Government Forms

Welcome to our Ontario Government Forms Directory!

Since the launch of the new OBR – Ontario Business Registry on October 19th, 2021, the new PDF application forms must be used. The links to download the forms are listed below and organized by Corporation or Business Names Act.

If you have an application form completed and ready to file, you can submit them through our website here:

File Ontario Article applications

File Ontario Business Name applications

File Ontario Limited Partnership applications

Account holders can email completed PDF forms as an attachment to fi*****@ce**************.com.com Be sure to include any required schedules or documents as separate PDF attachments. Important: The forms must be ‘saved as‘ with all data-fields accessible (they should appear in blue text colour). PDF application forms that are printed and scanned are not acceptable for processing. For more helpful tips, see below.

Alert!

PDF Forms will no longer work with older versions of Adobe Reader including Adobe Reader XI. Please update your free Adobe Reader to the latest version from the Acrobat Reader download page so that you can continue to access these forms.

The forms in this directory have been last updated: November 2024

Ontario Business Corporations Act Forms – BCA

5351E BCA – Articles of Incorporation

5260E BCA – Consent to Act as a First Director

5261E BCA – Articles of Amendment

5262E BCA – Articles of Amalgamation

5263E BCA – Restated Articles of Incorporation

5264E BCA – Articles of Continuance

5265E BCA – Authorization to Continue Out of BCA

5266E BCA – Articles of Arrangement

5267E BCA – Articles of Reorganization

5268E BCA – Articles of Dissolution

5269E BCA – Articles of Revival

ON00052E BCA – Notice Concerning Winding Up

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Not-for-Profit Corporations Act Forms – ONCA

5270E ONCA – Articles of Incorporation Not-for-Profit

5271E ONCA- Articles of Amendment

5272E ONCA- Articles of Amalgamation

5273E ONCA- Restated Articles of Incorporation

5274E ONCA- Articles of Continuance

5275E ONCA- Authorization to Continue Out of the NFPCA

5276E ONCA- Articles of Arrangement

5277E ONCA- Articles of Reorganization

5278E ONCA- Articles of Dissolution

5279E ONCA- Articles of Revival

ON00053E ONCA – Notice Concerning Winding Up

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Ontario Corporations Information Act – CIA

5284E CIA – Initial Return/Notice of Change/Annual Return by an Ontario Corporation

5285E CIA – Initial Return/Notice of Change/Annual Return by an EP Foreign Corporation

5286E CIA – Initial Return/Notice of Change by an EP Federal, Domestic or Foreign Non-Share Corporation

Extra-Provincial Corporations Act – EPCA

5280E EPCA – Application for a License for an EP Corporation

5281E EPCA – Appointment of Agent for Service

5282E EPCA – Application for Amended EP License

5283E EPCA – Termination of an EP License

Limited Partnerships Act – LPA

5306E LPA – File a Declaration of a Limited Partnership

5307E LPA – File a Declaration of Change of a Limited Partnership

5308E LPA – Renew a Limited Partnership Declaration

5309E LPA – Cancel a Limited Partnership Declaration

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Business Names Act – BNA

5288E BNA – Register a Sole Proprietorship (formerly Form 1)

5289E BNA – Amend a Sole Proprietorship (formerly Form 1)

5290E BNA – Renew a Registration (applies to any Business Name)

5291E BNA – Cancel a Registration (applies to any Business Name)

5292E BNA – Register a Firm Name for a General Partnership (formerly Form 1)

5293E BNA – Amend a Firm Name for a General Partnership (formerly Form 1)

5294E BNA – Register a Business Name for a Corporation (formerly Form 2)

5295E BNA – Amend a Business Name for a Corporation (formerly Form 2)

5296E BNA – Register an EP Limited Liability Company Name (formerly Form 6)

5297E BNA – Amend an EP Limited Liability Company Name (formerly Form 6)

5298E BNA – Register a Business Name for a GP or LP (formerly Form 5)

5299E BNA – Amend a Registration of a Business Name for a GP or LP (formerly Form 5)

5302E BNA – Register a Firm Name for an Ontario LLP (formerly Form 6)

5303E BNA – Amend a Firm Name for an Ontario LLP (formerly Form 6)

5304E BNA – Register a Firm Name for an EP LLP (formerly Form 6)

5305E BNA – Amend a Firm Name for an EP LLP (formerly Form 6)

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Important Tips for the new Ontario Business Registry forms!

Please use the latest Adobe Reader or Adobe Acrobat 8 or higher to complete and save the forms. If you are experiencing issues opening the form, download the form to your desktop and then use Adobe to open the form and complete.

Highlight the form name, right-click to select “Save link as” to save the PDF form onto the desktop. The form may not open in browser.

Open the form that you saved on the desktop with a current version of Adobe Reader.

Complete the form, save the data, and close it. Be sure to open the file to confirm all the input data is present and correct.

Company Key: This is a 9-digit number assigned to every corporation and business name in Ontario. If you do not have the number, or this is a new business entity, enter 9 zero’s for the form to save and print correctly.

Signed application copies of any articles to be filed should be kept with your records. They are not required for electronic submission.

All forms should be saved as Adobe PDF document once completed with all data-fields accessible.

Some fields within the forms have character limits which may not accept the full text required (for example, share provisions). If the text content does not fit please provide a separate document attached and mark the field as ‘See Attached’. Attachments are preferred in MS Word format, PDF attachments are only acceptable as the required schedules for articles of amalgamation.

If the form requires a Primary Activity (or NAICS) code, or you are amending and existing entity that does not have a code on record, it must be provided.

For articles applications requiring a NUANS, only the details of the report are required. The report can be kept at the corporations registered office.