Starting a BC company

Have your registered and records office ready before you file

The BC Registries form asks for two addresses the day you set up your company, and they go on the public record. Use ours instead of your home. We then build the minute book the registry never gives you, and file every annual report after that.

Sign up before you file — $249/yr How it works

Run by a practicing BC lawyer. About two minutes to sign up; the address follows in your welcome email.

How it works

  1. Sign up and pay onlineA few questions about the company you're setting up, then secure payment by Stripe. Your welcome email follows within one business day.
  2. Enter our address in the BC Registries formThe welcome email gives you the address and exactly what goes in each field: registered office and records office, mailing and delivery. You (or your accountant or lawyer) file the company yourselves. We don't incorporate companies or reserve names.
  3. We see the new company on the registryWe check the public registry for it ourselves and request filing access, so you don't have to forward the certificate. The one thing we ask for is the incorporation agreement you signed, because it's never filed.
  4. Sign your opening records in the portalConsents to act, first resolutions, the share issuance, the registers and the transparency register are prepared for e-signature. After that the book is kept current, and the annual report is filed each year.

What the registry gives you, and what it doesn't

From BC Registries

  • Certificate of Incorporation
  • Notice of Articles
  • A copy of the incorporation application

What you still need (we prepare it)

  • Directors' consents to act
  • Organizational resolutions and the first share issuance
  • Register of directors and central securities register
  • Transparency register, required from day one

Your first deadline is a year out. The annual report is due within two months after each anniversary of incorporation ($43.39 government fee). Companies that miss it repeatedly can be dissolved. We track it and file it for you.

Two plans, flat yearly price

Records Office

$249/yr + tax

$278.88 with GST and PST. Best for single-owner companies.

  • Registered & records office address
  • Opening minute book prepared in your first year
  • Transparency register prepared and kept current
  • Annual report filed every year
  • Digital minute book in your own portal
Choose Records Office

Full Compliance

$399/yr + tax

$446.88 with GST and PST. For companies paying dividends.

  • Everything in Records Office
  • Annual consent resolutions
  • Two register updates and two certified copies a year
  • A dividend resolution
Choose Full Compliance

Government fees are extra and passed through at cost. See how this compares to law firms and online platforms.

Common questions

Do you incorporate the company for me?

No. Minuted doesn't incorporate companies or reserve names. Incorporating online with BC Registries takes most people about 20 minutes, and many accountants do it for their clients. We tell you exactly what to enter for the two office addresses.

I'm filing today. How fast do I get the address?

Your welcome email with the address arrives within one business day of signing up. If you're filing sooner, you can put your own address and we'll switch it afterwards for the $21.50 government fee.

I already incorporated with my home address. Is it too late?

No. Sign up as an existing company and we file the change of registered and records office. There's no switching fee, just the $21.50 government filing fee.

Can the directors use your address too?

Yes. Directors' addresses are public as well, and you can use our office for them at no extra charge.

What about a federal (CBCA) company?

That works too. A federal company that carries on business in BC also needs a BC extraprovincial registration. See federal corporations in BC.

Is this legal advice?

No. Minuted's plans are corporate records and filing services. Legal work, such as a shareholders' agreement, is available separately under a written retainer with the operator's law practice.

Also see

What to enter at incorporation What is a records office? Compare providers Federal corporations

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