Resources – Not-for-profit corporations
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Guides
- Creating a not-for-profit corporation
- Requirements for soliciting corporations
- How to file and pay for an application
- Steps after submitting your application
- Your reporting obligations under the Canada Not-for-profit Corporations Act
- By-laws and financial statements - Filing under the Canada Not-for-profit Corporations Act
- Get a certificate of existence or a certificate of compliance
- Order copies of corporate documents
- Amending the articles of a not-for-profit corporation
- Continuance (export) of a not-for-profit corporation
- Reviving a not-for-profit corporation
- Amalgamating not-for-profit corporations
- Back-to-back requests
- Dissolving a not-for-profit corporation
- Revival (transition) guide
- Information for special act corporations without share capital
Policies
- continuance (import) of a body corporate into the Canada Not-for-profit Corporations Act, Policy on
- Policy on exempting a corporation from a financial disclosure requirement
- Information on NFP Act exemptions
- Exemption to restrict access to corporate documents
- Deadline for filing of annual returns
- Information on annual return filings for not-for-profit corporations
- Policy on corrections of articles or a certificate – Canada Not-for-profit Corporations Act
- Cancellation of articles and certificate
- Extending the time for calling an annual meeting of members
- Deeming a corporation non-soliciting
- Deeming the gross annual revenues of a soliciting corporation
Related information
- Register a federal corporation in a province or territory
- Monthly transactions
- Not-for-profit corporations forms
- Glossary
- Services, fees and processing times
- By-law builder: not-for-profit corporations
- Model by-laws
- Frequently asked questions - Corporation Canada
- Trademarks
- Charities and giving
- Primer for Directors of Not-for-Profit Corporations
Legislation and other related documents
- Canada Not-for-Profit Corporations Act
- Canada Not-for-profit Corporations Regulations
- Background Paper - Canada Not-for-profit Corporations Act
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