Corporate Registry

New West Partnership Trade Agreement

GENERAL INFORMATION

The New West Partnership Trade Agreement (NWPTA) builds on the Trade, Investment and Labour Mobility Agreement (TILMA) between British Columbia and Alberta, and includes extending the same seamless corporate registration processes to Saskatchewan.

The agreement benefits businesses by eliminating the multiple registrations and reporting requirements across the three provinces and streamlines the regulatory requirements to start and operate a business, making it easier to do business in the West. This far-reaching economic partnership is designed to foster prosperity through meaningful interprovincial collaboration and will create jobs by making the markets attractive to investors.

NWPTA will be phased in over the next year. The initial service is available to corporations doing business in Saskatchewan, and vice versa. This includes the same processes currently in place with Alberta, with some enhancements.

In July 2013, this same service will be available to businesses registering as limited partnerships or limited liability partnerships in British Columbia, and cooperative associations incorporating in British Columbia, that wish to extraprovincially register in Saskatchewan, and vice versa. This service will continue to be available now to Alberta limited partnerships, limited liability partnerships and cooperative associations as offered under the former TILMA Agreement.

Corporate Online

Most registrations and other filing updates for a British Columbia company about to register, or already registered in Alberta or Saskatchewa as an extraprovincial company, can be submitted electronically through the BC Registry Services self-serve filing application, Corporate Online.  On the Corporate Online menu NWPTA transactions are found under the NWPTA Submissions menu.  Here you can:

  • register an existing British Columbia company in a NWPTA jurisdiction;
  • file updates to the Alberta and/or Saskatchewan attorney for service information; and
  • update the company's head office information.

If you haven’t incorporated yet, you will need to use the Name Requests Online reservation application first to reserve the company name in British Columbia. Name Requests Online also allows you to request a NUANS search for Alberta and/or a name search for Saskatchewan.  Once your name reservations are approved you can use Corporate Online to file an Incorporation Application and submit information to register the company in Alberta and/or Saskatchewan as an extraprovincial corporation.
 
Important Information

The information on this web page is for eligible British Columbia legal entities that need to register or update information as an extraprovincial entity in Alberta and/or Saskatchewan under the New West Partnership Trade Agreement.  It also applies to some British Columbia companies that must submit the extraprovincial registration information on paper rather than using Corporate Online.

If you have not been directed to this web page by a formal notice or by staff at BC Registry Services, you should contact the office to determine if you are following the correct steps for registration or for submitting other filings in Alberta and/or Saskatchewan under the New West Partnership Trade Agreement.

For assistance call 250 356-8626 or, if calling from the Greater Vancouver area, the direct dial free line is 604 775-1047.

COMPANY

Restoration

In addition to the Restoration Application (Form 30) and other information you need to submit for the restoration of the company in British Columbia, you will need to complete an additional form(s) to register the British Columbia company in Alberta and/or Saskatchewan as an extraprovincial company.

Complete this additional form and mail or fax it along with the Restoration Application (Form 30) and any other documents you have been instructed to provide by Registries staff.

Staff at BC Registry Services will file the Restoration Application (Form 30) to restore the British Columbia company and electronically submit the additional information to the Alberta Registry and/or Saskatchewan Registry to effect the extraprovincial registration of the company in Alberta and/or Saskatchewan.  Confirmation of the extraprovincial registration will be issued by the Alberta Registry to the attorney listed on the form and/or by the Saskatchewan Registry to the power of attorney listed on the form.

The fee to restore a British Columbia company is $350. There is no fee to register in Alberta and/or Saskatchewan.

Mail completed documentation to the Registries at PO Box 9431 Stn Prov Govt, Victoria BC V8W 9V3 or fax to 250 356-8923.

For assistance call 250 356-8626 or, if calling from the Greater Vancouver area, the direct dial free line is 604 775-1047.

Change of Name

Alberta

The Name Requests Online and Corporate Online applications are designed to work together to ensure the change of name is completed in each province automatically. If you use the Name Requests Online system to request an Alberta names search (NUANS) report or entered the Alberta names search (NUANS) information requested by the application, the change of name to the Alberta Registry will be done automatically at the same time the company files the change of name in British Columbia using the self-service Notice of Alteration transaction on Corporate Online. Corporate Online will confirm the change has been sent to Alberta.

There is no fee to file this change in Alberta.

Saskatchewan

The Name Requests Online and Corporate Online applications are designed to work together to ensure the change of name is completed in each province automatically. If you use the Name Requests Online system to request an Saskatchewan names request or entered the Saskatchewan names search information requested by the application, the change of name to the Saskatchewan Registry will be done automatically at the same time the company files the change of name in British Columbia using the self-service Notice of Alteration transaction on Corporate Online. Corporate Online will confirm the change has been sent to Saskatchewa.

There is no fee to file this change in Saskatchewan.

Important Information

However, if, at any time, there is a failure to use the Name Requests Online system to request an Alberta names search (NUANS) report and/or a Saskatchewan name request or failure to enter the Alberta names search (NUANS) information and/or Saskatchewan name reservation information requested by the application, you must download and complete the following form(s) and send to the BC Registry Services office.

BC Registry Services staff will forward the form to the Alberta Registry and/or Saskachewn Registy on your behalf.  Alberta and/or Saskatchewan will send the usual confirmation of change of name to the Alberta attorney and/or Saskatchewan power of attorney.

There is no fee to file this change in Alberta and/or Saskatchewan.

Mail completed documentation to the Registries at PO Box 9431 Stn Prov Govt, Victoria BC V8W 9V3 or fax to 250 356-8923.

For assistance call 250 356-8626 or, if calling from the Greater Vancouver area, the direct dial free line is 604 775-1047.

Jurisdiction Update

A corporation that continues into British Columba and has an existing extraprovincial registration in Alberta and/or Saskatchewan will need to complete an additional form to update the extraprovincial jurisdiction information.

Mail completed form to the Registries at PO Box 9431 Stn Prov Govt, Victoria BC V8W 9V3 or fax to 250 356-8923.

There is no fee to file this update in Alberta and/or Saskatchewan.

For assistance call 250 356-8626 or, if calling from the Greater Vancouver area, the direct dial free line is 604 775-1047.

LIMITED PARTNERSHIP

In addition to the documents required to register the limited partnership in British Columbia, you will need to complete an additional form to register the limited partnership in Alberta as an extraprovincial limited partnership.

Download and complete this form, and send it along with the British Columbia registration documents required.

Staff at BC Registry Services will file the documents and submit the additional form to the Alberta Registry to effect the extraprovincial registration of the limited partnership in that province. Confirmation of the extraprovincial registration will be issued by the Alberta Registry.

The fee to register a British Columbia limited partnership is $165. There is no fee to register in Alberta.

Mail completed documentation to the Registries at PO Box 9431 Stn Prov Govt, Victoria BC V8W 9V3 or fax to 250 356-0206.

For assistance call 250 356-2893 or, if calling from the Greater Vancouver area, the direct dial free line is 604 775-1044.

Other Filings

To update or correct information about the extraprovincial registration of a limited partnership in Alberta, provide the following details of the update/correction in a letter addressed to BC Registry Services:

  • name of the limited partnership;
  • registration number assigned in Alberta;
  • details of the change (this would include any request to cancel the registration in Alberta);
  • name and signature of the authorized signing authority; and
  • date submitted.

There is no fee to file this change in Alberta.

Mail completed documentation to the Registries at PO Box 9431 Stn Prov Govt, Victoria BC V8W 9V3 or fax to 250 356-0206.

For assistance call 250 356-2893 or, if calling from the Greater Vancouver area, the direct dial free line is 604 775-1044.

LIMITED LIABILITY PARTNERSHIP

In addition to the form required to register the limited liability partnership in British Columbia, you will need to complete an additional form to register the limited liability partnership in Alberta as an extraprovincial limited liability partnership.

Download and complete this form and send it with the Form 1, Registration Statement to register the limited liability partnership in British Columbia.

Staff at BC Registry Services will file the Form 1, Registration Statement, and submit the additional form to the Alberta Registry to effect the extraprovincial registration of the limited liability partnership in that province. Confirmation of the extraprovincial registration will be issued by the Alberta Registry.

The fee to register a British Columbia limited liability partnership is $275. There is no fee to register in Alberta.

Mail completed documentation to the Registries at PO Box 9431 Stn Prov Govt, Victoria BC V8W 9V3 or fax to 250 356-0206.

For assistance call 250 356-2893 or, if calling from the Greater Vancouver area, the direct dial free line is 604 775-1044.

Other Filings

To update or correct information about the extraprovincial registration of a limited liability partnership in Alberta, provide the following details of the update/correction in a letter addressed to BC Registry Services:

  • name of the limited liability partnership;
  • registration number assigned in Alberta;
  • details of the change (this would include any request to cancel the registration in Alberta);
  • name and signature of the authorized signing authority; and
  • date submitted.

There is no fee to file this change in Alberta.

Mail completed documentation to the Registries at PO Box 9431 Stn Prov Govt, Victoria BC V8W 9V3 or fax to 250 356-0206.

For assistance call 250 356-2893 or, if calling from the Greater Vancouver area, the direct dial free line is 604 775-1044.

COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATION

For information on registration of a cooperative association under the New West Partnership Trade Agreement or for information about an existing cooperative association registered in Alberta as an extraprovincial cooperative association, contact BC Registry Services at 250 356-8609 or, if calling from the Greater Vancouver area, the direct dial free line is 604 775-1042.