Online Business Corporation Registration

For cross-border e-commerce businesses, choosing an Ontario Corporation to sell products in Canada offers the following advantages:

• Registering a company in Ontario does not require shareholders or directors to be Canadian residents.
• Relatively low registration costs: Ontario's company registration and maintenance costs are relatively reasonable, making it suitable for sellers entering the Canadian market for the first time. Federal corporations, on the other hand, still require registration in the primary sales province to obtain local operating licenses.
• Market and resource concentration: Ontario is Canada's most populous and economically vibrant province, home to many large e-commerce warehouses and logistics centers (such as Amazon, Walmart, and Shopify headquarters). Registering an Ontario Corporation facilitates integration with platforms and supply chains.
• Brand and compliance advantages: Compared to registering solely as a federal corporation, operating in Ontario requires no additional provincial registration procedures, making operations, such as annual inspections, much simpler.

Basic registration fee details:

• Government fee: $200 (including government fee and electronic application fee)
• CRA Business Number (BN): $50 (required)
• Corporate income tax account setting: Free (required)
• Service fee: $49 (including standard documents and certificates)