

A clearance certificate is what a general contractor checks before they release your money, and it expires on a date nobody puts in a calendar. These guides cover registering, what the premium adds to every billable hour, the clearances you have to collect from your own subs, and the renewals that lapse in the middle of a job.

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Practical guidesGet WSIB sortedWSIB is the paper a site asks for before it asks anything else. See where it sits in your setup, what the clearance certificate costs before you meet the bill, and where the account number lives so you can answer the next general contractor who asks in under a minute.Practical guidesClearances and certificatesThe request always arrives on a Friday for a Monday start. Keep every expiry in one place sorted by what runs out first, renew on the warning rather than the deadline, and let clients see the ones you choose.After you qualifyWSIB & ProvincialWSIB registration, rate groups, clearance certificates, EHT, and Ontario employer health obligations for construction.

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WSIB premium calculatorWhat WSIB costs you this year on your own crew, and what it can cost you a second time on the subcontractors you never collected a clearance certificate from.Free, no signup.
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