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Managed formation filing across Canada

Plan your Canadian business launch with less guesswork.

Select a province, territory, or federal corporation path for a tailored result. Eligible paths can continue to a managed filing package. Released products add secure checkout, intake, and document delivery.

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How it works

A guided path from idea to next step.

Turn a confusing starting point into a calm, modern plan built for first-time Canadian founders.

Step 01

Answer a few questions

Tell us what you are building, your stage, revenue expectations, and whether you plan to operate alone or with others.
Step 02

Get your planning result

See jurisdiction-aware guidance based on your answers before you pay for anything. Eligible results include a recommended filing structure.
Step 03

Continue with managed filing

Save your plan and track next steps. Eligible provincial, territorial, and federal results can continue to a managed filing package; secure checkout opens for released products.

Plain-English guidance

Understand the factors that shape a business structure, including liability, naming, growth, and revenue.

Managed filing across Canada

Every province and territory plus federal incorporation has jurisdiction-aware recommendations and managed filing for eligible paths, with package details shown before checkout.

Documents after filing

For a purchased package, keep confirmations, receipts, applicable name records, and formation documents together as the filing is completed.
Managed filing across Canada

A jurisdiction-aware filing path across Canada.

Eligible provincial, territorial, and federal results can continue from a tailored recommendation to a managed filing package. Secure checkout opens per product after current fee and release checks.

  • Jurisdiction-specific registration guidance, File Canada review, and registry confirmation after filing.
  • Named or numbered corporation filing, including articles and government records, plus each jurisdiction's configured name approval, reservation, or search step.
  • Package details before payment, dashboard status tracking, and completed filing records delivered to your document vault.
Free planning result

Build a plan that fits you - not a template.

A short, plain-English questionnaire gives you a jurisdiction-aware result for any Canadian province or territory, plus federal incorporation. No account or payment is required.

  • · Liability, revenue, and naming preferences
  • · Solo founder vs. partners or shareholders
  • · Plans to hire, raise capital, or rebrand
  • · Guidance for every province and territory
  • · Federal incorporation and managed filing for eligible paths
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Question 1 of 1010%

Where are you starting your business?

Every listed jurisdiction has tailored guidance and managed filing for eligible structures.

Ontario

Managed filing

Eligible results can continue to managed filing.

Newfoundland and Labrador

Managed filing

Eligible corporation paths can continue to filing.

Frequently asked

Know what happens before you pay.

Short, practical answers to the questions most founders ask before choosing a next step.

01Can I start without paying?
Yes. The questionnaire and recommendation are free. Checkout appears only if you save an eligible result and choose to begin a released managed filing package.
02What am I paying for?
Eligible packages collect the applicable registry or name-search amounts shown in the order summary and include File Canada intake, review before submission, dashboard tracking, and document delivery.
03Should I incorporate or stay a sole proprietor?
It depends on liability, revenue, naming, partners, hiring plans, and growth goals. The questionnaire compares both paths against your situation and explains the tradeoffs in plain language.
04Which Canadian jurisdictions do you support?
Configured managed workflows cover every province and territory plus federal incorporation. Secure checkout opens only for products that pass current fee and release checks; manual-review, unspecified-jurisdiction, and unavailable-structure paths do not enter checkout.
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Ready to map your next step?

Get a tailored result for any province or territory, or explore federal incorporation. Eligible paths can continue to managed filing. No payment is required to start.

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