The three most common ways of carrying on business in Ontario are:

• Sole Proprietorship – a business owned by one person.

• Partnership – a business owned by two or more people.

• Corporation – a legal entity that is separate from its owners, the shareholders.

Exhaustive information is available through other sources, including Forms of Business Organization, the Ontario government and your local public library.

If you are thinking of incorporating a business or of changing an existing corporate structure, I would be pleased to assist you. For your convenience, we have created a Corporate Information Sheet, which you can complete and forward to us to ensure that we have accurate information for your file.

If your business is already incorporated, we would be pleased to assist to you to keep your corporation’s minute book up to date – and thereby maintain your company’s corporate status.