On this page, we provide a general overview about incorporating a business in the province of Ontario, Canada. We describe three ways to incorporate your business as an Ontario Corporation.<\/p>\n
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In Canada, Federal Corporations are governed by the Canada Business Corporations Act<\/i><\/a> (CBCA). Meanwhile, Corporations that are incorporated as Ontario provincial Corporations are governed by the Ontario Business Corporations Act<\/i><\/a>. To find out more about the differences between a Federal Corporation and a Provincial Corporation such as an Ontario Corporation, please read our general Incorporation<\/b><\/a> article.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n As you will see below, to incorporate a Corporation in Ontario, you must file a number of documents, but you must also pay an incorporation fee. Currently, this fee is of:<\/p>\n Now let’s take a look at the 3 ways you can incorporate your business in Ontario; proceed with the incorporation by yourself by mail or in person<\/b>, use a Service Provider, or more precisely, an online incorporation service<\/b>, or use a corporate lawyer<\/b>.<\/p>\n To incorporate your business yourself in Ontario, whether it be over-the-counter, or by mail, you will need to submit the following:<\/p>\n Source<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n If you are not comfortable incorporating your Ontario Corporation by yourself, do not want to pay the higher fees associated with hiring a corporate or start-up lawyer, and if your future corporation’s structure won’t be too complex, another option you can consider is using the service of an online incorporation company or a Service Provider.<\/p>\n An online incorporation service usually provides an order form on their website, where they make you go through a questionnaire where they ask you simple question about your Ontario Corporation to be. You must pay the Government fees as well as Service fees to the online incorporation company.<\/p>\n Online incorporation services are a hybrid of a do-it-yourself service and a professional service. The people behind the incorporation service usually have experience filing corporate documents and should be able to identify and correct with you any problems with the information you provide. Moreover, incorporation services also offer other services and product you may need, such as organizational minutes and resolutions<\/b>, minute books<\/b><\/a>, share certificates<\/b><\/a>, tax accounts registration<\/b> and more.<\/p>\n Here are two online incorporation services that offer incorporation of an Ontario company:<\/p>\nOntario Incorporation Fees<\/h2>\n
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How to Incorporate a Business in Ontario by Yourself<\/h2>\n
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How to Incorporate Online in Ontario with Incorporation Services<\/h2>\n
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