Change of Partners – Add or Remove Partners in an Alberta Partnership

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.

A general partnership or limited partnership is registered under Alberta's Partnership Act, and the registration lists the partners. When someone joins, retires or dies, that list is out of date until a change of partners is filed. The registry filing is only the public record. The private side, who owns what share of the business and what a departing partner is owed, lives in your partnership agreement; have a lawyer update it.

What a partnership amendment in Alberta changes, and what it does not

The filed change updates who Corporate Registry shows as the partners. It does not divide profits, release the leaving partner from debts the partnership already owes, or move assets between partners. Those belong to your partnership agreement and your lawyer, and your accountant will want the date of the change for the year's filings.

Who this is for

• A partnership bringing in a new partner, such as a senior employee buying in.
• A partner retiring or leaving, who wants the public record to stop showing their name.
• A family partnership after a death, where the record needs to be corrected.
• A limited partnership adding or removing a limited partner.

How it works

1. Tell us who is joining or leaving (about 10 minutes). Enter the partnership's registered name and the details of each partner coming in or going out.
2. We review within about an hour. A trained agent matches the partners you list against the registration on file and checks the ID of the person signing.
3. We prepare and file. We complete the change-of-partners form and submit it through [Partner registry agent name], our licensed registry agent partner. Complete orders received before 3:00 pm MT are filed the same business day.
4. You receive the filed change as a PDF by email, and the registry record shows the current partners.

Common mistakes we catch before filing

• A new partner's home address missing, or a nickname used instead of a legal name.
• A departing partner removed from the registry but left on the bank account and the lease. We remind you to update both.
• A partnership reduced to one person and left registered as a partnership.
• A change filed without a departing partner's signature where the form needs it.
• Confusing the registry filing with the partnership agreement. We file the record; a lawyer updates the agreement.

What you need before you start

1. The partnership's registered name, and the registration number if you have it.
2. Each incoming partner's full legal name and home address.
3. Each outgoing partner's name as it appears on the registration, and the date they left.
4. Valid ID for the partner signing the change.
5. Signatures from the partners the form requires.

Requirements in Alberta

• Partnerships, limited partnerships (LPs) and limited liability partnerships (LLPs) are registered under the Partnership Act through a registry agent with valid ID.
• There is no periodic renewal; partner changes are filed through a registry agent when they happen.
• The registration does not protect the business name and does not create a separate legal entity.
• The government fee is paid on your behalf and included in the price.
• CRA accounts (business number, GST, payroll) are updated with CRA, not Corporate Registry.

Orders received after 3:00 pm MT, or missing a required signature, are filed the next business day once complete.