Basic Steps for Starting a Business
Choosing a Business Structure- Business Start-Up Assistant
- Your Information Site for Starting a Business in Canada
Quebec – Incorporation
This page provides information and forms for incorporating a business in Quebec and at the federal level.
Corporation vs. Other Business Structures
Provincial Incorporation
Federal Incorporation
Corporation vs. Other Business Structures
- Forms of Business Organization – Info entreprises
- Proprietorship, Partnership or Incorporation? – Canada Business Service Centres
- Les formes d'entreprises – Le réseau juridique du Québec (Available in French only)
- Les 28 avantages et 4 inconvénients de s'incorporer – Le réseau juridique du Québec (Available in French only)
- Setting Up Your Business – Canadian Bankers Association
Provincial Incorporation
General Information
- Registration Procedure for Each Legal Form – Registraire des entreprises, Gouvernement du Québec
- The Enterprise Register and Its Contents – Registraire des entreprises, Gouvernement du Québec
- Search for an Enterprise – Search Instructions – Registraire des entreprises, Gouvernement du Québec
- Companies Act – Institut canadien d'information juridique
Naming Your Corporation
- Name Research Report – Registraire des entreprises, Gouvernement du Québec
- Registering your business – Ministère du revenu du Québec, Gouvernement du Québec
Federal Incorporation
General Information
- Federal Business Incorporation - Canada Business Corporations Act (CBCA) – Info entreprises
- Compliance and Enforcement - Canada Business Corporations Act (CBCA) – Info entreprises
- Guide to Federal Incorporation – Corporations Canada, Industry Canada
- Regional Points of Service – Corporations Canada, Industry Canada