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Benefits of incorporating
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Discover the difference between provincial and federal incorporation.
How to name your federal business?
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There are two ways to name your corporation (numbered or word name). Which one is best for you?
Learn about incorporating and how to organize your corporation
- Start federal incorporation
- Create a not-for-profit corporation
- Learn about directors and officers
- Find out more on the share structure and shareholders
- Register your federal corporation in a province or a territory
Already incorporated
Find out how to maintain your corporation
Keep your corporation in good shape
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5 simple things that need to be updated to keep your incorporation status
Individuals with significant control Updated
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Learn if you have to create your register and what information to record.
All you need to maintain your federal corporation up-to-date
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