US companies Doing Business in Canada

Are you doing business in Canada or have plans to expand to Canada? A U.S company carrying on business in Canada is required to register extra provincially in each Canadian province or territory where it intends to do business.

Every extra-provincial corporation must register under the Business Corporations Act within (30) days after it begins to carry on business.

What constitutes carrying on business?

According to the Business Corporations Act, an extra-provincial corporation carries on business if:

its name, or any name under which it carries on business, is listed in a telephone directory for any part of the province where it intends to conduct business
its name, or any name under which it carries on business, appears or is announced in any advertisement in which an address in the province where it intends to conduct business is given for the extra-provincial corporation;
it has a resident agent or representative or a warehouse, office, or place of business in the province where it intends to conduct business
it solicits business in the province where it intends to conduct business
it is licensed or registered or required to be licensed or registered, under any Act of the province where it intends to conduct business
It is in respect of a public vehicle as defined in the Motor Transport Act, the holder of a certificate of registration under the Motor Vehicle Administration Act, unless it neither picks up or nor delivers goods or passengers in Canada;
it is the holder of a certificate issued by the Province Motor Transport Board, unless it neither picks up nor delivers goods or passengers in Canada; or it otherwise carries on business in Canada.

Canada Extra Provincial Registration

We offer Canada Extra provincial registration services in all Canadian provinces and territories. Our fee for the extra provincial registration service is $250 plus government fees for each jurisdiction.

When you use our Canada extra provincial registration service, we take care of all the process for you, including the request of the NUANS name search report and provincial name search reports, preparation of all the registration forms, filing of the extra provincial applications, obtention of certificates and sending of all the registration documents by email and by FEDEX.

Below a summary of all the extra provincial registration fees:

Alberta
Name Search & Reservation: $30
Registration Fees: $445
Our Service Fees: $249.99
GST (5%): $12.49
Total: $737.48

British Columbia
Name Search & Reservation: $60
Registration Fees: $350.00
Our Service Fees: $249.99
GST (5%): $12.49
Total: $672.48

Manitoba
Name Search & Reservation: $60
Registration Fees: $350
Our Service Fees: $249.99
GST (5%): $12.49
Total: $672.48

New Brunswick
Name Search & Reservation: $30
Registration Fees: $212
Our Service Fees: $249.99
GST (5%): $12.49
Total: $504.48

Newfoundland
Name Search & Reservation: $80
Registration Fees: $560
Our Service Fees: $249.99
GST (5%): $12.49
Total: $902.48

Northwest Territories
Name Search & Reservation: $60
Registration Fees: $300
Our Service Fees: $249.99
GST (5%): $12.49
Total: $622.48

Nova Scotia
Name Search & Reservation: $70
Registration Fees: $242
Our Service Fees: $249.99
GST (5%): $12.49
Total: $574.48

Nunavut
Name Search & Reservation: $60
Registration Fees: $300
Our Service Fees: $249.99
GST (5%): $12.49
Total: $622.48

Ontario
Name Search & Reservation: $30
Registration Fees: $330
Our Service Fees: $249.99
GST (5%): $12.49
Total: $622.48

Prince Edward Island
Name Search & Reservation: $30
Registration Fees: $300
Our Service Fees: $249.99
GST (5%): $12.49
Total: $592.48

Quebec
Name Search & Reservation: $30
Registration Fees: $320
Our Service Fees: $249.99
GST (5%): $12.49
Total: $612.48

Saskatchewan
Name Search & Reservation: $80
Registration Fees: $265
Our Service Fees: $249.99
GST (5%): $12.49
Total: $607.48

Yukon
Name Search & Reservation: $80
Registration Fees: $300
Our Service Fees: $249.99
GST (5%): $12.49
Total: $642.48

We also offer Canada Registered Agent Services

When you use our registered agent services, we act as a registered address of your corporation in Canada, and provides your corporation with a registered address for the receipt of service of government filings (and in certain cases legal papers) and acts as a local contact for government agencies.

Registered agent service fees:
$1200 x Year per jurisdiction

When your company use our registered agent service:

– We become the registered and records offices for your corporation
– We send notice to the addresses you provided to us as your contact information if the registered office is served with a court action, or any other provincial or federal government requirements.
– We date stamp all notices which are delivered to the registered office.