Create / Maintain a Corporation

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• Are you thinking of incorporating?
• Guide to Federal Incorporation
  • HTML Version
  • PDF Version
  • MP3 Version
• Keeping your Corporation in Good Standing
• Information Kits
  • Exemption Information Kits – Overview
  • Exemption Kit - Application Under Subsection 2(6) of the CBCA for a Determination that a Corporation is Not a Distributing Corporation
  • Exemption Kit - Application Under Subsection 82(3) of the CBCA to Exempt a Trust Indenture from Part VIII of the CBCA
  • Exemption Kit – Application Under Subsection 151(1) of the CBCA to Exempt a Dissident from the Proxy Solicitation Requirements
  • Exemption Kit – Application Under Subsection 151(1) of the CBCA to Exempt Management from the Proxy Solicitation Requirements
  • Exemption Kit - Application Under Section 156 to Exempt a Corporation from the Prescribed Financial Disclosure Requirements
  • Exemption Kit - Application Under Subsection 171(2) of the CBCA to Exempt a Distributing Corporation from Having an Audit Committee
  • Amalgamation Kit
  • Amendment Kit
  • Continuance (Import) Kit
  • Incorporation Kit
  • Steps to Follow for an Export Transaction
  • Steps to Follow to Dissolve a Corporation
  • Steps to Follow to Revive a Corporation
• Policies, Guidelines and Procedures
  • Annual Returns
  • Bilingual Form and Bilingualization of Articles
  • Cancellation of CBCA Certificates and Related Articles
  • Criteria for complaints to be considered by Corporations Canada
  • Dating of CBCA Certificates Issued Pursuant to Filing of Articles
  • Exemption from the Filing of Certain Documents (Single Filing Exemption)
  • Export Policy
  • Notice of Acknowledgment for forms filed under the Canada Business Corporations Act
  • Oppression Remedy Guidelines
  • Policy concerning Arrangements Under Section 192 of the CBCA
  • Policy Related to the Certificate of Existence and to the Certificate of Compliance
  • Registered Office of the Corporation
  • Requests for Correction of CBCA Certificates
  • Requests for Correction of CBCA Forms 2, 3, 6 and 22
  • Revival Policy
• Legislation and other documents
  • Legislation
    • Canada Business Corporations Act
  • Regulations
    • Canada Business Corporations Regulations, 2001
  • Other related documents
    • Regulatory Impact Analysis Statement:
      Canada Business Corporations Act
    • Analysis of the changes to the Canada Business Corporations Act (section by section)
    • Legislative summary: Bill S-11: An Act to Amend the Canada Business Corporations Act and the Canada Cooperatives Act and to Amend Other Acts
    • Presentation: Reform of the Canada Business Corporations Act
• Dissolving a Corporation
  • PDF version of Steps to Follow to Dissolve a Corporation - Policy Statement 10.1 (PDF 320 KB, 11 pages).
  • Steps to Follow to Dissolve a Corporation
    • Introduction
    • What is dissolution?
      • Definition
      • Bankrupt or Insolvent Corporation
      • Role of Corporations Canada
      • What happens when an application is deficient or incomplete?
    • Steps to follow to dissolve a corporation
    • Types of Dissolution
      1. Corporation has not issued shares
      2. Corporation has issued shares but has no property and no liabilities or has distributed all of its properties and discharged all of its liabilities
      3. Corporation still has property and/or liabilities which need to be liquidated or discharged
    • Revocation of the Certificate of Intent to Dissolve
    • Procedures
    • Completing Form 17: Articles of Dissolution
    • Completing Form 19: Statement of Intent to Dissolve or Revocation of the Intent to Dissolve
    • Filing documents with the Director and paying fees
    • Additional information and how to reach Corporations Canada
    • ANNEX 1 - Dissolution Process
      1. Corporation that has not issued shares
      2. Corporation has issued shares but has no property and no liabilities or has distributed all of its properties and discharged all of its liabilities
      3. Corporation still has property and/or liabilities which need to be liquidated or discharged
• Forms
  • Articles of Incorporation (PDF Version, 639 KB — 2 pages)
  • Initial Registered Office Address and First Board of Directors (PDF Version, 1.5 MB — 1 page) (To be filed with Articles of Incorporation, Amalgamation and Continuance).
  • Change of Registered Office Address (PDF Version, 154 KB — 1 page)
    (and/or Mailing Address)
  • Articles of Amendment (PDF Version, 912 KB — 1 page)
  • Changes Regarding Directors (PDF Version, 220 KB — 1 page)
  • Restated Articles of Incorporation (PDF Version, 1 MB — 2 pages)
  • Articles of Amalgamation (PDF Version, 691 KB — 2 pages)
  • Articles of Continuance (PDF Version, 638 KB — 2 pages)
  • Articles of Reorganization (PDF Version, 415 KB — 2 pages)
  • Articles of Arrangement (PDF Version, 1 MB — 2 pages)
  • Articles of Revival (PDF Version, 1 MB — 1 page)
  • Articles of Dissolution (PDF Version, 1 MB — 2 pages)
  • Statement of Intent to Dissolve or Revocation of Intent to Dissolve (PDF Version, 1 MB — 2 pages)
  • Annual Return (PDF Version, 256 KB — 1 page)
• Fees

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