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Every active federal corporation in Canada, searchable

696,209active corporations on file
13provinces and territories
650cities with 40+ corporations
39%filed an annual return in 2026

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8 statutes

Publishing this register

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By province or territory

The registered office address. Registration location, not where a company trades.

Where the corporations are registeredThe province or territory recorded as the registered office address. It is where the company is registered, not where it does business.OntarioOntario: 479464 corporations479,464QuebecQuebec: 123395 corporations123,395British ColumbiaBritish Columbia: 32127 corporations32,127AlbertaAlberta: 29396 corporations29,396ManitobaManitoba: 10163 corporations10,163Nova ScotiaNova Scotia: 6486 corporations6,486SaskatchewanSaskatchewan: 5727 corporations5,727New BrunswickNew Brunswick: 4333 corporations4,333Prince Edward IslandPrince Edward Island: 2322 corporations2,322NFNF: 1848 corporations1,848NunavutNunavut: 361 corporations361Northwest TerritoriesNorthwest Territories: 321 corporations321YukonYukon: 266 corporations266Source: Corporations Canada, Open Government Licence – Canada.

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Source: Corporations Canada — Federal Corporations (open data).

Cities with the most corporations

The city in the registered office address.

Cities with the most registered corporationsThe city recorded in the registered office address.TorontoToronto: 91434 corporations91,434BramptonBrampton: 69011 corporations69,011OttawaOttawa: 39196 corporations39,196MississaugaMississauga: 38368 corporations38,368MontréalMontréal: 37014 corporations37,014CalgaryCalgary: 14428 corporations14,428MarkhamMarkham: 14414 corporations14,414Richmond HillRichmond Hill: 10764 corporations10,764OakvilleOakville: 10656 corporations10,656VancouverVancouver: 9773 corporations9,773ScarboroughScarborough: 9202 corporations9,202North YorkNorth York: 8967 corporations8,967EdmontonEdmonton: 8650 corporations8,650LondonLondon: 8620 corporations8,620GatineauGatineau: 8579 corporations8,579WinnipegWinnipeg: 8488 corporations8,488Source: Corporations Canada, Open Government Licence – Canada.

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Source: Corporations Canada — Federal Corporations (open data).

Year of last annual filing

An annual return is an administrative filing — not a financial statement.

Year of last annual filingThe year recorded against the last annual return. A corporation that filed this year is current with its annual filing.0100,000200,000300,000400,000500,0002012: 3742013: 3912014: 3982015: 3912016: 3522017: 3932018: 4602019: 4852020: 3642021: 5522022: 9602023: 59302024: 388362025: 2046552026: 2735452099: 12207: 33006: 17200: 1Source: Corporations Canada, Open Government Licence – Canada.

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Source: Corporations Canada — Federal Corporations (open data).

Legislation and province

Which statute the corporation was created under, by region.

Corporations by the legislation they are incorporated underWhich statute the corporation was created under. The Canada Business Corporations Act and the Canada Not-for-profit Corporations Act are the two largest.0100,000200,000300,000400,000500,000Ontario — Canada Business Corporations Act: 446209Ontario — Canada Not-for-profit Corporations: 32910Ontario — Boards of Trade Act - Part II: 147Ontario — Canada Cooperatives Act: 81OntarioQuebec — Canada Business Corporations Act: 117268Quebec — Canada Not-for-profit Corporations: 5838Quebec — Boards of Trade Act - Part II: 194Quebec — Canada Cooperatives Act: 34QuebecBritish Colu — Canada Business Corporations Act: 28512British Colu — Canada Not-for-profit Corporations: 3444British Colu — Boards of Trade Act - Part II: 120British Colu — Canada Cooperatives Act: 15British ColuAlberta — Canada Business Corporations Act: 25017Alberta — Canada Not-for-profit Corporations: 4242Alberta — Boards of Trade Act - Part II: 99Alberta — Canada Cooperatives Act: 17AlbertaManitoba — Canada Business Corporations Act: 9219Manitoba — Canada Not-for-profit Corporations: 868Manitoba — Boards of Trade Act - Part II: 43Manitoba — Canada Cooperatives Act: 3ManitobaNova Scotia — Canada Business Corporations Act: 5704Nova Scotia — Canada Not-for-profit Corporations: 732Nova Scotia — Boards of Trade Act - Part II: 25Nova Scotia — Canada Cooperatives Act: 7Nova ScotiaSaskatchewan — Canada Business Corporations Act: 5091Saskatchewan — Canada Not-for-profit Corporations: 564Saskatchewan — Boards of Trade Act - Part II: 35Saskatchewan — Canada Cooperatives Act: 16SaskatchewanNew Brunswic — Canada Business Corporations Act: 3714New Brunswic — Canada Not-for-profit Corporations: 554New Brunswic — Boards of Trade Act - Part II: 45New Brunswic — Canada Cooperatives Act: 10New BrunswicPrince Edwar — Canada Business Corporations Act: 2148Prince Edwar — Canada Not-for-profit Corporations: 166Prince Edwar — Boards of Trade Act - Part II: 3Prince Edwar — Canada Cooperatives Act: 1Prince EdwarNF — Canada Business Corporations Act: 1453NF — Canada Not-for-profit Corporations: 381NF — Boards of Trade Act - Part II: 13NF — Canada Cooperatives Act: 1NFCanada Business Corporations ActCanada Not-for-profit CorporationsBoards of Trade Act - Part IICanada Cooperatives ActSource: Corporations Canada, Open Government Licence – Canada.

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Source: Corporations Canada — Federal Corporations (open data).

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Every active federally incorporated business in Canada, with where it is registered, the legislation it is incorporated under, and the year it last filed. Search 644,000 corporations by name, or browse by province and city.

Source: Corporations Canada — Federal Corporations (open data) — Open Government Licence – Canada. Data refreshes daily. Every page links the row it came from.

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