Business

Resources – Incorporation

It is our intention that the CCFMS be the go-to resource for rockhounding and lapidary for our CCFMS-affiliated clubs (located in Manitoba, Ontario, and Québec). These resources provide guidance on incorporation as a not-for-profit corporation and business processes such as filing returns.

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Incorporation and Business Guides

Manitoba

Manitoba Non-Profit Organizations
https://companiesoffice.gov.mb.ca/non_profit_organizations.html

A summary of the advantages and disadvantages of incorporation.

Manitoba Starting a Non-Profit
https://www.volunteermanitoba.ca/wcm-docs/docs/resources/your_guide_to_starting_a_not-for-profit.pdf

A guide to incorporating not-for-profits by Volunteer Manitoba.

Manitoba Corporations Act
https://web2.gov.mb.ca/laws/statutes/ccsm/_pdf.php?cap=c225

The Manitoba Corporations Act is the law about incorporation.

Ontario

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Guide to the Not-for-Profit Corporations Act, 2010 Ontario
https://www.ontario.ca/page/guide-not-profit-corporations-act-2010#section-3

A detailed guide to the Ontario Not-for-Profit Corporations Act which provides a good summary of the benefits of incorporation.

Notice – Not-for-Profit Corporations Act, 2010 – Incorporating a Not-for-Profit Corporation
https://forms.mgcs.gov.on.ca/en/dataset/on00206

The Ontario government provides this document summarizing the incorporation process.

Filing an Annual Return – Ontario
https://forms.mgcs.gov.on.ca/dataset/6c1fdc85-c100-493d-93ca-d86ef2c6a260/resource/a1e78643-e06e-403f-9aec-f26c10b26712/download/on00229e.pdf

Information on filing annual information returns.

Not-for-Profit Incorporator’s Handbook
https://www.publications.gov.on.ca/store/20170501121/Free_Download_Files/300775.pdf

There are more detailed documents discussing the advantages and disadvantages of incorporation and the process involved – such as this Handbook.

Quebec

Starting an Enterprise
https://www.quebec.ca/en/businesses-and-self-employed-workers/start-entreprise

How to start an enterprise in Quebec.

Non-Profits
https://educaloi.qc.ca/en/capsules/non-profits-incorporate-quebec-federal/

How to form a corporation as a non-profit in Quebec.