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 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, it can be registered in approximate 10 business days.

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 you 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 non-profit corporation act, which is the job of a corporate lawyer. We have corporate lawyer who prepares this article. Therefore, submitting online is a cost-effective way to avoid expensive lawyer who charges by hour.

A 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 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 and provincial government. Before we submit a name for approval, we do a pre-check in our system. If the pre-check shows conflict with any existing entity, we will ask for alternative name (up to 3 names) at free of cost.

To get an approval for non-profit organization's name, we need to submit the NUANS report to the 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 with additional cost. You may proceed with this order and address service can be added separately.

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 minutebook. If you do not select minutebook, the next step "Members & Organization's Officers" section will skip assuming you will do minutebook with another firm.

During the registration of the corporation, the expenses are called 'business development expense' which is tax creditable. Expenses after incorporation, is considered as 'operating expense' which are not tax creditable. Moreover, 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 maximum of 10 members. Only physical persons (not a organization nor a business entity) can be members.

Individual below 18 years old or business entity or any non-human being such as 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 HST but also when you buy supplies and necessary items for your organization, you pay HST. This amount could be claimed if you have HST set up with CRA. Almost all organizations take this advantage.

If your organization have or plan to have in future any paid staff or employee (full time or part time), then your 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 provinces name it differently; i.e. 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 WSIB authority. Please note, this does not cost any monthly premium, rather WSIB 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).

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.

First step is to register as a non-profit organization. Once 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 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 own accountant, our chartered accountant is here to consult.

his 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.