Manage Your Business
Every change to an Alberta business after it is registered is a filing, and this page is where you find the right one. Pick the filing below, see the total price before the form, and complete orders received before 3:00 pm MT are filed the same business day.
Manage Alberta Corporation Filings Made Simple With ACS
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. This hub covers everything you need to manage Alberta corporation filings after incorporation, plus the updates an extra-provincial registration, trade name or partnership needs over its life.
You tell us what changed in a short online form and upload valid ID. A trained person reviews every filing before it goes to Corporate Registry, and PDF copies of the filed documents come back to you for your minute book. Owners cannot file in CORES, Alberta's Corporate Registry System, themselves; every filing goes through a registry agent, and each price is one total with the government fee included.
Amendments and Filings
Every filing on the site, from a single annual return to a full continuance. Where Corporate Registry records nothing, there is no government fee.
Annual Returns
File your annual return in Alberta →For every Alberta corporation, due each year in the anniversary month of incorporation. From $149 + GST.
Add or Remove a Director
Change your directors →For a board that has changed; we file the notice of change with Corporate Registry. From $149 + GST.
Director Address Change
Update a director's address →For a director who has moved, so the public record shows a current address. From $149 + GST.
Officer Change
Update your officers →For appointing or replacing a president, secretary or other officer, recorded in your registers and resolutions. No government fee; from $149 + GST.
Shareholder Change
Record a shareholder change →For share issuances and transfers, prepared for the securities register and reported on your next annual return. No government fee; from $149 + GST.
Corporation Address Change
Change your corporation's address →For a new registered office or records address. From $149 + GST.
Corporation Name Change
Rename your corporation →For renaming a corporation by Articles of Amendment with a fresh Alberta NUANS report. From $230 + GST.
Articles of Amendment
File Articles of Amendment →For changes to share classes, restrictions or any other article; Alberta has no "notice of articles". From $149 + GST.
Continuance
Continue your corporation into Alberta →For a corporation moving into Alberta from another jurisdiction. From $933 + GST.
Dissolve a Business
Dissolve your corporation →For owners closing an Alberta corporation properly. From $498 + GST.
Revive a Corporation
Revive your corporation →For a struck-off corporation, within 10 years of dissolution, with all outstanding annual returns filed. From $544 + GST.
Agent for Service Changes
Change your agent for service →For appointing or replacing the individual located in Alberta who accepts legal documents for you. From $149 + GST.
Extra-Provincial Annual Returns
File an extra-provincial annual return →For out-of-province corporations registered in Alberta. From $149 + GST.
Extra-Provincial Name Change
Update your name in Alberta →For a corporation renamed at home whose Alberta registration must match. From $230 + GST.
Extra-Provincial Change of Head Office
Change your head office →For out-of-province corporations with a new head office or Alberta address. From $149 + GST.
Unincorporated Business Update
Update your business information →For sole proprietors and partnerships with a new address or owner details. From $149 + GST.
Change of Partners
File a change of partners →For adding or removing a partner in a registered partnership. From $149 + GST.
Changes to a Trade Name or Partnership Registration
Amend your registration →For amending the declaration itself, including an LP or LLP declaration. From $149 + GST.
Cancel a Registration
Cancel your registration →For a trade name or partnership that has stopped trading. From $187 + GST.
Manage by Business Type
- Corporations: annual returns, director, officer, shareholder, address and name changes, amendments, continuance, dissolution and revival. Need your number first? Find your corporate access number.
- Extra-provincials: the four filings that keep an out-of-province corporation's Alberta registration current, including the NWPTA route for BC, Saskatchewan and Manitoba corporations.
- Sole proprietorships and partnerships: updates, partner changes, amendments and cancellations for trade names, partnerships, LPs and LLPs.
- Want one list with prices and turnaround? See all amendments and filings.
Not sure which one?
- If a reminder from Corporate Registry has arrived for your anniversary month, file the annual return.
- If a director joined, left or moved, file a director change or a director address change.
- If the corporation moved, file the address change; if the person who accepts legal documents changed, file the agent for service change.
- If you are renaming the corporation or changing its shares, you need Articles of Amendment; a new named name also needs an Alberta NUANS report.
- If shares changed hands or an officer was appointed, update the minute book; Corporate Registry sees your top five voting shareholders on the annual return.
- If the corporation was struck, revive it; if you are closing it, dissolve it.
- If your business is a trade name or partnership, there is no renewal, but every change must be filed.
- Still unsure? Call (403) XXX-XXXX and a person will point you to the right filing in a few minutes.
FAQs
How soon do I have to file a change of directors in Alberta?
Alberta sets a filing deadline that runs from the date the change takes effect. Do not wait for the annual return: send us the new director's details and valid ID, and complete orders received before 3:00 pm MT are filed the same business day.
What happens if I miss my annual return?
Miss it and Corporate Registry sends notices; keep missing it and the corporation is struck (dissolved). A dissolved corporation can be revived within 10 years by a director, shareholder or creditor, but every outstanding annual return must be filed first, so the simplest fix is to file the overdue return now.
Can I change my corporation's name without a new NUANS report?
Only if the new name is a numbered name. Any named name needs an Alberta NUANS report (a name search that reserves the name for 90 days) that is less than 91 days old when the Articles of Amendment are filed. We order the report and file the amendment together.
Do officer changes get filed with Corporate Registry?
No. Alberta Corporate Registry does not record officers, so a new president or secretary is appointed by director resolution and entered in the register of officers in your minute book. We prepare the resolution and the updated register, and there is no government fee.
Pick your filing above and see the total price before you start. Questions? Call (403) XXX-XXXX (Mon–Fri 8:00–6:00 MT).