CUSMA Certification of Origin

Terms of Service

Last updated 27 August 2026

Who you are contracting with

OriginCert is operated by Jason Tsang, a sole proprietor based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. In these terms, "we" and "us" mean that business, and "you" means the person or organisation using the site. Contact: [email protected].

What is being sold

A document-preparation tool. You fill in a form and it produces a PDF certification of origin laid out with the nine minimum data elements described in Annex 5-A of the Canada–United States–Mexico Agreement: the certifier and their role, the exporter, producer and importer, a description and HS classification of the goods, the origin criterion claimed, the blanket period if one applies, the prescribed certification statement, and a signature block.

There is no official government form for this. Customs authorities require that the data elements are present, complete and signed, which is what the output is designed to be.

What it does not do

• It does not determine whether your goods originate under CUSMA.
• It does not verify or suggest HS classifications.
• It does not assess which origin criterion applies to your product.
• It does not check anything you enter for accuracy, and it cannot.
• It does not file, transmit or lodge anything with any customs authority.
• It does not keep a copy of your certificate. Nothing you type reaches us.

Choosing the classification and the origin criterion is a judgment about your product and your supply chain. If you are not certain, speak to a licensed customs broker or a trade lawyer before you sign.

Price and payment

$29 CAD, one time, per certification. Payment is taken by Stripe, or by Interac e-Transfer where you prefer. Access is granted on the device you paid from, and you may re-download the document on that device as often as you like.

We are not currently registered for GST/HST, as a small supplier under the Excise Tax Act. No tax is charged on top of the $29 and no tax is collected. If that changes, the price presentation and this section will change with it before it takes effect.

What you may do with the document

The PDF is yours. Use it for your shipments, send it to your customers, brokers and customs authorities, keep it in your records, and reproduce it as your business requires. There is no per-use limit and no expiry on a document already generated.

What you may not do is resell or redistribute access to the tool itself — for instance by sharing an unlock code so others can avoid paying, or by republishing the generator.

Acceptable use

• Do not use the tool to produce a document you know to be false or misleading.
• Do not attempt to interfere with the site, its payment verification, or other users.
• Do not use it in a way that breaks Canadian law, or the law where you are.

A certification of origin is a statement to a customs authority. Making a false one carries consequences under customs law that have nothing to do with us and that we cannot shield you from.

Availability

The site is provided as it is. We do not promise it will always be reachable, and a static site on shared infrastructure can go down. Because the document is generated in your browser and saved by you, an outage does not put a document you have already downloaded at risk.

Warranties and liability

We have tried to make the output correct and complete, and we describe its limits plainly rather than burying them. But the tool is provided without warranties of any kind, express or implied, including any implied warranty of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. We do not warrant that a document it produces will be accepted by any customs authority, since acceptance turns on facts about your goods that we never see.

To the extent the law allows, our total liability to you for any claim connected with the site or a document it produced is limited to the amount you paid us for it — that is, $29 CAD. We are not liable for indirect or consequential losses, including duties, penalties, interest, delayed shipments or lost business.

Nothing in these terms limits any right you have under the Ontario Consumer Protection Act or other consumer-protection law that cannot be waived by agreement.

Refunds

Set out separately on the refund policy page, which forms part of these terms.

Privacy

Set out separately on the privacy policy page. In short: what you type into the form never leaves your browser, and we run no analytics.

Governing law

These terms are governed by the laws of the Province of Ontario and the federal laws of Canada applicable in Ontario, and the courts of Ontario have jurisdiction over any dispute arising from them.

Changes to these terms

We may update these terms. The date at the top changes when we do. The terms that apply to a purchase are the ones published at the time you made it.