Canada Corporate Forms

Adopt a banking resolution for an Ontario business corporation with this template Directors Resolution Approving Banking Resolution.

• The Board of Directors of the corporation approve and adopt the bank's form of banking resolution as a resolution of the corporation, and authorize its execution by the board.
• The form complies with the requirements of the Ontario Business Corporations Act.
• This template is a downloadable and fully editable MS Word file.
• Intended for use only by corporations formed in the Province of Ontario.

Prepare a Directors Resolution declaring a dividend of company property with this easy template for an Ontario corporation.

• The corporation wishes to dividend certain property that it owns to the shareholders, under subsection 38(1) of the Ontario Business Corporations Act.
• The corporation will not be insolvent or unable to pay its debts and liabilities as a result of the dividend.
• The directors set the monetary value of the property dividended, based on its determined value.
• The Ontario Directors Resolution Declaring Dividend of Company Property is downloadable and fully editable.

Authorize the payment of management bonuses with this Directors Resolution template for an Ontario business corporation.

• The directors of the corporation resolve to issue management bonuses to specified persons in order to reduce the corporation's taxable income to bring it within the 'small business limit'.
• This is a reusable corporate form. Buy it, download it, and then use it as often as you require.
• This corporate resolution template is a fully editable MS Word file.
• Intended for use only in the Province of Ontario, Canada.

Prepare a General Bylaw for a Non-Offering Corporation with this template form for the Province of Ontario.

• A non-offering corporation is one that does not offer its securities to the public.
• This Bylaw No. 1 template sets out generally how the business of the corporation will be conducted, including such things as:
  • meetings of shareholders and directors,
  • appointment and duties of officers,
  • indemnity of directors and officers,
  • method of giving notice.
• Available in MS Word format and easy to download and use. 
• Intended to be used only in the Province of Ontario, Canada.

Download this package of minute book forms to organize a Canadian business corporation.

This package contains the forms that the Business Corporations Act requires a corporation to keep in its Minute Book, including:

1. a set of corporate By-laws;
2. organizational resolutions of the initial directors and shareholders;
3. Consent to Act forms to be signed by each director and / or officer of the company;
4. a register of share transactions to record the initial share issuances;
5. shareholder ledgers, to be filled out for each shareholder;
6. register of directors and managers of the corporation.

This Minute Book Forms Package is downloadable and easy to use, and contains everything you need to organize a new business corporation in Canada.

Authorize a name change for a Canadian corporation with these template corporate resolutions.

• The directors and shareholders consent to the name change and authorize the officers to sign and file the required documents to complete the change of name.
• Corporations in Canada are required to pass these Resolutions in order to change the corporate name.
• This template can be used for federal corporations and in any province or territory which has a Business Corporations Act.
• Download the file, fill in the details and have the resolutions signed by the appropriate parties.

Use this free template to prepare a Secretarial Certificate to be signed by the secretary of a business corporation in Canada.

• The corporate secretary can use this form to certify a copy of:
  • minutes of a meeting of the corporation's directors or shareholders,
  • resolutions passed by the Board or by the shareholders,
  • other corporate documentation that are required to be certified.
• This form is a downloadable and fully editable MS Word template.
• Intended to be used only by Canadian corporations.

When a Board member resigns in between annual meetings, a special shareholder meeting is held to appoint a successor. Download this package of forms to prepare for that meeting.

• This package includes the forms required for the shareholders of a Canadian corporation to accept the resignation of a departing director and appoint a successor to fill the resulting vacancy on the board:
  • Notice of Special Shareholders Meeting: The Notice must be sent to each of the corporation's shareholders who are entitled to attend the special meeting, in accordance with the notice requirements set out in the company's bylaws and the applicable provincial laws;
  • Template set of Minutes of Meeting, which can be filled in after the conclusion of the meeting.
• You can use this package of forms for federal corporations as well as Alberta, Saskatchewan, Ontario and any other province or territory that has enacted a Business Corporations Act.
• The documents are provided in MS Word format and can be used as often as required.

Prepare a special resolution of shareholders to remove the auditor of a corporation with this easy template form for Canadian companies.

• In accordance with the company's bylaws, the shareholders can pass a special resolution to remove the current auditor from office.
• A replacement auditor is appointed to serve until the next annual meeting.
• The resolution must be signed by all of the shareholders, including those who do not hold voting shares.
• If your company is planning to change its auditors you need this downloadable Special Shareholder Resolution form.
• This template can be used in any province or territory of Canada which has a Business Corporations Act in effect.

Under Canadian corporations laws, the shareholders of a corporation must elect or appoint the directors. Use this easy template to prepare the required Shareholders Resolution.

• By passing the Resolution, the shareholders appoint the directors for the ensuing year.
• Each director being appointed must consent to act in that capacity. This template also contains a Consent to Act form to be signed by each of the incoming directors.
• You can re-use this downloadable form each year at the annual meeting of shareholders. Buy it, save it as a template, and prepare it for signature.
• This form can be used by federal corporations and by companies incorporated under any provincial Business Corporations Act except Quebec. English language version only.