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What information do I need before registering my business?

All the initial elements you need to think about when first incorporating.

Forming your Corporation

Business Name Requirements & How to Avoid Having Your Name Rejected

Business Name Guide: How to Choose Your Name in Quebec

How to Incorporate after operating as a Sole Proprietor

Moving from a Sole Proprietorship to Incorporation

How to Incorporate your Company with Ownr

Business Name Requirements & How to Read your Name Search Report

Business Name Guide: How to Choose Your Name

The differences between Federal and Provincial Corporations

Choosing Between a Federal or Provincial Incorporation

This article outlines the differences between incorporating federally and incorporating with one of the provincial governments.

Jurisdiction of Incorporation

Registered Address

Business Activities & Industry

The accounting and tax year-end of your business.

Fiscal Year-End

Learn about Extra-Provincial Registration Documents

Extra-Provincial Registration

If you have paid for incorporation , but not submitted your application, follow these instructions to complete your incorporation.

Completing Your Incorporation in Ownr

Understanding Your Organization Documents and Minute Book

Create customized legal agreements to manage your company’s employees and contractors.

Managed Employees & Contractors Add-On

Setting Up Your Corporation

Directors are often referred to as the 'directing mind' of the corporation.

What is a Director?

Finding and Identifying a company's ultimate beneficiary

Officers oversee the day-to-day operations.

What is an Officer?

Shareholders are the owners of your company

What is a Shareholder?

Under BC law, the incorporator of a corporation must be a shareholder

The role of the Incorporator in BC

Appointing an Agent for Service for Alberta Corporations

Agent for Service (Alberta)

You must keep a record of any individuals that control or influence the corporation

Individuals with Significant Control

Understanding the Roles in Your Corporation

Roles in Your Corporation

Issuing Shares on Ownr

Ownr allows you to build complex share classes that suit your company's needs.

Share Properties

Share vesting allows shareholders to earn shares over time while working for the company.

Share Vesting

Learn how to make your share issuances vest over time on Ownr.

How to Add Vesting to Share Issuances

Manage your company’s ownership structure by issuing shares, transferring shares, and more.

Managed Shareholders Add-On

Issuing Shares

What is a Share Class?

Understanding share classes and choosing the right ones for your business

Common and Preferred Share Classes

Learn how to adjust the initial price per share on Ownr

Editing Price per Share

How to add and delete share classes on Ownr

Structuring your Share Classes: Simple & Advanced Mode on Ownr

Share Classes

Register a Business

Immatriculer une entreprise

Incorporation

Sole Proprietorship

Entreprise individuelle

Pricing

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