The fun part about being Canadian is that you get to compete with the entire world for remote jobs with Canadian companies, but no company based outside of Canada wants to deal with hoops required to hire a remote employee based in Canada if they don’t already have a presence here.
This is pretty true most places, hiring non contract (e.g. full time) employees in a different country is a pain in the ass. Europe is trickier than Canada, fwiw, on average at least.
These days there are a number of companies that specialize in simplifying this, including liability shields, but of course for a fee.
Honestly it’s easier to do it as consulting or freelance contracts, but that puts the employee in exactly the same position as OP. Still, for e.g. typical tech jobs an account to sort it all out for you will be maybe 3k or so, many will opt for that.
Try finding work as a sole proprietor contractor, remotely for a US company. It's cheaper for them vs hiring an in-office employee, and with higher US tech salaries and currency conversion, you'll generally come out ahead too
A foreign company doesn't need to make it easy to hire an employee who is a Canadian.
If there is an advantage to a Canadian to be employed from a foreign company, it's maybe a bit more up to them if they want to do a bit to stand out a lot.
A single person corporation in Canada akin to a professional corporation like a doctor or lawyer may have is not out of the question, especially with the advantages it can provide.
This sounds like an under-exploited business opportunity for Canadian staffing and consulting companies. Where there is difficulty for some, there is defensibility for others.
I know one L.A.-based company that hires tons of remote Canadians, especially in engineering, because they're cheaper...but they're essentially a payroll/business accounting company.
