How to Incorporate a Business in Ontario

To incorporate a business in Ontario you pick a name or use a number, file articles of incorporation through the Ontario Business Registry, and then register with the CRA for a business number. Kennedy Tax & Accounting Inc. does that filing from its Scarborough office. A federal corporation is a different statute and a different filing. The firm does both, plus not-for-profit registration, a master business licence for a sole proprietorship, amendments, dissolution and revival.

The government fee and the firm’s fee

The government fee is whatever ontario.ca lists on the day you file. This page does not copy a dollar figure, because the registry changes it. The firm’s own fee is quoted before the articles are submitted. It is not the government fee.

After the certificate is issued

After the certificate is issued, the company still needs books, often an HST account, a payroll account if there are employees, and a T2 each year. Those are separate engagements.

Government fee schedule: ontario.ca, registering a business name or corporation.

Work with the Scarborough office

The only office is in Scarborough, near Kennedy Station. You can visit or send the documents. English, Bengali and Tamil are spoken. Manoranjan (Mano) Talukder, CPA, leads the firm, which has worked since 2010. Personal returns start at $49.99 + HST. Other files are quoted first.