Cost and time required to register, change or search for a business name, corporation or not-for-profit

Overview

To make sure our records are up-to-date and people can find what they need, businesses, not-for-profit corporations and people looking to register a business name must submit documents to us when they:

• incorporate in Ontario
• create or register types of businesses other than corporations
• change information relating to their business or not-for-profit
• incorporate in another jurisdiction but want to operate in Ontario

Depending on which documents you’re filing or search products you’re ordering, there are different service delivery options, processing times (which are subject to change) and fees you must pay.

Accepted methods of payment

Online

You can pay online by Debit, Visa or Mastercard.

By mail

You can only pay with a cheque or personal cheque made out to the Minister of Finance. Personal cheques must be pre-printed with a name and address by the bank.

We will charge you an extra $35.00 if your cheque is returned due to insufficient funds.

• You can submit your completed documents by mail:

• Business and Personal Property Branch
• 393 University Avenue
• Suite 200
• Toronto, Ontario
• M5G 2M2

By email

You can only pay by credit card.  For your security and protection, credit card information cannot be provided by email. You must provide a daytime contact phone number as part of your cover letter. After your email is received, we will contact you by telephone at the number set out in the cover letter to collect credit card information (e.g. cardholder name, number, CVV, expiry date, etc.) and payment will be processed at that time.

File online with service providers

You can file online with the following service providers who are under contract with us:

• ecore by Dye & Durham Corporation
• ESC Corporate Services Ltd.

Each service provider will charge a fee for their services in addition to the standard government fees. Contact them directly to learn more.

Our service standards and fees

These charts only display the government fees. Please contact the service providers directly for information about their charges for the online service they provide.

Business Corporations Act: service times and fees

Dissolutions, Revivals and Authorization to Continue in Another Jurisdiction require consent from the Ministry of Finance (MOF).  MOF will provide its consent electronically to us within 30 business days of receipt from the Ontario Business Registry system.  We will process filings upon receipt from customers or from MOF (if applicable) within the service standards set out below.

*Submission by email is available for qualified intermediaries.  Please refer to Notice - Filing Methods and Requirements for more detail.

Not-for-Profit Corporations Act, 2010: service times and fees

*Submission by email is available for qualified intermediaries.  Please refer to Notice - Filing Methods and Requirements for more detail.

Co-operative Corporations Act: service times and fees

Corporations Act: service times and fees

Extra-Provincial Corporations Act: foreign corporation service times and fees

*Submission by email is available for qualified intermediaries.  Please refer to Notice - Filing Methods and Requirements for more detail.

Corporations Information Act: service times and fees

*Submission by email is available for qualified intermediaries.  Please refer to Notice - Filing Methods and Requirements for more detail.

Business Names Act: registration and filing service times and fees

Sole Proprietorship, General Partnership and Business Name for Corporations or Partnership: registration and filing service times and fees

*Submission by email is available for qualified intermediaries.  Please refer to Notice - Filing Methods and Requirements for more detail.

Partnership/Limited Liability Partnership, Extra-Provincial Limited Liability Partnership/Limited Liability Company: registration and filing service times and fees

*Submission by email is available for qualified intermediaries.  Please refer to Notice - Filing Methods and Requirements for more detail.

Limited Partnerships Act: registration and filing service times and fees

Declaration

*Submission by email is available for qualified intermediaries.  Please refer to Notice - Filing Methods and Requirements for more detail.

Corporate Search: products and service times and fees

As of November 1, 2018, ServiceOntario no longer provides microfiche. All documents on the requested microfiche will be provided to customers in a PDF document via email.

*Submission by email is available for qualified intermediaries.  Please refer to Notice - Filing Methods and Requirements for more detail

Business Name, Limited Partnership (BNLP): search products service times and fees

*Submission by email is available for qualified intermediaries.  Please refer to Notice - Filing Methods and Requirements for more detail.

Applicable acts and regulations

The requirements for different types of businesses, including business corporations, not-for-profit corporations and unincorporated businesses operating under business names, are set out in the following acts:

• Business Corporations Act
• Business Names Act
• Corporations Act
• Co-operative Corporations Act
• Corporations Information Act
• Extra-Provincial Corporations Act
• Limited Partnerships Act
• Not-for-Profit Corporations Act, 2010

Contact us

If you have any questions, please contact the ServiceOntario Contact Centre, from Monday to Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., at:

• Toronto: 416-314-8880
• Toll-free: 1-800-361-3223
• TTY: 416-212-1476