Dude, you're clueless.
part time or full time it matters not, you need to know how to run a business - license, insurance, taxes, accounting, etc. You need to learn how to price stuff to make a profit - or you won't be in business very long.
Since you asked about pricing, spend a few hours and find every photographer you can in your area. Get their prices - might be on the web or call and act like a customer. This is what your potential customers will be doing - you should know more about your business (photography) then them - and that means knowing your competition.
You don't ahve to invent the wheel to use it, and the same is true for this line of work - what are they selling and at what price? You're new so go 10% cheaper or so - if you can't produce work as good as them then perhaps you should not be charging at all until you can. Once you charge you are a professional and people expect professional results. Deliver less and wom will kill you, regardless of price.
You can burn CDs if you want to, but the profit is in giving the client prints and albums. Do half the job (files only) and get half the money. Since it costs you the same work to get each client in the door you need to maximize each sale. McDonalds made a fortune just by asking 'Do you want fries with that? How about an Apple Pie?'. If you make your clients get their own prints you're making them do a lot more work that your competition - people are busy and will pay for convenience. Think Super Walmart - one stop shopping - bakery, deli, food, tires, banking, hair cut, photos and eye glasses too. Convenience sells.
As to 'there's no place to get anything printed'- that's just ignorance talking. Google a bit. I know tons (literally HUNDREDS) of pro labs in the US. I would suspect canada has at least a few hundred. You use the internet to upload files and they UPS or FedEx the prints to you. Google some and you'll find them. Her, let me help you //www.google.com/search?q=pro+photo+lab+ontario+canada&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a
Good luck. Get a few books on running /staring a business and photography business in particular. You have a lot to learn.
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