– *links updated October 2, 2023 –
Each province and territory in Canada has its own corporate statute and securities rules and regulations.
A number, but not all, of the corporate statutes in Canada are based on the Federal Business Corporations Act with slight variations. Companies are required to comply with the corporate statute they were incorporated under. If a company is incorporated under the Federal corporate statute, or conducts business in another province other than the province it was incorporated under, it must be extra-provincially registered in that province.
Each individual province in Canada has its own provincial securities regulator. All transactions that involve securities within a particular Province must comply with that province’s securities rules and regulations, unless otherwise exempt. Securities transactions involving residents in more than one province, must comply with the securities laws in each applicable province. A number of the securities rules are harmonized through National Policy Statements and Multi-Lateral Instruments involving more than just one province.
Contact information and links to each province’s corporate and securities laws and regulations have been organized in folders. Just click on the name of the Province to reveal the resources in that folder.
Corporations Canada
Jean Edmonds Building
South Tower, 9th Floor
365 Laurier Avenue West
Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0C8
General Inquiries:
Toll-free (within Canada): 1-866-333-5556
Telephone (National Capital Region and Outside Canada): 613-941-9042
FAX: 613-941-4803
Email: corporationscanada@ic.gc.ca
Alberta Corporate Registry
Corporate Registries
Box 1007 Station Main
Edmonton AB T5J 3W3
Tel: 780-422-7330
Fax: 780-422-1091
E-mail: cr@gov.ab.ca
Alberta Securities Commission
Suite 600, 250 – 5 Street SW
Calgary Alberta T2P 0R4
Tel: 403-297-6454
Toll Free: 1-877-355-0585
Fax: 403-297-6156
Email: Inquiries@asc.ca
British Columbia Registrar of Companies
P.O. Box 9431, Stn. Prov. Govt.
Victoria BC V8W 9V3
General Information: 250-387-7848 or 604 775-1041
Fax: 250-356-9422
British Columbia Securities Commission
P.O. Box 10142, Pacific Centre
701 West Georgia Street
Vancouver, BC V7Y 1L2
Tel: 604-899-6500
Toll Free: 1-800-373-6393
Fax: 604-899-6506
Email: inquiries@bcsc.bc.ca
Manitoba Consumer and Corporate Affairs: Companies Office
1010 Woodsworth Building, 10th Floor
405 Broadway Avenue
Winnipeg, MB R3C 3L6
Tel: 204-945-2500
Toll Free: 1-888-246-8353
Fax: 204-945-1459
E-mail: companies@gov.mb.ca
Manitoba Securities Commission
500 – 400 St. Mary Avenue
Winnipeg, MB R3C 4K5
Tel: 204-945-2548
Fax: 204-945-0330
Email: securities@gov.mb.ca
New Brunswick Corporate Registry
Service New Brunswick
432 Queen Street
Fredericton, N.B. E3B 1B6
Mailing address:
Corporate Affairs Branch
Service New Brunswick
P.O. Box 1998
Fredericton NB E3B 5G4
Tel: 506-453-2703
Fax: 506-453-2613
New Brunswick Securities Commission
85 Charlotte Street, Suite 300
Saint John, NB E2L 2J2
Tel: 506-658-3060
Fax: 506-658-3059
Email: information@nbsc-cvmnb.ca
Newfoundland and Labrador Registry of Companies
P.O. Box 8700
St-John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador A1B 4J6
Courier/Street Address:
59 Elizabeth Avenue
St-John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador A1B 4J6
Tel: 709-729-3317
Fax: 709-729-0232
Newfoundland and Labrador Department of Government Services Consumer & Commercial Affairs Branch
2nd Floor, West Block
Confederation Building
P.O. Box 8700
St. John’s, NL A1B 4J6
Tel: 709-729-4189
Fax: 709-729-6187
Northwest Territories Corporate Registry
1st Floor, Stuart Hodgson Bldg.
5009 – 49th Street, Box 1320
Yellowknife, NT X1A 2L9
Tel: 867-873-7492
Fax: 867-873-0243
Northwest Territories Office of the Superintendent of Securities
Department of Justice
Government of the Northwest Territories
1st Floor Stuart M. Hodgson Building
5009 – 49th Street
P.O. Box 1320
Yellowknife, NT X1A 2L9
Tel: 867-920-3318
Fax: 867-873-0243
- CSA National Instruments Adopted by Northwest Territories *
- Northwest Territories Securities Act, S.N.W.T. 2008, c. 10
- Northwest Territories Promulgation of Rules Regulations, N.W.T. Reg. 060-2008
- Northwest Territories Local Rules
- Northwest Territories Blanket Orders & Amendments
- Northwest Territories Securities Transfer Act, S.N.W.T. 2009, c. 14
Nova Scotia Registry of Joint Stock Companies
Maritime Centre, 9th Floor, Box 1529
1505 Barrington Street
Halifax, NS B3J 2K4
Tel: 902-424-7770
Fax: 902-424-4633
Nova Scotia Securities Commission
Joseph Howe Building
2nd Floor, 1690 Hollis Street
P.O. Box 458
Halifax, NS B3J 2P8 / Courier: B3J 3J9
Tel: 902-424-7768
Fax: 902-424-4625
Nunavut Corporate Registries
Legal Registries Division
Department of Justice
P.O. Box 1000, Station 570
1st Floor, Brown Building
Iqaluit, NU X0A 0H0
Tel: 867-975-6190
Fax: 867-975-6194
E-mail:svangenne@gov.nu.ca
Nunavut Office of the Superintendent of Securities
Department of Justice
Government of Nunavut
1st Floor, Brown Building
P.O. Box 1000 – Station 570
Iqaluit, NU X0A 0H0
Tel: 867-975-6590
Fax: 867-975-6594
Ontario Ministry of Consumer and Business Services
Companies and Personal Property Security Branch
393 University Avenue, 2nd Floor
Toronto, ON M5G 2M2
Tel: 416-314-8880 or 1-800-361-3223
Fax: 416-314-4852
Ontario Securities Commission
Box 55
Suite 1903 – 20 Queen Street West
Toronto, ON M5H 3S8
Tel: 416-593-8314
Toll Free: 1-877-785-1555
Fax: 416-593-8122
Email: Inquiries@osc.gov.on.ca
Prince Edward Island The Department of Justice and Public Safety: Office of Attorney General
105 Rochford Street, 4th Floor, Shaw Building
P.O. Box 2000
Charlottetown, PE C1A 7N8
Tel: 902-368-4550
Fax: 902-368-5283
E-mail: skfurlotte@gov.pe.ca
Prince Edward Island Securities Office
Consumer, Corporate and Insurance Services Division
Office of the Attorney General
95 Rochford Street, P.O. Box 2000
Charlottetown, PE C1A 7N8
Tel: 902-368-4569
Fax: 902-368-5283
Quebec Registraire des Entreprises
2050, rue De Bleury, 4e étage
(Métro Place-des-Arts)
Montréal, QC H3A 2J5
Téléphone: 514-644-4545
Toll Free: 1-877-644-4545
Fax: 418-528-5703
Quebec Autorite des marches financiers
800, square Victoria, 22e étage
C.P. 246, tour de la Bourse
Montréal (Québec) H4Z 1G3
Telephone: 514 395-0337
Fax: 514 873-3090
Saskatchewan Corporate Registry
Saskatchewan Information Services Corporation
1301 1st Avenue
Regina, SK S4R 8H2
Tel: 306-787-2962
Fax: 306- 787-8999
E-mail: corporateregistry@isc.ca
Saskatchewan Financial Services Commission
6th Floor 1919 Saskatchewan Drive
Regina, SK S4P 3V7
Tel: 306-787-5645 (Regina)
Fax: 306-787-5899 (Regina)
Email: fcaa@gov.sk.ca
Yukon Department of Corporate Affairs: Registrar of Companies
P.O. Box 2703
2130 Second Avenue
Whitehorse, YT Y1A 2C6
Tel: 867-667-5442
Fax: 867-393-6251
E-mail: corporateaffairs@gov.yk.ca
Yukon Superintendent of Securities
Community Services
PO Box 2703
Whitehorse, YT Y1A 3C6
Courier: 2130 Second Avenue, 3rd Floor
Whitehorse, YT Y1A 5H6
Tel: 867-667-5225
Fax: 867-393-6251