Running a registered partnership and ready to be a company? We set up the new BC company with you and your partners as owners, file it, then close the old partnership registration. Our fee is $97. The BC fee is $351.50, at cost. Both are paid up front.
A BC partnership can’t be switched into a company. You incorporate a new company, move the business into it, and then dissolve the partnership registration. We handle both filings.
Have these ready. One partner fills it in. It takes about 10 minutes.
Every partner on the registration has to agree to incorporate. Tell us each partner’s full legal name, and who will own and run the company.
Pick one: a numbered company (for example 1234567 B.C. Ltd.), which is fastest, or a new name, which needs a BC name request first. A partnership registration doesn’t reserve your name for a company, so we check it before we file.
Each director’s full legal name, home (delivery) address and mailing address. Who owns the shares and how many each. Most partners become directors and split the shares the way they split the partnership, for example 50/50.
A BC street address for the registered office and records office, and an email for BC Registries notices.
The partnership’s registered name and BC registration number, plus its CRA Business Number and GST number if it has them. If you have a written partnership agreement, have it handy.
Each incorporator signs the incorporation agreement and each director signs a consent to act. We send them to sign online. The partner who fills this in does a 2-minute ID check by Stripe in the portal. We confirm each other partner on a short video call. Never email us photos of ID.
Our fee: $97, paid up front with the BC fee. It covers preparing the incorporation application and articles, filing it, sending you the certificate, and filing the partnership dissolution after.
BC Registries: $351.50 to incorporate ($350 + $1.50 online filing fee), paid up front at cost. Dissolving the partnership registration has no BC fee. A name request adds $30, and priority review adds $100 if you are in a hurry. A numbered company skips the name request.
+ applicable government registration & licensing fees, billed at cost — we quote your exact figure before filing.
Timing: a numbered company can usually be filed within 1 business day once every partner has signed and the ID checks are done. A named company waits for the name request first. BC Registries currently lists about 5 to 7 business days, or 1 to 2 with priority review. Their timing is outside our control.
Paid today, before we start: $448.50
$97 Prontco fee + $351.50 BC Registries incorporation fee ($350 + $1.50 online filing fee), at cost.
Partnership dissolution: no BC fee, included.
Optional: $30 name request (not needed for a numbered company) · $100 BC priority review, quoted before we file.
+ applicable taxes on our fee. The BC fee is refunded if we can’t file it.
Send this and you go straight to your own Prontco portal. Answer the company questions, list every partner as a director or shareholder, sign, pay the $448.50 by card, then do the 2-minute ID check. We book a short call with your other partners and submit as soon as everyone has signed.
Not directly. You incorporate a new BC company, move the business into it, then dissolve the partnership registration. The partners usually become the company's directors and shareholders.
Yes. Every partner on the registration should agree before you incorporate, and anyone who will be a director or shareholder signs the incorporation documents.
A numbered company can usually be filed within 1 business day once every partner has signed and the ID checks are done. A named company waits for a name request first. BC Registries currently lists about 5 to 7 business days, or 1 to 2 with priority review ($100 more). Their timing is outside our control.
Our fee is $97. BC Registries charges $351.50 to incorporate online, at cost. A name request is $30 more, or skip it with a numbered company. Dissolving the partnership registration has no BC fee, and we file it for you.
Usually. The company can register it as a trade name once the partnership is dissolved, or you can request it as the company's legal name. A partnership registration doesn't guarantee the name will be approved for a company, so we check it first.
The partnership files its final returns, including a final GST return if it is registered. Moving equipment, vehicles or money into the company has tax rules of its own. Talk to your accountant before the move. We don't give tax advice.
Sole proprietor instead? See incorporate your sole proprietorship. Starting from scratch? See how to start a business in BC.
Sources: BC: sole proprietorships and partnerships · BC: dissolution of a proprietorship or partnership · BC Registries processing times