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itinerant merchant

In French: commerçant itinérant

Definition

A business that solicits or signs a contract with a consumer away from its own address, for example at your door or at your home after soliciting you. It needs an OPC permit and you get 10 days to cancel.

Also called

  • door-to-door seller

Other names in French

  • vente itinérante
  • porte-à-porte

Sources

  1. The Consumer Protection Act defines the itinerant merchant and gives 10 days to cancel the contract. (art. 55, 59)

    Loi sur la protection du consommateur, RLRQ c. P-40.1 · LégisQuébec, Éditeur officiel du Québec