The Québec holding corporation that shelters your assets and structures your patrimony.
A holding corporation is a Québec corporation that holds assets rather than operating a business: the shares of your operating corporation, real estate, investments, surplus cash. It is the basic tool of asset protection and patrimonial planning for an entrepreneur.
Moving surplus cash out of your operating corporation and into a holding corporation shelters it from business risk. A holding corporation is also used to hold real estate and investments, to structure an opco-holdco pairing and to prepare an estate freeze.
Our service covers the full constitution of your Québec holding corporation: articles with share capital designed for holding assets, certificate of constitution and business number. One important point: transferring assets into the holding corporation, the tax rollover, is not included. It requires additional steps and is dealt with in a consultation with the lawyer, who coordinates it with your accountant.
Your operating corporation’s surplus sits within reach of creditors and you want it out of harm’s way.
Real estate, investments or shareholdings: you want them housed in a dedicated structure.
Opco-holdco pairing, estate freeze or preparing for succession: the holding corporation is the foundation.
Select your service and pay securely by credit card.
You send us the information your file requires, simply and online.
The lawyer responsible for your file prepares the documents and makes the required filings.
Your documents and official confirmations are sent to you by email.
Professional fees are $549 plus taxes, plus registrar fees of $397 billed at cost and without taxes, for a total of $1,028.21. The price is fixed and everything to do with the constitution is included.
It is a corporation that holds assets, the shares of an operating corporation, real estate, investments, rather than operating a business itself. It serves to shelter your patrimony, to structure how assets are held, and to plan for tax and for succession.
Three reasons dominate: sheltering surplus cash from the operating corporation’s business risk, holding assets in a separate structure, and opening the door to planning strategies such as the estate freeze. Your accountant and the lawyer can confirm whether it makes sense in your situation.
No. The tax rollover of shares or assets into the holding corporation is a separate operation requiring additional steps, including transfer documents and tax elections. It is dealt with in a consultation with the lawyer, coordinated with your accountant.
This service constitutes a Québec corporation, under the Business Corporations Act. That is the usual choice for a holding corporation whose activities are passive and centred in Québec.
Yes. Add the holding corporation and the incorporation of your operating corporation to the same order, and raise it with the lawyer when your file is opened so the ownership structure is right from the start.
We normally prepare and file within 24 to 48 business hours, depending on how busy the period is. The issuance of official documents by the authorities, such as the Québec enterprise registrar or Corporations Canada, depends on those authorities’ own processing times.
You add the service to your cart and pay securely online. You then send us the necessary information, and the lawyer responsible for your file carries out the mandate. You receive your documents by email.
No. The AI assistant exists only to help you choose among our services; it has no legal effect. All legal work is performed by the lawyer responsible for your file, a member of the Barreau du Québec.
If you withdraw before the work begins, we refund you, less processing and billing administration fees of $100. No refund is possible once the work has begun. If we are not in a position to serve you, you are refunded in full.
Our article on holding corporation sets out its three real uses and the point at which it starts to pay for itself.
Our article on corporate taxation explains what a holding corporation actually solves, and at what volume it becomes worthwhile.
The accumulation side and the capital gains deduction are set out in the tax advantages of incorporating.
Order online, or talk to us first. Both roads lead to the same attention to detail.