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1. What are the benefits of incorporation?
2. What are the benefits of incorporating at the federal level?
3. What are the advantages of incorporating online?
4. What are the steps that have to be followed when incorporating online?
5. Where can I get more information about incorporating?
6. What kinds of businesses can incorporate under the
Canada Business Corporations Act
(CBCA)?
7. Who can form a corporation?
8. Is a lawyer needed to incorporate?
9. If I decide to incorporate, what next?
10. How long does it take to get incorporated?
11. How long does it take to incorporate a
CBCA
corporation online?
12. Do online documents have to be signed?
13. Do I have to get a corporate seal?
14. If a company incorporates at the federal level, do they need to register anything with the provinces?
15. Do I have to incorporate federally and provincially?
16. I am a lawyer: Why can't Corporations Canada provide the advice I am seeking?
17. Where can I obtain a copy of the
CBCA
(or another Act) and its Regulations?
18. Can I file with the Director the required financial statements in U.S. GAAP (Generally accepted accountant principles)?
19. What percentage of directors must be resident Canadian?
20. How can I provide feedback to Corporations Canada?
21. Can I subscribe to a mailing list to receive information from Corporations Canada?
22. If I register to Corporations Canada's list, will my email address be kept confidential?
23. Will I be flooded with emails if I subscribe to this mailing list?
24. What is a trade-mark?
25. What is National Instrument 45-106?
26. What are the effects of National Instrument 45-106 on the
CBCA
?
27. Do I need to make retroactive amendments to my articles in order for my corporation to be considered a private issuer under National Instrument 45-106?
28. A corporation subject to a provincial act can make retroactive corrections/amendments to its articles; my corporation is a
CBCA
corporation, and I would like to make such retroactive corrections/amendments. How do I proceed?
or
I have been advised to make retroactive corrections to my corporation's articles. How do I proceed?
Sole Proprietor / Partnership
1. Is it better to incorporate or to register (as a sole proprietor/partnership) one's business?
2. Where may I register a sole proprietorship or partnership?
Not-for-profit
1. How does one incorporate a not-for-profit corporation?
2. How do you get a charity registration number?
Corporate Name
1. How do I choose a name for my corporation?
2. What is a NUANS® name search report?
3. Where can I obtain a NUANS® name search for my proposed corporate name?
4. How can I protect my corporate name?
Corporate Name Training
1. Who is the training for?
2. What is the Electronic Training on Federal Corporate Name Granting?
3. Why should I take this training?
4. Will taking the training ensure that my name will be accepted?
5. Why do I have to read more than 120 pages to propose an acceptable corporate name?
6. Why should I go to your electronic training if I've already taken your name training seminar?
7. What's the advantage of the electronic training over your name-training seminar?
8. I don't have Internet access. How can I get the training?
Fees
1. How much does it cost to incorporate?
2. How much does transaction X cost?
3. Why are online transactions less expensive than regular transactions?
4. Is it safe to pay fees online?
Compliance
1. What could happen to a corporation if there are no directors (i.e., it is directorless)?
2. I have just resigned from the board of directors of a corporation, can I sign and file the required Form 6 (Changes Regarding Directors)?
3. What is the deadline for filing your first Annual Return (Form 22)?
4. Can a corporation have a P.O. Box (Postal Office Box) as the Registered Office address?
5. Can a corporation be a director on the Board of Directors?
6. Can a corporation incorporate another corporation?
7. What are the penalties for filing forms late?
(i.e. the Annual Return (Form 22), Change of Registered Office Address (Form 3) and Changes Regarding Directors (Form 6))
8. Is the annual return the same as my tax return?
9. Who can sign the forms 1, 2, 3, 4, 6 and 22?
Frequently Asked Questions - Answers
Created: 2005-05-29
Updated: 2007-10-11
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