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Step 4b. Activate Shopify Payments for Canada

This guide will walk you through activating Shopify Payments for Canada.

To use Reach's local acquiring solution through Shopify Payments, you must schedule a go-live call with Reach.

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Important

Do not begin this step until the scheduled go-live call with Reach. You should only activate Shopify Payments with your Reach representative during that call.

Before you start, choose the appropriate activation method:

Activate Shopify Payments for a configured credit card payment provider

  1. From your Shopify admin, go to Settings > Payments.
  2. Click Activate Shopify Payments.

Activate Shopify Payments for an unconfigured credit card payment provider

If you haven't set up a credit card payment provider, you can complete the account setup on the Complete account setup page. This page guides you through the steps to set up Shopify Payments for your store.

  1. Click Submit details from the Complete account setup page to set up Shopify Payments for your store.
  1. Clear the I'm doing business as an individual or sole proprietor checkbox and click Complete setup or Continue depending on the modal that appears.


  2. Complete the fields under Business type and click Next.

Required informationDescription
Business typeSelect Corporation from the dropdown list.
Business number (BN)Enter the 9-digit Canadian Business Number (BN) provided by your Reach representative.
Business addressEnter the selling entity's street address provided by your Reach representative.
CityEnter the selling entity's city provided by your Reach representative.
Postal codeEnter the selling entity's postcode provided by your Reach representative.
Legal business nameEnter the selling entity's legal business name provided by your Reach representative.
ProvinceEnter the selling entity's province provided by your Reach representative.
  1. Complete the fields under Personal details and click Next.
Required informationDescription
First name and Last nameEnter the name of the account representative provided by your Reach representative.
Date of birthEnter the account representative's date of birth provided by your Reach representative.
AddressEnter the account representative's address provided by your Reach representative.
CityEnter the account representative's City provided by your Reach representative.
ZIP/postal codeEnter the account representative's ZIP or postal code provided by your Reach representative.
Country/regionEnter the account representative's country or region provided by your Reach representative.
ProvinceEnter the account representative's province provided by your Reach representative.