It is the process of exporting or moving a corporation from its current province to another province. A Federal Corporation can also be continued out to a provincial level and vice versa.

In most cases, you can move a corporation to a new jurisdiction with the same name. However, if the name is not available in the new province, then a new name will be required.

You will continue using the same business number and CRA account numbers.

The process of continuing out/in involves several steps starting from initiating the process from the current province to completion steps in the destination provinces. Different Government entities are to be contacted during the process like Registries, Ministry of Finance, CRA, etc. The whole process can take anywhere from 10 days to 2 months depending on the provinces involved.

Time required to complete this process greatly varies depending upon the provinces involved. In most case a name approval is also required. Expected time to complete this is 20-40 days.

Named Company: You can choose a name for your company (e.g., John Abraham Construction Ltd.). It creates a brand value which is protected by the Government. A named company is registered in two steps: obtaining a name approval (unless you have already obtained it) and completing the registration.
Numbered Company: The company number is used as the name of the company. This would be a random generated number after registration is done. (e.g., 1265168 B.C. LTD.). A numbered company does not need name a approval and hence, can be registered faster than a named company.

When you pay us to obtain the name approval on be half of you, we first do pre-search into Corporations Canada system and provincial name database. If the name gets conflict or high chance of being rejected, we will advise you to submit new names. That would be free of cost. However, once a name is submitted to government, a re-submission of new name will cost again fees for name approval.

You cannot register a business or incorporate a company with a business name unless you have the name approved first.

Documents of the corporation which shows corporation name, corporation number, date of incorporation, names & address of directors, current status of corporation is required. Usually Certificate of incorporation, Articles or Notice of articles, registration summary will be sufficient.

To move your corporation out of the current jurisdiction a permission or consent letter from the home province is required. For example, to continue out a corporation incorporated in Ontario requires a permission from Service Ontario Registries. Subsequently, the permission letter will have to submitted to the destination provincial registries for them to accept the moving process.

Applicant is usually the person who hold a key position in the corporation, like a director, or a service provide, like an account, who has knowledge of the corporation and is authorized to start the continuance.

A lawyer, an account, an attorney or anyone authorized to represent the corporation can act as the agent of corporation.

A physical or street address is required in the province of continuing into.

The jurisdiction of a company is the place in which it was incorporated. The registered office address of the corporation is located in this place or province.

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