Incorporating federally

When you incorporate federally, you get many of the other registrations you need at the same time. As part of the federal incorporation process, you can get:

• Articles of incorporation
• Federal business number
• Federal corporation income tax program account
• Option to register for other federal tax accounts, such as GST/HST, payroll, import/export
• Option for extra-provincial or extra-territorial corporation registration

Incorporate a business

Permits and licences

You may also need permits and licences from the federal, provincial/territorial and municipal governments.

Get a list of permits and licences you may need from all three levels of government