Documents needed

A Canadian national may enter France with a Canadian passport as long as this passport remains valid, and may stay in France during the period of validity of the passport up to 90 days without a short stay visa.

The rule requiring the passport to be valid a minimum of 3 more months after the end of the trip applies only to nationalities that are not exempted from requesting a short stay visa before departure and therefore does not apply to Canadian citizens.
Canadian citizens can stay in France until the expiry date of their passports as long as they do not engage in any activity other than tourism or business and do not exceed the number of days allowed to stay in the country without visa.

If you hold a valid Canadian passport and your total stay does not exceed 90 DAYS, you do not need a visa to go to France, Monaco, or a French overseas department (Martinique, Guadeloupe, French Guyana and the Reunion Island).

Also, if your total stay does not exceed 30 DAYS, you do not need a visa to go to a French overseas territory (French Polynesia, New Caledonia and Wallis and Futuna) or, in front of Canada, the Atlantic isles of Saint Pierre-et-Miquelon or, in the Indian Ocean, the isle of Mayotte.

Important :
Any foreigner going to France, whether they require a short stay visa or not, should be able to present to the immigration officer when entering the country and/or a police officer if requested, in addition to a valid passport, required documents.

For business trips :
If your Canadian employer is paying you and you do not exceed the maximum allowed stay, you do not need to apply for a short stay visa. However, depending on the kind of job you are going to perform, you might need a work permit. Contact the visa section by e-mail to find out. See also below "Working in France temporarily".

If the job you are going to perform in France requires the transportation of material and/or equipment, write a very detailed list of it and have it signed by your company's president. It will be checked by Customs when entering and when leaving the country. Details about this matter can be found on the website of the Customs attaché in the French Embassy in Washington D.C., who covers the whole of North America:
www.ambafrance-us.org/customs

Minors traveling to France.

Canadian passport offices require, since 2002, that minors possess their own passport to leave Canada.
When traveling alone (without parents), the consulate also advises the minor to take with him/her a written parental consent for the specific trip with a photocopy of the parents' identification card (driver's licence, passport, or citizenship card).

Working in France temporarily

If you wish to work in France on temporary basis (up to 90 days or up to 30 days depending on which part of France), you need to find a potential employer first. The French Consulate is not authorized to process employment offers or requests.

If you do not exceed the maximum allowed stay, you won't need a visa but you will need, in addition to the documents listed above, a work permit.

Work permits are not issued for a job search but rather for a specific position with a specific employer at specific dates. If you have been offered employment in France, your prospective employer must contact a DDTEFP (Direction Départementale du Travail de l'Emploi et de la Formation Professionnelle) to request a validation of the job offer. There is one DDTEFP in each province ("département") in France.

The DDTEFP will ascertain that the job offer meets French labour standards and that no qualified French citizen or authorized foreigner already living in France is available for the position.

After obtaining the work authorization, your future employer should mail it to you in original. You need to have it with you when entering the country. Working without a work authorization validated by the DDTEFP is illegal.

To work in France on a permanent basis (more than 90 days), please read the notice "Working in France".