Canadian (Subsidiary) Corporation by Non-Residents

We are a registered agent of Industry Canada and set up your corporation directly with government.

All out legal filing and documents preparation are done by our own law firm. You may check our law firm's website www.mdlegals.ca

Our team includes corporate lawyers, incorporation specialists, chartered accountants. Therefore, all works are done professionally and correctly with correct corporation act and the latest CRA regulations.

If we set up your business in an incorrect method or fail to file with government, we issue 100% money back to you.

You can directly talk to us or have a live chat on our website between 9 am to 7 pm, eastern time.

A corporation registration is a two-step process, getting approved for the name and then the registration. It normally takes 3 weeks to process. However, government has introduced Express and Urgent queue for those who has time limitation. The fastest service is in urgent queue and normally processed in 1 business day.

The name MUST be in French. If in any other words, it must be translated into French correctly. The name must contain 3 elements. 1. Descriptive element, which describes the major activities of the business, 2. Distinctive element, which clearly distinguishes one enterprise from another. It should be unique or distinctive element, and 3. Legal suffix at the end. The legal suffix must be selected either Inc. or Ltd. or Ltee). An Example: Quincaillerie Saint-Jean Inc. Here, 'Quincaillerie ' is the generic component, 'Saint-Jean' is unique component and 'Inc.' is the legal suffix component.

As an agent of Industry Canada, we have direct access to corporation name database. Prior to submission, we conduct a name pre-search first, to ensure the name is free from conflict. If pre-search result shows good, we submit for name approval. If pre-search result shows conflict, we will request you for alternative names by email, up to 3 names at free of cost.

Yes, generally a name should have two elements: distinctive and descriptive. The distinctive element is the most important factor. It simply cannot describe the business activities, rather it has to be an unique element that distinguishes the name from others. An example, the name "Canada Car Wash" lacks of distinctiveness, while "Michael Johnson Car Wash" has ideal distinctiveness. For now, you may propose the ideal name that is in your mind. If it doesn't work, we will contact you.

It is the location which your are reporting to the government as of your business location. It must be in the province you are registering and must be a physical address (not virtual nor PO Box). All governmental documents will go to this address.

Yes, it can be changed later through our website.

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

A non-resident living outside of Canada must appoint an attorney in Canada to register a corporation. If you have made an arrangement with any lawyer, you may provide here the details. If you haven't arrange the attorney yet, we can provide the attorney service. Please select the correct option.

Primary director is the the overall head of the corporation. The banking legislation in Canada requires, all the directors to be present during bank account opening. Therefore, it is advisable not to add many directors. Once bank account is opened, additional director can be added easily through our website.

If you are incorporating on be half of a client, please do not write your name here. This place is the name of the primary owner of the corporation. We don't contact this person, rather we contact the person mentioned in billing address. You can write your details in the billing address during checkout.

Yes. A director can be added or removed at a later time. That could be done through our website. In most cases only one owner is added initially since the banking legislation in Canada requires, all the owners to be present during bank account opening. After bank account opened, other owners can be easily added on our website.

A director/owner must be an individual who is 18 year old or more.

If you are doing for a client, you may write the client's name as the owner. We do not contact your clients, rather we contact the person in billing. You may write your details in billing address.

Anybody including an employee can be an officer to the corporation. It's not as important as of director. It's changeable later at any time.

Any designation is fine. It's more important for a big corporation. It's changeable later.

Yes, same person can be director, incorporator, officer and shareholder. Most new corporation starts in that manner and changes when it grows bigger.

This is just initial set up. It's changeable later when company becomes big. Most people use $1 as initial price.

These are weaker than class A. Most people don't issue it in the beginning. Some people issue in case they are selling some of their shares to others.

It's weaker than class A and B. Most people don't issue it. Some people issue in case they are selling some of their shares to others.

Yes, share price and share number can be changed any time. Now you are setting up just initial price, any number is okay since you don't know how company will perform.

If this Canadian corporation is owned by your another foreign company (it's called subsidiary corporation), then you should add the owning company as the first shareholder. If you don't have any corporation currently, you can add yourself as first shareholder.

If you are the only shareholder, any number is okay, 100% owned by you. Most people put 1. It's changeable later. If more than one shareholder, put proportionately.

Yes. You can add or remove shareholder later at anytime.

Total share is calculated by adding up each shareholder's share number. Example: your share is 60, your spouse's share is 40. Then total shares = 60 + 40 = 100. In this case, you hold 60% and spouse holds 40%. If more than one shareholder and you want to assign in percentage, make total share number as 100.

Share certificates is the legal and official proof of ownership of corporation. You need it to show in any official purpose such as bank, contracts, mortgage etc. It's an absolute recommended items if you have more than one shareholder. We will send some blanks certificates as well which could be used in future in case you add any other person (such as spouse, child, friend) as shareholder.

Seal is a protection against fraudulent activity. It has legal value (by default defends) in case anybody create false docs or make false loan in your company name. It's highly recommended if your company has frequent transactions or provide receipt, invoices. It's also needed if you go for loan, mortgage, employment contract, service contract or any sub-contract.

We are an agent of domain registration in Canada. After your company name gets approved, we can instantly reserve a domain in your company name (example: www.companyname.ca)

We will ship the corporate supplies to your selected address. We use Canada Post expedited parcel service. You should receive a tracking number in your email when we ship the item. Kindly note, only supplies will be shipped to this address; government notices and mails go directly from government to the registered office address.