A Professional Corporation is a corporation that carries on a professional practice. Professional corporations are governed by the Business Corporations Act, as well as the by-laws of the governing bodies of the relevant professions.
Examples: Professionals that can incorporate their practices are: Medical Doctors, Dentists, Veterinarians, Chartered Accountants, Certified General Accountants, Lawyers, etc.

You can propose 3 names in the order of preference for your corporation. We will submit all 3 names to B.C Registries for approval. Once we receive the name approval, we will proceed to incorporate your business with that name. B.C Registries process the name request in a priority or non-priority. In a priority queue, the name approval can be received in 48 hours while a non-priority queue can take up to 25 days.

Incorporators prepares documents, fill forms and submit for incorporation. Once the company is incorporated, they have no role in it. Directors supervising the activities of the corporation and makes decisions. Typically all directors must be incorporators.

Note: Suitable for corporation who wish to have shareholders with voting power & non-voting power. Shareholders with voting power are the professionals while non-voting shareholders can be spouse or immediate family members.

Custom Share Structure: Suitable for service providers who are incorporating for their clients or if you already have your own professional Corporation articles. If you select this option, you must provide the following in the box below:

1. Share classes
2. Rights and restrictions attached to each share class.