The Québec business corporation, handled end to end.
The Québec business corporation is the structure of choice for the great majority of businesses operating in Québec: protection of personal patrimony, a professional image and room for tax planning.
The lawyer responsible for your file prepares your articles of constitution, files them with the Québec enterprise registrar and guides you through the initial organization of your corporation, with the name of your choice or a numbered designation.
Your activities take place mainly in Québec, now and for the years ahead.
You want to separate your personal assets from the risks of the business.
You are preparing for partners, employees or investors to come in.
Select your package and pay securely by credit card.
You send us the information your file requires, simply and online.
The lawyer responsible for your file prepares your documents and makes the required filings.
Your articles are filed within 24 to 48 business hours and your documents are sent to you by email.
The package is $549 in professional fees, plus taxes, plus government fees of $397, for a total of $1,028.21. Everything is included: articles, certificate of constitution and business number.
Québec incorporation, under the Business Corporations Act, suits businesses operating mainly in Québec. Federal incorporation protects your name across Canada and makes expansion into other provinces easier, at a higher cost.
Yes. You can constitute a numbered corporation and then operate it under a business name. It is faster and avoids the name search process at the time of constitution.
You receive the certificate of constitution, your corporation’s articles and its Québec business number. The minute book and the initial legal organization can be added to your order.
A business corporation is a separate legal person: in principle your personal property is sheltered from the debts of the business, subject to personal suretyships and to certain exceptions provided by law.
A qualifying corporation benefits from the small business deduction, which lowers the tax rate on the first bracket of active income. Incorporating also allows personal tax to be deferred and certain income to be split. A consultation will confirm what applies to your situation.
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.
Still unsure about the timing? Our article on when to incorporate goes through the financial and liability signals that say the moment has come.
To compare with being self-employed, see sole proprietorship or incorporation.
And if your market reaches beyond Québec, read our comparison first: Québec or federal.
Already running a business? Transferring the assets, contracts and accounts is set out in our guide to incorporating an existing business.
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