A non-profit organization (NPO) is a club, society, or association that's organized and operated solely for: social welfare or civic improvement or pleasure or recreation or any other purpose except profit.

Registered charities and non-profit organizations both operate on a non-profit basis, however they are not the same. If you want a registered charity, this will be registered the same way as of non-profit and an additional application for charity status to be added which will be shown to you in next steps.

It depends on your selection on service queue in next page. If you choose urgent queue, we can register very fast and you will get final documents in 3 business days in email which are sufficient to open a bank account. Afterwards, you will receive documents by post.

As a customer, your job is pretty much to fill out this form, pay and submit. Once we receive it, our specialists will review and if anything missing, you will be contacted. Then, our lawyer prepares article & by laws. We obtain name approval for you and register with government and send your final documents in email first and then by post.

To register a non-profit organization, the article of corporation has to be prepared according to a non-profit corporation act, which is the job of a corporate lawyer. We have a corporate lawyer who prepares this article. Therefore, submitting online is a cost-effective way to avoid an expensive lawyer who charges by hour.

Yes, this question arises because most other law firms or agencies take around 30 days processing time; while we can complete in 3 business days. Because, we are an approved agency with licensed lawyer and specialists. Our lawyer prepares the article and by-laws in the same day of order receipt. We are also a member of industry Canada, and therefore, can obtain name approval in 24 hours to 48 hours. Then, our licensed registry agent can register in the government system instantly.

A federal non-profit legislation requires at least 3 directors. Only physical persons can be directors. Individual below 18 years old or business entity or any non-human being such as a corporation or another organization, can't be a director. There is no Canadian residency requirement and therefore, all directors can be Canadian or foreign nationals.

A non-profit organization's name traditionally ends with certain phrases such as foundation, association, society, institute etc.

You may briefly write two or three major activities of this organization.

Since we are agent of Industry Canada, we have access to the name database of federal government. Before we submit a name for approval, we do a pre-check in our system. If the pre-check shows, your proposed name may not work, we will ask for alternative name at free of cost.

To get an approval for the non-profit organization's name, we need to submit the NUANS report to the federal government. If you already have obtained, you can upload here. Otherwise, we will obtain for you.

This is the complete address of the location where the organization is located. It must be a physical street address and can't be a PO Box. Please note, all government documents will be mailed in this address.

Yes, you definitely can. Later on, when you get a rented space, you can change your address on our website.

If you do not have a local address, we provide registered address and mail scanning service at additional fees. You may proceed with this order and afterwards, address service can be bought.

In a simple language, the director is the overall head of the organization. A non-profit organization must have at least 3 directors. There is no Canadian residency requirement for these directors, therefore can be Canadian resident or foreigners. An individual who is less than 18 years old, can't be a director.

Yes, foreigners can be added as directors. There is no Canadian residency requirement for these directors, therefore, can be Canadian resident or foreigners.

Yes, of course. On a later time, you can add or remove directors. This could be done on our website as well.

Yes, it's mandatory as per corporation act. The owners, members and organization structure are defined in minute book. If you do not select minute book, the next step "Members & Organization's Officers" section will skip assuming you will do minute book with another firm.

When you incorporate a company, the expenses are called business development expense which is tax creditable. Any spending you do after incorporation, is considered as operating expense which are not tax creditable. Doing it separately later is a manual process which cost more and takes longer time.

Typically, all the directors are the members. You may add a maximum of 10 members. Only physical persons can be directors.

Individual below 18 years old or business entity or any non-human being such as a corporation or another organization, can't be a director.

There is no Canadian residency requirement and therefore, all members can be Canadian or foreign nationals. Their address can be outside of Canada as well.

Normally, the primary director becomes the president of the organization.

Normally, the second director or the third director becomes the secretary of the organization.

Yes, the board of directors can add or remove officers in future.

CRA business number is the unique ID of your organization with Canada Revenue Agency. Every Canadian entity must have this number. This is needed to report organization's income and tax receipt.

Not only for collecting GST/HST but also when you buy supplies and necessary items for your organization, you pay GST/HST. This amount could be claimed if you have GST/HST set up with CRA. Almost all organizations take this advantage.

Yes, for your province PST collection is mandatory besides GST collection. To collect PST, PST account is required.

Yes, for your province QST collection is mandatory besides GST collection. To collect QST, QST account is required.

If your organization have or plan to have in future any paid staff or employee (full time or part time), then you need a payroll account set up. Please note, this is not payroll service, but the initial account set up with CRA.

It's worker's compensation board. Various province calls it differently, WSIB in Ontario, WCB in Alberta and WSB in BC. This registration is required if your organization has any paid staff or employee now or in future (part time or full time). We register it and give you the account number and hook you with WCB authority. Please note, this does not cost any monthly premium, rather WCB authority will advise you on your eligibility of free program or fees.

We are an agent of global domain registration. After your organization name gets approved, we can instantly reserve a domain in your company name (example: www.organizationname.com).

Once we receive your charity application order, our accountant will assess your application, contact you and then send you a suitable link to collect necessary information as per Canada Revenue Agency requirement. And then, the accountant will act as an assigned CRA representative for you. The accountant may send you a CRA link where you may provide consent to act on be half of you.

Registered charities are charitable organizations, public foundations, or private foundations that are created and resident in Canada. They must use their resources for charitable activities and have charitable purposes that fall into either the relief of poverty or the advancement of education or the advancement of religion or other purposes that benefit the community.

The first step is to register as a non-profit organization. Once the organization is registered, it may take around 1 year to get registered Charity Status

Organizations established for the relief of poverty include orphanages, food banks, soup kitchens, as well as enterprises that supply low-cost rental housing, clothing, furniture, and appliances to the poor.

It has to be a purpose or activity as advancing education in the charitable sense if it involves formal training of the mind or formal instruction, or if it prepares a person for a career, or if it improves a useful branch of human knowledge. Example: establishing and operating schools, colleges, universities, and other similar institutions; providing scholarships, bursaries, and prizes for scholastic achievement etc.

This category refers to promoting the spiritual teachings of a religious body, and maintaining the doctrines and spiritual observances on which those teachings are based. Example: establishing and maintaining buildings for worship and other religious use; organizing and providing religious instruction, and performing pastoral and missionary work.

This is an official embossed seal of your organization. It's used on official documentations. It's also used as a protection against fraudulent actives or fake documents. Pretty much all non-profit organization have this seal. Upon order receipt, we give to an approved agency to prepare it and then we will send to you by post.

Most new non-profit org. do not have own lawyer and accountant. When you receive legal notices from CRA, federal govt. or provincial govt. all you need to do it, take a picture of it and send to us. Our lawyer will explain and advise you on it. Same goes for accounting. Because a non-profit org. is eligible to claim many benefits from CRA, if you don't have an own accountant, our chartered accountant is here to consult.

This book is prepared by our chartered accountant for all new non-profit organizations. The book explains step by step, what benefits a non-profit org. can claim and how to claim. This book also explain nonprofit bookkeeping, charitable giving rules and other key tax rules.