As per Business Corporations Act., there is no legal requirement to retain a lawyer to incorporate a company. Any person above 18 years old may incorporate a company by himself or herself.

Yes, we do. Our legal team prepare the articles of incorporation, bylaws and minute book. You have option to add a corporate binder as well in next steps.

You can add corporate seal, domain name reservation, professional email etc. in next steps.

Yes. You are never hooked up with us unlike some other competitors. We provide you free Company Password, and any time you can manage the corporation by yourself. If you need ongoing support, you have option to add the annual support package in next steps.

This package includes setting up CRA business number and corporate tax ID for your corporation for free. To run our business effectively, you may require other CRA program accounts such as GST/HST account, payroll account, export import account etc., which can be added to the package in next steps.

• Registering with Workplace Safe BC (WSBC) is required for most businesses in BC within 10 days of hiring their first employee.
• WSBC registration is more important for small businesses and start-ups to provide financial security in the event of a workplace accident.
• WSBC account set up can be added in the package in next steps.

If you sell Products or Services in British Columbia, the PST Account is Required.

Name must be unique, should not be similar to other businesses. Name must have the following components:

1. A unique or distinctive word such as made-up word or a person's name.
2. Second part of the name describes the service your business is offering.

Examples of acceptable name ideas are: ABCXYZ Home Renovation, Sarah's Mexican Restaurant, North Vancouver home renovations Sample

In British Columbia, to operate a business with a name, the name must be submitted to BC Registry services for approval. This is the fist step of a company or business formation. This process involved:

• Submitting a name request application to BC Registry Services. 3 choices of names can be included per submission.
• BC Registry Services, they will check the availability of your business name and determine whether it is valid for registration (see our name rules section for more information).
• Once BC Registry Services has processed the name submission, you will receive a Name Request Number (NR number) which is valid for 56 days within which the name can be used for registering a company.

The proposed incorporation date is official registration date for the corporation. It is also called the anniversary date or the date in which the following year, corporation's annual return gets due. Requested date for incorporation cannot be in past date. It must be current date or maximum 30 days in future.

Yes, you can. If you choose a future date, incorporation will take effect on your requested date regardless the requested date is weekday or weekend or holiday.

All Corporations in BC need a Physical or street address in the province, it can be rental place or home address.

Yes, this address can be changed later. In many cases when commercial place is not rented yet, residential address is given.

Yes, you have the choice to renew it on an annual basis. Normally, the price remains same.

Usually Director is the contact Person of the Corporation, it can also be a service provider like an accountant or a lawyer. It can be a Canadian Resident or Non Resident.

A director must be person of :

• at least 18yrs of age.
• of sound mind or mentally stable.
• not declared in a state of bankruptcy.

Yes. A director can be added or removed at a later time.

An Incorporator can be an Individual or another Company, usually all Directors are Incorporators.

Officers in a corporation manage the daily activities of the corporation. They can also be part of the board of directors. The common Officers titles are President, Secretary, Treasurer, VP, CEO.

There are not hard and fast rules on titles of officers. You can use whatever title you wish for the officers. However, almost all corporations have an officer titled ‘President’, which might be useful for the operation of a corporation or when preparing legal contracts/documents.

Unless there is a specific reason for it, same title for more than one officer is not advisable.

Once the corporation is registered, the Articles of Incorporation is also registered with government. The articles of an incorporated business could be changed with proper filing (Articles of Amendment) and fees.

The requirement to customize articles varies so that we cannot suggest how to customize. As a simple guidance, organizations customize articles to accommodate special requirements like multi-tier member classes, specific duration of directors in the position, clauses on limited by guarantee, etc. In general, if you don't have a reason then no customization is required.

If you sell products and services in Canada and collect GST from your Customers, then GST Account Number is Required.

if you want to apply for charity Application with CRA, this Registered Charity (RR0001) account is mandatory. Sample

If you hire Employees including yourself, then you need a Payroll Account Number.

If you Import Goods into Canada, then you need an Import Account Number. You can not Export Goods with this Number.

If you Export Goods out of Canada, then you need an Export Account Number. You can not Import Goods with this Number.

Two major benefits. 1. Tax claimable: cost that occurs during business set up, is called Business Development Expenses, is tax claimable. Costs that occurs after business already registered, is called operational cost, is not tax claimable. These costs will occur at any way, since these are mandatory filing, therefore, it's wise to include in package. 2. The default process is, these filing to be done together with corporation; hence, it's cheaper in package. To do this services later; there are manual forms and process; hence, costs more money and takes longer processing time.

If you sell products or services in the province in British Columbia the PST Account is Required.

It's WorkSafe BC registration. If your corporation plan to have employees now or in future, it MUST register with WSBC. We register and give you the account number and hook you with WSBC authority. Please note, it does not cost monthly premium fees, rather WSBC authority will advise on your eligibility of free program or fees.

All B.C. companies are required to have a central securities register. If your company does not have one, you will need to create one. Please consult section 111 of the Business Corporations Act for the requirements.

After your company is Registered we can instantly apply for a Domain Name. We do our best to get this Domain Name matching your corporation Name. (example: www.businessname.ca).

Professional Email Address is the one with your Corporation Name in it. (Example: [email protected]).

A new company often needs support from legal, accounting and incorporation team. The support services includes guidelines, directions and responding to the notices received from government, CRA, competitors etc. Please note, the support service should not be considered as 'legal advise'. Our lawyers prepares documents as in-house legal counsels and do not represent the clients.

Every corporation has to file its annual return with Government Canada every year. Filing an annual return avoids the potential administrative dissolution of a business.

A Corporate Seal is an embossing tool that a Corporation may use to stamp important documents. This Seal bears the Corporation name and Province. Companies use their seal to certify important documents.

Supplies (physical minute book, corporate seal) will be shipped by Canada Post (expedited) and you will receive a tracking number in your email. Please note, this address is for shipping of supplies only. Government documents always go to corporation's address.

Supplies (physical minute book, corporate seal) will be shipped by Canada Post (tracking number goes in your email). Please note, this address is for shipping of supplies only. Government documents always go to company's address.