Companies from other Canadian provinces

A BC attorney for your company, from a practicing BC lawyer

A company from another province that registers in BC must name a BC attorney. We act as yours: a practicing BC lawyer, with our Metro Vancouver address as your official BC office and anything served or mailed scanned to you the same business day.

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Company formed outside Canada? You need our International plan instead ($399/yr*).International plan →

* CAD, plus GST and PST. Federal corporation with its head office in BC? You don't need an attorney — see federal corporations.

What happens after you sign up

  1. Accept and payAbout two minutes: the agreement below, then card payment. A PDF copy comes to your inbox.
  2. BC addressThe same business day we email the BC delivery and mailing address to enter on your filing. The attorney is named in your agreement.
  3. Register in BCFile it yourself, or tick the box and we file the BC name request and registration for you ($99 + tax, plus government fees).
  4. Every year afterAnything served or mailed to you is scanned to your inbox; your BC annual report is filed where one is required.

Sign up

About two minutes. Pay by card at the end.

$249/yr + tax ($278.88)

    1. Your company

    2. Who we send documents to

    We email everything we receive to these people, and phone the first one about legal documents.

    Second contact (optional)

    3. The agreement

    Your details fill in as you type. We'll email you a PDF copy after you accept.

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    Common questions

    Does my company need a BC attorney?

    If your company was formed outside BC and its charter puts its head office outside BC, yes: the BC Business Corporations Act requires every such extraprovincial company to have one. The attorney must be an individual living in BC or a BC company. See our guide to extraprovincial registration in BC for the fees by province and the yearly filings.

    We're from Alberta, Saskatchewan or Manitoba. Is it different?

    Under the New West Partnership there is no BC registration fee and no BC annual report, but you still need a BC attorney. You'll also need a BC name reservation ($31.50) if you don't have one; tick the filing box and we take care of it.

    When do we get the attorney's address for our filing?

    By email the same business day your payment comes through: the BC delivery and mailing address to enter on your registration. The attorney's name is in the agreement.

    Can you file the registration for us?

    Yes, for $99 plus tax, plus the government fees at cost. Tick the box on the form: after payment we send one fee link and a short list of what the filing needs, and file once both are in. For a company from Alberta, Saskatchewan or Manitoba that comes to $146.16 in total; for a federal corporation, $502.88; from anywhere else, $538.16 (all including tax).

    Can we register in BC under a numbered name?

    No. An out-of-province company registers in BC under its own name, reserved through a BC name request. A different name is allowed only if your own name isn't available in BC. We take care of the name request as part of the filing.

    Is this legal advice?

    No. Acting as your attorney is an administrative service and does not create a solicitor-client relationship. If something served on you needs a lawyer, we'll tell you right away, and legal work is available separately under a written retainer.