GreyWolf

Here's a few links which may be a good starting point, but it's worth listening to your own accountant in Canada as to what may be best at your end. But, it's also worth knowing what can be good in other jurisdictions and questioning your accountant on these.

Here's a couple of Gib lawyers/formation agents - both will answer questions, but the sites are handy for background info. If you choose to use Gib, the type of corp you need is a "Gibraltar non resident". Gib corps cost a little more, but there may be other benfits which exceed any cost.

http://www.offshoregibraltar.com/
http://www.gibraltarlaw.com/

Here's the main corp formation agents in the UK. A UK corp may be all that is needed. Again the terminology is "non resident" and there will be no taxes applicable within the UK and a UK corp is cheaper than Gib. They have people available to give guidance.

http://www.jordans.co.uk

The reason for suggesting a non-US corp is simply because of filing requirements and there are more processors to chose from within the EU Visa banking region (tho a number of these are parented in the US, but separate companies).

When it comes to corp bank accounts, if you chose a Gib corp, it is not permissable to having banking in Gibraltar, but there are plenty offshore banks to choose from without having to physically go to these locations. It would also be "normal" to have banking outside the jurisdiction of the corp.

The first issue is probably whether you want "onshore" or "offshore" and best to check with your accountant re this