The Ontario Business Registry (OBR), introduced in 2019, moved Ontario from a microfiche-based corporate system to a modern database system. Admittedly, the initial rollout was not great, and there have been many improvements to the system. There are many more improvements that can be made. A comparison with the Federal Online Filing Centre and the Federal government’s CNCA corporation database reveals that it is decades behind, particularly in terms of transparency.
That being said, here are some examples of documents that can be filed using the Ontario Business Registry (OBR).
Not-for-Profit Corporations Act, 2010 (NFPCA or ONCA)
Corporations Information Act (CIA)
Business Names Act (BNA)
Other notices
Corrected Certificates and Other Documents
Filing Methods and Requirements
Here are some forms and instructions that relate to the Ontario Not-for-Profit Corporations Act (“ONCA”)
Not-for-Profit Corporations Act, 2010 (NFPCA or ONCA)
For further information on ONCA, see the Blumbergs Professional Corporation ONCA directory.
You might find our Blumbergs’ ONCA Suitcase (1541 pages) to be helpful with a lot of documents in one PDF making it much easier to search.
Also, here are some other resources that some ONCA corporations may find helpful:
- Ontario not-for-profit corporations and dealing with ONCA (online course)
- Options for dealing with ONCA for Ontario non-profit organizations
- 20 Ways We May Be Able To Help You With ONCA
- Objects/Purposes of many Ontario non-profits that are registered charities are sometimes not charitable or appropriate
- CRA sends out reminder to Ontario non-profit corporations under the Ontario Not-for-Profit Corporations Act (“ONCA”) that they need to act
- How is CRA going to be handling ONCA and the many Ontario non-profit corporations that are registered charities
- How valuable is your time? Get legal advice before embarking on the ONCA transition.
- Why it is difficult to provide an estimate for legal services relating to ONCA transition or CNCA continuance for an existing non-profit or charity or registered charity