Register a Corporation in Nova Scotia

A corporation is a separate entity from its owners, offering transferable ownership and limited liability. To register your business as a corporation in Nova Scotia, simply complete our form, which guides you through each step. Once submitted, our team will prepare the Articles of Incorporation and begin the registration process for your corporation.

A Name Approval is required to verify the availability of a proposed corporate name. Before registering a corporation in Nova Scotia, it is required to ensure that the chosen name is unique and does not conflict with the trademarks or corporate names of existing entities.

You corporation's name will be a numbered name. That means, the first part of the name with a random number generated by the Government registries. Example: 354777 Nova Scotia Limited'.

Select your choice of Registration Queue. The certificate and articles will be delivered to you by email within the selected service process time.

Note: This is suitable for most corporations with single owner and corporations with multiple owners but do not want to differentiate between shareholders.

Note: Suitable for corporation who wish to have shareholders with voting power & non-voting power. Shareholders with voting power are decision makers while non-voting shareholders don't involve in any business decisions,

Custom Share Structure: Suitable for service providers like accountants, lawyers, etc who wish to have an advanced share structure. If you select this option, you must provide the following in the box below:

1. Share classes
2. Rights and restrictions attached to each share class.

What is the use of a minute?
Corporation regulations require that you have a properly maintained minute book with up to date information and changes made to the business. When you visit a bank to open an account for the business, the minute book is accepted as proof of shareholders' names.

Incorporators prepares documents, fill forms and submit for incorporation. Once the company is incorporated, they have no role in it. Directors supervising the activities of the corporation and makes decisions. A shareholder owns part of a company and can serve as a director, combining ownership with a role in guiding the company's decisions and direction. Officers are responsible for day-to-day activities of a corporation.