Instructions in filing a hard copy to Industry Canada:

After filling out the forms, submit with the Nuans report, and mail to the address listed on the forms or deliver in person to Industry Canada. Please keep in mind that you may also have the additional costs of registering the same company name in the province in which you reside.

$250.00

Federal cost to register on-line: Go to www.strategis.ic.gc.ca Click on Federal Corporations and follow the guidelines. Please note the following is only a guideline and is subject to change. The following is only intended to give you an idea on what you can expect when registering on line.

·         Be sure to have the Nuans number (located in the heading of the Nuans report)

·         Your credit card handy

·         A legal land description – if you have a PO Box address or a RRI address

·         Know what your share structure is (e.g. 100 Class A non-voting) before processing the information that is required.

Note: information can be saved up to 20 days in the registry should you need to exit for any reason. Keep a written record of the PIN number that is issued to you upon saving, and remember the Password that you want to use. You will need both of these before you can re-enter to complete the filing process.

After filling out each STEP press Continue. If you do not fill out each STEP correctly the screen will ask you to correct the information before you can proceed to the next STEP.

To Start go to www.strategis.ic.gc.ca web site:

  2. Click on English

  3. Click on Federal Corporation (located in the list on the right hand side of page)

  4. Click on Online Filing (located in the list on the left hand side of page)

  5. Click on Register found in text of the first paragraph under the tile “Corporation Canada Online

      Filing Centre”

  6. Choose a User Name (6 characters or longer)

  7. Choose a Password (6 characters or longer)

  8. Re type your password

  9. Type in a Secret Question (e.g. “What is my mothers name?”)

10. Type in your answer to the question (e.g. Answer: Mary Brown)

11. Re type in your answer to the question

12. Press Continue

STEP 2

Click on Non-Pre Approved Name

1.       Enter proposed business name

2.       Enter nuans report number (found in the heading of the nuans report)

5.   Enter Yes

      Click on Continue

Note: as you proceed thru the following steps some of the information that is entered is carried forward to the following pages so that you do not have to re-type in the information again (e.g. Your proposed business name)

STEP 3

1.

2.

3. ENTER nature of business (what do you do?)

    The likely nature of its clientele (e.g. age group, other artists, etc.)

    The territory in which it is likely to operate (e.g. Edmonton)

4. From where did you get your proposed name? (I dreamt it, it has a family meaning, it best describes what I do as a business etc.)

5. Does your proposed name contain a personal name? (If not leave blank)

6. Is your proposed name confusingly similar to a Trade Mark? (If not leave blank)

7. Does your proposed name use the work Group (If not leave blank)

    Click on Continue

Step 4

  1 Name of corporation

  2 Leave blank

  3 Territory which head office is located ( e.g. Alberta)

  4 Write in share structure (e.g. 100 class A shares non voting)

  5 Restrictions

    (e.g. None;

            OR if there are restrictions then write in “Only class A shareholders have the right to vote, and no shares of the corporation can be transferred without a majority vote;

            OR if your have many classes of shares eg 100 class A, 100 class B, 100 class C then you may want to enter a list of restrictions pertaining to those shares.)

  6.List the number of directors (1 minimum and 7 maximum)

  7 Restrictions (e.g. None) OR see the same rules as #5 above

  8 Other restrictions (e.g. None)

  9 Add personal information

     Is this incorporation a body corporate? (Yes or No) – usually the answer is No

10 Incorporations date (type in today’s date)

11 Signature (type in your name)

     Date

     Incorporators signature

     Capacity – incorporator

12 Contact information

     Name

     Email

     Click Continue

STEP 5

1 Enter proposed name

2

3

4 Enter street address

5

6 Is there a change to the current mailing address?

   Click Continue

STEP 6

Enter Personal information/address etc.

Click Continue

Payment

#3 Continue to make payment

#4 Save on Exist (you will be issued a number so you can re-enter to finish completing the application) The registry will 

    hold the information that you have entered thus far for up to 20 days. After that you will have to start at STEP 1 and

    re-enter all the information again.

$200.00

Strategis Internet Address: http://strategis.ic.gc.ca

Industry Canada

Canada Business

9^th floor Jean Edmonds Towers South

365 Lauier Avenue West

Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0C8

Phone: 613-941- 9042 or Fax 1-866-333-5556

Email: corporationscanada@ic.gc.ca