Provincial Corporation – Extra-Provincial Registration in Alberta

ACS is a private company. Our CORES-trained agents prepare your filing and submit it through a licensed Alberta registry agent. We are not a government office or a registry agent. CORES is Alberta's Corporate Registry System, and business owners cannot file in it themselves.

Carrying on business in Alberta: when registration is required

A corporation formed outside Alberta must register in Alberta if it carries on business here. That includes soliciting business in Alberta, or having a resident agent, representative, warehouse, office or place of business in Alberta. Signing one Alberta customer from a Vancouver office may or may not cross the line; if you are unsure, ask your lawyer, and we register the corporation once the decision is made.

Registration does not create a new corporation. Your existing corporation is recorded with Alberta Corporate Registry, with an Alberta agent for service, so it can operate here in its own name.

Who this is for

• A BC or Ontario company that has just signed its first Alberta client, opened a Calgary office or hired a representative here, and needs to register a corporation in Alberta from another province without a trip to a registry.
• A federal (CBCA) corporation setting up in Alberta. Federal incorporation does not replace Alberta registration; a federal corporation must also register extra-provincially to operate here.
• A corporation from outside Canada with a warehouse, representative or office in Alberta.
• Law firms and accountants registering clients: exact form names, PDFs the same day and one account for every client.

How it works

1. Order online (about 15 minutes). Enter your corporation's details, upload your charter documents and certificate of status, or ask us to order the certificate.
2. We order and review the NUANS report (usually within the hour). If an existing Alberta name conflicts with yours, we call you before filing to discuss an assumed name.
3. We prepare the package. A CORES-trained agent drafts the Statement of Registration (REG3055) and Notice of Agent for Service (REG3037), checks that your certificate of status is current and that your agent for service is an individual located in Alberta.
4. We file through our licensed registry agent partner, [Partner registry agent name], within 1–2 business days of receiving a complete package, and email the filed documents and the registry's confirmation.

Common mistakes we catch before filing

• A name that conflicts with an existing Alberta corporation, spotted on the NUANS report, which can mean registering under an assumed name.
• A stale certificate of status, ordered months ago for a bank or a bid, that is no longer current on filing day.
• No Alberta agent for service, or a company or out-of-province lawyer named instead of an individual located in Alberta.
• Charter documents that are not certified, or that omit an amendment, so the name on the articles does not match the name on the certificate of status.
• A NUANS report that will be more than 90 days old by the time the certificate of status arrives.

What you need before you start

Send us:

1. Your corporation's details. Full legal name, home jurisdiction, incorporation number and date, as they appear on your charter documents.
2. Certified copies of your charter documents. Your certificate and articles of incorporation, plus any amendments, including name changes.
3. Proof of current status. A certificate of status (also called a certificate of good standing) from your home registry, showing the corporation is active. It must be current when we file. If you do not have one, we can order it for BC, Ontario and federal corporations.
4. Addresses. Your head office address, and your Alberta business address if you have one.
5. An agent for service. An individual located in Alberta, with an Alberta address, who receives legal documents for the corporation. It does not need to be a lawyer; choose ours if you have nobody in Alberta.
6. Valid ID for the person authorizing the registration.

We obtain: the Alberta NUANS report, and, if you ask, your certificate of status.

Requirements for extra-provincial registration in Alberta

• Who must register: any corporation formed outside Alberta that carries on business here, including by soliciting business in Alberta or having a resident agent, representative, warehouse, office or place of business in Alberta. Federal (CBCA) corporations included.
• The package: Statement of Registration (REG3055), Notice of Agent for Service (REG3037), a certified copy of the charter documents, proof of current status from the home registry, an Alberta NUANS report less than 91 days old, and valid ID.
• Agent for service: an individual located in Alberta; a lawyer is not required.
• Government fee: paid on your behalf and included in the price.
• After registration: an Alberta annual return each year, alongside your home-jurisdiction filings.

• An Alberta NUANS report (a name search valid for 90 days) for your corporation's name, ordered by us and reviewed for conflicts with existing Alberta names.
• Statement of Registration (REG3055) and Notice of Agent for Service (REG3037), prepared from your details and reviewed by a CORES-trained agent before filing.
• Package assembly: we check your certified charter documents and your proof of current status from the home registry, and tell you before filing if anything is missing or out of date.
• Filed documents and the registry's confirmation as PDFs by email, formatted for your minute book.
• Optional, priced separately: an agent for service in Alberta if nobody on your team lives here, and a certificate of status from your home registry, which we can order for BC, Ontario and federal corporations.
• A reminder before your Alberta annual return.

Packages with missing or out-of-date documents are filed once they are complete; we tell you the same day what is needed.