Already registered as a sole proprietor and ready to be a company? Send us your answers today and we prepare and file it with BC Registries. Our fee is $97. The BC fee is $351.50, at cost. Both are paid up front.
Have these ready. It takes about 10 minutes. Running a general partnership instead? Use incorporate your general partnership.
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. You can keep using your current business name as a trade name either way.
Each director’s full legal name, home (delivery) address and mailing address. Who owns the shares and how many each. Most one-person companies have one director and one shareholder: you.
A BC street address for the registered office and records office (your home is fine if you keep your records there), and an email for BC Registries notices.
Most small businesses use one class of common shares, no maximum, no par value. You sign the incorporation agreement and the standard BC articles, and each director signs a consent to act. We send them to you to sign online.
Your current business name and BC registration number, plus your CRA Business Number and GST number if you have them. We use these to line up what changes after.
We have to confirm who you are before we submit. Right after you pay, your portal asks for a 2-minute ID check done by Stripe (a photo of your licence or passport and a selfie). It’s the same secure check banks use, and it keeps your ID safer than sending a photo by email.
Our fee: $97, paid up front with the BC fee. It covers preparing the incorporation application and articles, filing it, and sending you the certificate.
BC Registries: $351.50 to incorporate ($350 + $1.50 online filing fee), paid up front at cost. 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: we prepare it within about 1 business day of having your answers and your signed agreement. A numbered company is the fastest route. A named company waits for the name request first; BC Registries says about 7 to 14 days (priority review, $100 more, is currently about 5 business days), and 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.
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 four company questions, sign, pay the $448.50 by card, then do the 2-minute ID check. We submit as soon as both are done.
A numbered company can usually be filed within 1 business day of having your answers and signed agreement. A named company first needs a name request: BC Registries says about 7 to 14 days, and priority review ($100 more) is currently about 5 business days. BC processing times are outside our control.
BC Registries charges $350 to incorporate. A name request is $30 more, or skip it with a numbered company. Prontco's fee to prepare and file it is $97. Government fees are billed at cost.
Yes. The company can register your current business name as its trade name, or you can request it as the company's legal name. We go through which one fits on a short call.
The company is a new legal person, so it gets its own Business Number from the CRA, and its own GST and WorkSafeBC accounts if you have them now. Your city business licence, bank account and contracts move to the company name. Talk to your accountant before you move equipment, vehicles or money from the sole proprietorship into the company.
Starting from scratch instead? See how to register a sole proprietorship in BC or start a launch.