Our lawyers and corporation specialists will prepare your corporation's article, forms, drafts and agreements.

Yes, we do. You can add Minute Book & Bylaw to the Package.

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

As a new company, you may need ongoing support, in the beginning, for your legal and accounting needs. We offer annual support package which you can add to the package.

This package includes setting up business number for your corporation. To run the business other CRA tax and program accounts is usually required which you can do it yourself with Canada Revenue Agency or to the package as additional services.

Registering with Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) is required for most businesses In Ontario within 10 days of hiring their first employee. Some types of businesses are exempted from mandatory registration with WSIB based on the activities (Examples are banks, insurance companies, hair salons (with exceptions), private schools or daycares, travel agencies, etc.) but many employers in these industries choose to register with the WSIB anyways for protection to their workers. WSIB registration is more important for small businesses and start-ups to provide financial security in the event of a workplace accident.

An Ontario non-profit name traditionally ends with certain phrases such as foundation, association, society, institute etc.

It is a computerized name search report generated based on a proposed corporate / business name or trade-mark from Government databases listing similar and conflicting names of existing business names and trademarks. To incorporate an Ontario Corporation or a Federal Corporation an appropriate NUANS Report is required.

Businesses in general are not allowed to register with a name which is already taken. A NUANS report lists names which are similar to your proposed name. This helps to determine the availability of a corporate/business name to see any similar or possibly confusing existing corporation names, business names and trademarks. Simply put, you need to make sure that no one else has already registered, incorporated or trademarked the name you would like to use for your business.

Yes. There are 2 different kinds of reports:

• a NUANS report for Federal and a NUANS report for each of the following provinces: Ontario, Alberta & New Brunswick.
• The rest of the Canadian provinces have their own name approval processes and doesn't require a NUANS report. Examples of such jurisdictions are: B.C., Quebec, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Newfoundland & Labrador, PEI, Yukon), they each require a name search report from their respective provincial database and registry and NOT from the NUANS database.

NUANS report is required for all named incorporations. NUANS report is a name search report which doesn't guarantee acceptance of that name by Service Ontario. We, along with the NUANS report do an analysis of the name so that it is acceptable for a corporation's name.

All Corporations in Ontario 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.

A director:

• must be be at least 18 years old.
• not have been declared incapable under the laws of a Canadian territory, or by a court in a jurisdiction outside Canada.
• must be an individual (a corporation cannot be a director) not be in bankrupt status.
• can be citizen or permanent resident or non-resident (foreign citizen).

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

When you incorporate a company, the expenses are called business development expense which is tax creditable. Any spending you do after incorporation, is considered as operating expense which are not tax creditable. Doing it separately later is a manual process which cost more and takes longer time.

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.

Every corporation in Canada must have a business number from CRA. This is the identification of your corporation with Canada Revenue Agency.

All corporations need a Corporate tax ID (RC 0001) to file taxes. Taxes needs to be filed even if the income is zero(0) dollar for the Year.

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

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.

• Registering with Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) is required for most businesses In Ontario within 10 days of hiring their first employee. Some types of businesses are exempted from mandatory registration with WSIB based on the activities (Examples are banks, insurance companies, hair salons (with exceptions), private schools or daycares, travel agencies, etc.) but many employers in these industries choose to register with the WSIB anyways for protection to their workers.
• WSIB registration is more important for small businesses and start-ups to provide financial security in the event of a workplace accident.

It includes legal, accounting and corporation update services. Every new corporation receives notices from CRA, federal & provincial government, competitor business etc. As a small company, if you do not have your own lawyer and accountant, then our lawyer, accountant and corporation specialist here for you. It's a $399 dollar service, but only $99 with package.

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: yourname@companyname.com).

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.

The Processing Queue includes Incorporation and Emailing the Certificate, Articles and Electronic Minute Book (if Included). The Remaining Process in this Package like Business Number, CRA Programs Accounts Set Up, WSIB Registration, etc. are initiated after incorporation processes.