Business Registration in Quebec
For out of province businesses looking to do business in Quebec
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You are an out of province business that wants to start doing business in Quebec - now you need the right legal foundation to get you going. We can help with that.
Our Quebec business registration package is our full start-up service for all corporations looking to carry on an activity or operate an enterprise in Quebec. We counsel you on every aspect of the registration of your business and create the right legal foundation so that you can start doing business in Quebec.
How it works.
Get your Quebec business registration
1 Activity.
An enterprise is considered to be carrying on business activities in Quebec in one of these 4 situations:
- It possesses an address in Quebec
- It or its representatives possesses an establishment or a post office box in Quebec
- It or its representatives has a telephone line in Quebec
- It or its representatives carries on an activity in Quebec for the purpose of making a profit
2 Contact Us.
If you fall under one of the conditions in Step 1, contact us and tell us more about your business. We’ll be able to provide you with an exact estimate for your business registration in Quebec.
3 Information.
In order to process your registration request, we will need to get some information from you regarding your company that we will then use to file for registration at the Quebec registry.
4 Registered.
Once the filing at the Quebec registry is complete, you will receive your Quebec business number which is effective from the date of registration.
Who we help.
A handful of some of the industries we’ve worked with
Retail
Fashion & Design
Food & Beverage
E-commerce
Not-for-Profit & Charities
Real Estate
Ambitious business but small budget?
Discover our resources section. You’ll find videos, guides and contracts to guide you through the legal of your business.
Learn and copy the techniques we use for our clients and use them to protect your business.
Frequently Asked Questions.
Find As to your Qs
- Any natural person who operates a sole proprietorship in Quebec, under a name that does not include their first and last names;
- Any natural person who operates a tobacco retail outlet or a tanning salon;
- Any legal person not constituted in Quebec if they have a domicile in Quebec, carry on an activity in Quebec (including operating a business) or possess an immovable real right in Quebec that is not a priority nor a hypothec;
- Any legal person constituted under a law other than a Quebec law if they maintain their domicile in Quebec, carry on an activity in Quebec (including operating a business) or possess an immovable real right in Quebec that is not a priority nor a hypothec;
- Any legal person established from a private interest that is not constituted in Quebec and that is a result of an amalgamation;
- Any legal person constituted in Quebec before 1994 that is not already registered in the enterprise register;
If you are registering an enterprise in Quebec that was constituted under a law that it not a Quebec law, you must meet the following three conditions:
- The enterprise’s information is already published in another jurisdiction’s register;
- The information in the declaration of registration, such as the name of the enterprise, the domicile address and the date of constitution, are identical to the information declared in the jurisdiction of constitution;
- The enterprise has not been dissolved.
In Quebec, an enterprise is considered to be carrying on an activity or operating an enterprise under one of the following circumstances:
- It possesses an address in Quebec;
- It or its representative possesses an establishment or post office box in Quebec;
- It or its representative has a telephone line in Quebec;
- It or its representative carries on an activity in Quebec for the purpose of making a profit.
In order to register an enterprise in Quebec, the enterprise must file a declaration of registration in Quebec.
We offer this service to our clients who are looking to operate or carry on a business activity in Quebec through our business registration package.
We offer the service of becoming your business’ registered agent. In this case, we will get all your mail whether they be from government authorities or the enterprise registry.
If you are looking for this service, kindly visit our registered agent page, here.
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