Federal Corporate Profile Report
Search the federal corporate registry — operated by Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED) — for any business incorporated under the Canada Business Corporations Act (CBCA).
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What's in the Federal Business Registry
Entity types covered
- Business corporation
- Not-for-profit corporation
- Cooperative
- Board of trade
* Other entity types may also be available — we'll return whatever is available.
What's in the report
- Name
- Registration number
- Status
- Registered office address
- Directors
- Individuals with significant control
- Corporate history
* Coverage varies by jurisdiction — some registries publish more detail than others.
Frequently Asked Questions
Corporations Canada — common questions
The business number (BN) is a 9-digit identifier assigned by the Canada Revenue Agency, used for federal tax, payroll, GST/HST, and import/export accounts. Federal corporations are issued a BN at the time of incorporation, and it appears alongside the corporation number on Corporations Canada's public record. The BN is included in Current's federal corporate profile reports when available.
Corporations Canada publishes a federal corporation's legal name, corporation number, business number, status (active, dissolved, struck off), date of incorporation, registered office address, governing legislation, and the names and addresses for service of its directors. Corporate name history and annual filing history are also available. A subset of Individuals with Significant Control (ISC) information became publicly accessible in 2024.
Search the corporation on the Corporations Canada federal search tool by corporate name, corporation number, or business number. The free public record lists the names of all current directors and their addresses for service (not home addresses). Director changes are visible through the corporation's filing history, and Current's federal corporate profile report includes the same data in a single normalized export.
Partially. Since January 22, 2024, federal corporations under the Canada Business Corporations Act must file ISC information with Corporations Canada, and a subset — each ISC's name, date of birth, and address for service — is made public. Residential addresses and other sensitive fields remain protected. Current's federal corporate profile reports include the publicly disclosed ISC fields when available.
A federal corporation is incorporated under the Canada Business Corporations Act (CBCA) and registered with Corporations Canada, giving it the right to operate under its registered name in every province and territory. A provincial corporation is incorporated under provincial legislation and only holds that name in its home jurisdiction — to operate elsewhere it must extra-provincially register. Many businesses incorporate federally and then extra-provincially register in the provinces where they actually carry on business.
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Disclaimer: Current is a private, third-party service operated by Current Future Labs Inc. We are not affiliated with, endorsed by, or connected to any Canadian federal, provincial, or territorial government, including Corporations Canada, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED), or any provincial corporate registry. Data is provided for informational purposes only.