Incorporate for a flat $1,000 — set up to actually operate.
Anyone can register a corporation. The value is everything decided around it: the right structure, the right year-end, CRA accounts, and books that exist from day one — done in-house by the team that will keep them.
What’s included
One flat fee, and the corporation comes out the other side operational.
The incorporation itself, in-house
Articles prepared and filed — federal under the CBCA or provincial under the OBCA, ABCA or BCBCA. No lawyer required for standard formations, and we say plainly when a formation isn't standard.
A flat $1,000, stated up front
The one service on this site with a published price, because it genuinely is flat: standard formations don't hide complexity, so the number doesn't move.
Structure decided before filing
Share classes, directors, a numbered company versus a named one, federal versus provincial — decided with an accountant looking at your tax position, not defaulted by a filing portal.
CRA program accounts from day one
Business number, corporate tax account, GST/HST and payroll accounts registered as needed — so the corporation is operational, not just registered.
Books and a filing calendar, immediately
Year-end chosen deliberately, books opened on our platform, and every future deadline — T2, HST, remittances — on the calendar from the start. Year one arrives already organized.
The paperwork that comes after
Annual returns, corporate maintenance, and structuring changes handled by the same team — shareholder agreements and complex reorganizations go to counsel, and we coordinate that too.
The mistake most new corporations make in week one
They stop at the certificate. No GST/HST account when the first big invoice needs it, no payroll account when the first hire starts, a year-end defaulted to whatever the portal suggested, and no books until the first tax deadline forces the question. Incorporating with an accounting firm means the boring parts are done before they're urgent — and if you're comparing this with staying unincorporated, the trade-offs live in our corporate deadlines reference and a free twenty-minute conversation.
How it starts
A 20-minute conversation
Free, and genuinely 20 minutes: your volume, your entities, the state of the books. If we are not the right fit, we say so and point you somewhere.
A fixed fee, in writing
One number for the year, agreed before any work starts. Software, setup and onboarding are part of it — there is no second bill from anyone else.
We take it from there
Our team builds your books on our platform, catches up whatever is behind, and runs the monthly close. You watch it happen in the same system we work in.
Asked before incorporating
Federal or provincial — which should I choose?
Federal (CBCA) protects your name across Canada and travels well if you'll operate in multiple provinces; Ontario (OBCA) is simpler when your work is provincial. Costs and ongoing obligations differ only modestly — the right answer follows where you'll operate and how you'll grow, which is a ten-minute conversation, not a coin flip.
Do I actually need a lawyer to incorporate?
Not for a standard formation — articles, standard share structure, registration and organization are administrative work we do in-house at the flat rate. Where a lawyer genuinely earns their fee is shareholder agreements between unrelated partners, complex share structures, or reorganizations — and when your situation needs one, we say so and coordinate with counsel rather than stretch.
Should I incorporate at all, or stay a sole proprietor?
Incorporation earns its costs when liability matters, when you're earning more than you spend personally (the deferral advantage), or when clients require it. It adds a corporate return and records to maintain, so below those thresholds a sole proprietorship is often the honest recommendation — and we make it when it's true.
How long does incorporation take?
Standard federal and Ontario filings typically complete within days — the filing itself can be same-day. The part worth not rushing is the setup around it: structure, year-end, CRA accounts and books, which is what turns a certificate into a working company.
Ready to put your
business on autopilot?
Twenty minutes, no charge. We will look at how your books are kept today and tell you exactly what we would do differently — and that advice is yours to keep, whether you hire us or not.