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September 8, 2021 | Notice | Businesses and not-for-profits
New! Corporate filing notices
June 4, 2021
Scam alert: Impero Solutions Limited uses Corporations Canada letterhead without authorization
Notices
2023
March 22, 2023 | Notice | Businesses
New legislation is tabled to create a beneficial ownership registry
March 6, 2023 | Notice | Businesses
The Canadian Securities Administrators CSA exempts Canada Business Corporations Act CBCA-incorporated reporting issuers from the director election form of proxy requirement
February 23, 2023 | Notice | Changes to online services
Verify your identity through your ISED Account
2022
October 31, 2022 | Notice | Businesses and Changes to online services
Proposed regulations amending the Canada Business Corporations Regulations, 2001 – Register of individuals with significant control
September 26, 2022 | Notice | Changes to online services
Debit will no longer be accepted as a method of payment for the Online Filing Centre
August 31, 2022 | Notice | Businesses, not-for-profits and cooperatives
Regulations related to Bill C-25 come into force
April 29, 2022 | Notice | Businesses
Corporations Canada resumes administrative dissolutions of corporations that are in default of filing their annual returns
April 6, 2022 | Notice | Businesses
Now available: 2021 Annual Report on Diversity of Boards of Directors and Senior Management of Federal Distributing Corporations
March 17, 2022 | Notice | Businesses, not-for-profits and cooperatives
Regulations related to Bill C-25 coming into force this summer
March 2, 2022 | Notice | Changes to online services
Director information now available on API store
February 7, 2022 | Notice | Businesses
Enhancements to the diversity disclosure guidelines for federal distributing corporations
January 20, 2022 | Notice | Businesses and not-for-profits
Changes to the Online Filing Centre are now in effect
January 10, 2022 | Notice | Businesses and not-for-profits
Important notice regarding upcoming changes to the Online Filing Centre
2021
October 12, 2021| Notice
Corporations Canada's first annual statistics report is now available
July 12, 2021 | Notice
CRA's Canada Recovery Hiring Program conducting question & answer sessions
June 18, 2021 | Consultation | Not-for-profits
Consultation on the Canada Not-for-profit Corporations Act
April 7, 2021 | Notice | Businesses
Corporations Canada's first annual report on Diversity of Boards of Directors and Senior Management of Federal Distributing Corporations is now available
April 1, 2021 | Notice | Businesses, not-for-profits and cooperatives
Corporations Canada adopts new refund policy
March 31, 2021 | Notice | Businesses
Corporations Canada launches new feature to federal incorporation
February 3, 2021 | Notice | Businesses
Diversity disclosure guidelines
January 29, 2021 | Consultation | Businesses
Public consultations concerning executive compensation and the well-being of employees, retirees and pensioners
January 18, 2021 | Notice | Businesses, not-for-profits and cooperatives
New format for federal reports – Nuans
2020
December 30, 2020 | Notice | Businesses, not-for-profits and cooperatives
Annual meetings of federal businesses, not-for-profits and cooperatives during COVID-19 in 2021
November 4, 2020 | Notice | Businesses, not-for-profits and cooperatives
Diversity within Canadian businesses: 50 – 30 Challenge
July 29, 2020 | Notice | Businesses and not-for-profits
Corporations Canada launches streamlined naming service for businesses and not-for-profits
February 27, 2020 | Notice | Businesses
Filing diversity information with Corporations Canada
January 6, 2020 | Notice | Not-for-profits
Upcoming changes to not-for-profit corporation services
January 6, 2020 | Notice | Businesses
Upcoming changes to business corporation services
2019
December 23, 2019 | Notice | Businesses and not-for-profits
Digital-first approach to forms for business and not-for-profit corporations
December 12, 2019 | Notice | Businesses and not-for-profits
Updated policies on corrections of articles or a certificate for business and not-for-profit corporations
July 18, 2019 | Notice | Businesses
Diversity disclosure for boards of directors and senior management comes into force
2018
May 2, 2018 | Notice | Businesses and not-for-profits
Bill C-25 receives Royal Assent — Immediate and future impact
Public consultations
Current consultations
There are no current consultations.
Past consultations
- Launch of public consultations on proposed regulations related to Bill C-25
- Proposed regulation related to Bill C-25
- Executive compensation and the well-being of employees, retirees and pensioners
- Regulatory proposals for the register of individuals with significant control regime
- Services Fees under the Canada Business Corporations Act, Canada Not-for-profit Corporations Act and the Canada Cooperatives Act
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