Corporate transparency is now mandatory. Your ultimate beneficiaries, declared properly.
Corporate transparency rules require corporations to identify the natural persons who really control them. In Québec, ultimate beneficiaries must be declared to the enterprise registrar. Federally, the corporation must keep a register of individuals with significant control and send it to Corporations Canada.
Our platform collects the required information, then the lawyer responsible for your file prepares and files the declaration or the register with the authority concerned.
Each order covers one regime: the declaration to the Québec registrar, or the federal register of individuals with significant control. If your corporation is subject to both, simply add both options to your cart. Any earlier penalties remain your responsibility.
Your ultimate beneficiaries must appear in the Québec register and be kept current.
Your register of individuals with significant control must exist, be current and be sent to Corporations Canada.
An authority has asked you to bring your transparency filings into order and you want it done properly.
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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.
The service is $249 plus taxes per regime, for a total of $286.29. The declaration to the Québec registrar and the federal register are two separate services: if your corporation is subject to both, order both options.
Generally, a natural person who holds, directly or indirectly, 25% or more of the voting rights or of the fair value of the corporation’s securities, or who exercises significant influence over it. Each regime has its own criteria, which we apply to your situation.
The great majority of business corporations are: corporations registered in Québec for the declaration to the registrar, and federal corporations for the register of individuals with significant control. Some exceptions exist, notably for listed corporations.
Penalties can apply and the corporation’s file may be treated as in default, with everything that follows. Coming into compliance quickly remains the best protection.
Part of the information is published, depending on the applicable regime. Some sensitive particulars, such as residential addresses in a number of cases, are protected. We tell you what will be visible before filing.
Any change must be declared within the time limits set by the applicable regime. Our update service and our Annual compliance kit keep this information current without your having to think about it.
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 ultimate beneficiaries explains who must be declared, what becomes public and when the list changes.
This information forms part of the updating declaration, whose most error-prone entries our article sets out.
The register is public: see what that means in our article on director liability.
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