🇨🇦 Canada · Company Registration
Entity types, registration process, required documents, costs, and official registries.
Businesses can incorporate federally with Corporations Canada or register provincially/territorially; a federal Business Number (BN) is then obtained from the Canada Revenue Agency.
- Incorporation can be federal (Corporations Canada) or provincial, depending on where you operate.
- A Business Number from the CRA is used for tax, payroll, GST/HST and import/export accounts.
- Provinces maintain their own corporate registries with separate requirements.
Official authorities
- Corporations Canada (ISED)
Federal incorporation.
- Canada Revenue Agency — Business Number
Federal business-number registration.
Official-information aggregation, not legal advice. Always verify on the authority's own site.
Government portals
- Government of Canada — Canada's federal service portal — immigration, taxes, benefits, and travel info
- Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada — Express Entry, Provincial Nominee Program, work/study permits, and PR card applications
- Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) — T1 personal tax returns, corporate taxes, GST/HST, and benefit applications (CCB)