Non-urgent government operations are closed December 24 to January 1, reopening January 2. See the list of services available during this time.
Incorporation or initial registration
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Alberta corporation
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Alberta business name or partnership
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Alberta cooperative
- Affidavit of execution
- Articles of incorporation (prepare your own articles)
- Bylaws (prepare your own bylaws)
- Information for incorporation
- Notice of address
- Notice of directors
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Register Alberta business in BC, MB or SK
Corporation and limited partnership (online services)
Limited liability partnership and cooperative
Email these registration forms to Alberta Corporate Registry at [email protected]. They will be forwarded to BC, Manitoba or Saskatchewan.
British Columbia
- Limited liability partnership registration in BC
- Cooperative registration in BC
- Request a business name reservation in BC (online)
Manitoba
- Limited liability partnership registration in Manitoba
- Cooperative registration in Manitoba
- Request a business name reservation in Manitoba (online)
Saskatchewan
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Register extra-provincial business from BC, MB or SK in Alberta
Corporation and limited partnership
- Register directly through Alberta’s Online Extra-Provincial Registration
Limited liability partnership and cooperative
Email these forms to your home province registry in BC, Manitoba or Saskatchewan. They will be forwarded to Alberta Corporate Registry.
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Extra-provincial business from other provinces or countries
Extra-provincial corporation
- Certified copies of certificates and charter documents from the home jurisdiction
- Notice of agent for service
- Notice of assumed name (if applicable)
- Statement of extra-provincial registration
Extra-provincial limited partnership/limited liability partnership
- Application for limited liability partnership
- Application for limited partnership
- Special authority to execute a registration (if applicable)
Extra-provincial cooperative
- Copy of certificate and charter documents from the home jurisdiction
- Notice of agent for service
- Notice of directors
- Notice of head office
- Statement of assumed name (if applicable)
- Statement of extra-provincial registration
Amend or update
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Alberta corporation
- Annual return
- Articles of amalgamation and the following:
- Articles of arrangement (if applicable)
- Notice of address
- Notice of agent for service
- Notice of directors
- Notice of English/French name equivalency (if applicable)
- Articles of amendment
- Articles of arrangement
- Articles of reorganization
- Change of agent for service
- Change of agent for service address
- Change of corporation address
- Change of directors
- Change of director’s address
- Notice/cancellation of English or French name equivalency
- Restated articles of incorporation
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Alberta business name or partnership
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Alberta cooperative
- Amendments to bylaws and the following (if applicable):
- New bylaws when the previous bylaws were repealed and replaced (prepare your own bylaws)
- Annual return
- Articles of amalgamation (prepare your own articles)
- Affidavit of execution
- Bylaws (prepare your own bylaws)
- Information for amalgamation
- Notice of address
- Notice of directors
- Statutory declaration
- Articles of amendment (list the specific amendments on a separate page)
- Articles of arrangement or articles of reorganization
- Other forms or information as dictated by the court order
- Change of cooperative address
- Change of directors
- Amendments to bylaws and the following (if applicable):
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Update Alberta business in BC, MB or SK
Corporation and limited partnership (online services unless otherwise stated)
British Columbia
- Update in BC
- Request a new business name reservation in BC (if applicable)
- Application to correct the Corporate Register in BC (paper form)
- Assumed name cancellation or change in BC (paper form)
- Attorney resignation in BC (paper form)
- Update Alberta amalgamation in BC (paper form)
- Email paper forms to Alberta Corporate Registry at [email protected] which will forward them to BC
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Limited liability partnership and cooperative
Email these forms to Alberta Corporate Registry at [email protected]. They will be forwarded to BC, Manitoba or Saskatchewan.
British Columbia
- Update limited liability partnership registration in BC
- Update limited liability partnership attorney in BC
- Update cooperative registration in BC
- Change cooperative attorney in BC
- Change cooperative attorney’s address in BC
- Update cooperative directors in BC
- Request a business name reservation in BC (if applicable)
Manitoba
- Update your limited liability partnership registration in Manitoba
- Application for supplementary certificate of registration
- Change the name of a cooperative registered in Manitoba
- Change the registered office of a cooperative registered in Manitoba
- Request a business name reservation in Manitoba (if applicable)
Saskatchewan
- Update in BC
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Update extra-provincial business from BC, MB or SK in Alberta
Corporation and limited partnership
- Submit your update directly through Alberta’s Online Extra-Provincial Registration
Limited liability partnership and cooperative
Email these forms to your home province registry in BC, Manitoba or Saskatchewan which will forward them to Alberta Corporate Registry.
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Extra-provincial business from other provinces or countries
Extra-provincial corporation
- Amendment – provide certified copies of certificates and documents from the home jurisdiction
- Amalgamation – provide certified copies of amalgamation certificates and documents from the home jurisdiction and the following
- Annual return
- Change of agent for service
- Change of agent for service address
- Change of corporation address
- Change of directors
- Change of director’s address
- Change of head office
- Continuance into Alberta – provide the following:
- Notice of adoption/change/cancellation of assumed name in Alberta
- Notice/cancellation of English or French name equivalency
Extra-provincial limited partnership/limited liability partnership
- Annual report for limited liability partnership
- Notice to amend limited liability partnership and
- certified copies of certificates and documents from the home jurisdiction
- Notice to amend limited partnership
- Special authority to execute a registration (if applicable)
Extra-provincial cooperative
- Amalgamation
- Affidavit of execution
- Copy of amalgamation certificate, amalgamation agreement, bylaws, and other amalgamation documents from the home jurisdiction
- Notice of agent for service
- Notice of head office
- Notice of directors
- Statement of amalgamation
- Statement of assumed name (if applicable)
- Annual return
- Change of agent for service
- Change of directors
- Change of head office
- Continuance into Alberta – provide a written request from the cooperative and include the following:
- Affidavit of execution
- Articles of continuance – prepare your own
- Authorization letter from the home jurisdiction
- Bylaws (prepare your own bylaws)
- Information for continuance
- Notice of address
- Notice of directors
Dissolve, cancel or revive
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Alberta corporation
- Articles of dissolution
- Continuance out of Alberta
- Written request from the corporation
- Copy of certificate from the new home jurisdiction when the continuance is complete
- Liquidation – submit appointments, discharges, and financial statements prepared by a court-ordered liquidator
- Notice of bankruptcy
- Notice of court-ordered appointment or discharge of liquidator
- Notice of change of record keeper after dissolution
- Receivership – submit appointments, discharges, and reports prepared by the receiver
- Revival – provide the following:
- Annual return for revival for each year in which an annual return was not submitted before and after dissolution
- Articles of revival
- Notice of change of agent for service (if applicable)
- Notice of change of corporation address (if applicable)
- Notice of change of directors (if applicable)
- Statement of intent to dissolve/revocation of intent to dissolve
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Alberta business name or partnership
- Cancellation of general partnership
- Cancellation of limited liability partnership
- Cancellation of limited partnership
- Cancellation of trade name/sole proprietorship
- Revival is not available – Register a new business name; see section above: Incorporation or initial registration – Alberta business name or partnership
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Alberta cooperative
- Articles of dissolution
- Articles of revival
- Affidavit of execution
- Annual return for each year in which an annual return was not submitted before and after dissolution
- Copy of the articles of incorporation may be required
- Notice of address
- Notice of directors
- Continuance out of Alberta
- Written request from the cooperative
- Copy of certificate and articles from the new home jurisdiction when the continuance is complete
- Liquidation – submit appointments, discharges, and reports prepared by the liquidator
- Receivership – submit appointments, discharges, and reports prepared by the receiver
- Statement of intent to dissolve/revocation of intent to dissolve (liquidation)
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Cancel or reinstate/restore BC, MB or SK registration for Alberta business
Corporation or limited partnership (online unless otherwise stated)
Email paper forms to Alberta Corporate Registry at [email protected] which will forward them to BC.
British Columbia
- Cancel registration in BC (paper form)
- Limited corporation reinstatement in BC (paper form)
- Full corporation reinstatement in BC (paper form)
- New limited partnership registration in BC
- Request a name reservation in BC
Manitoba
- Cancel registration in Manitoba
- Reinstate/restore corporation in Manitoba (paper form)
- New limited partnership registration in Manitoba
- Request a name reservation in Manitoba
Saskatchewan
- Cancel registration in Saskatchewan
- Reinstate/restore corporation registration in Saskatchewan
- New limited partnership registration in Saskatchewan
- Request a name reservation in Saskatchewan
Limited liability partnership and cooperative
Email the forms to Alberta Corporate Registry at [email protected] which will forward them to BC, Manitoba or Saskatchewan.
British Columbia
- Cancel limited liability partnership registration in BC
- Cancel cooperative registration in BC
- New limited liability partnership registration in BC
- New cooperative registration in BC
- Request a name reservation in BC (online)
Manitoba
- Cancel limited liability partnership registration in Manitoba
- Cancel cooperative registration in Manitoba
- New limited liability partnership registration in Manitoba
- New cooperative registration in Manitoba
- Request a name reservation in Manitoba (online)
Saskatchewan
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Cancel or re-apply for Alberta registration for business from BC, MB or SK
Corporation and limited partnership
- Submit your cancellation request directly through Alberta’s Online Extra-Provincial Registration
- Apply for new registration directly through Alberta’s Online Extra-Provincial Registration
Limited liability partnership and cooperative
Email your cancellation or new registration request through your home province of BC, Manitoba or Saskatchewan. It will be sent to Alberta Corporate Registry.
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Cancel or reinstate extra-provincial registration for business from other provinces or countries
Corporation
- Cancellation: Prepare your own cancellation request or provide proof of dissolution/cancellation from your home jurisdiction
- Reinstatement: Application to reinstate
Limited partnership/limited liability partnership
- Cancellation
- Reinstatement is not available in Alberta – submit a new application for extra-provincial registration
Cooperative
- Cancellation: Submit a cancellation request
- Application to reinstate
- Annual return for each year in which an annual return was not submitted before and after dissolution
- Copy of the charter documents may be required
- Notice of agent for service
- Notice of address
- Notice of directors
- Notice of head office
- Statement of assumed name if applicable
Contact
Connect with Alberta Corporate Registry:
Hours: 8:15 am to 4:30 pm (Monday to Friday, closed statutory holidays)
Phone: 780-427-7013