File Your BC Annual Report
Keep your BC company current by filing its required annual report. Complete your information online, submit your filing, and receive confirmation electronically for your corporate records.
Get it Done in 3 Simple Steps
1
Provide Your Company Information
Complete the online form with the information needed for your BC annual report filing.
2
We Prepare Your Annual Report
Your company information is reviewed before the annual report is prepared for submission.
3
Receive Your Filing Confirmation
Once the filing is completed, your confirmation is delivered electronically for your corporate records.
Annual Report
- File the required annual report for a BC company
- Report information current to the company's anniversary date
- Review company and director information before filing
- Address outstanding annual reports where applicable
- Annual report prepared for submission
- Filing confirmation provided electronically
Continuance of a Corporation
- Continue an eligible corporation into British Columbia
- Continue a BC company to another jurisdiction, where eligible
- Maintain the corporation's continuing legal existence
- Requirements depend on the jurisdictions involved
- Applicable continuation documents prepared for filing
- Completed corporate documents provided electronically
Dissolve a Corporation
- Voluntarily dissolve an eligible BC corporation
- Review the corporation's status before filing
- Prepare the applicable dissolution documents
- Complete required corporate authorizations where applicable
- Dissolution filing prepared for submission
- Completed documents provided electronically
BC Amalgamation
- Combine two or more eligible corporations
- Continue them as one amalgamated corporation
- Standard and short-form options available where applicable
- Review required corporate information
- Amalgamation documents prepared for filing
- Completed documents provided electronically
Articles of Amendment
- Make eligible changes to a BC company's corporate structure
- Update the authorized share structure where applicable
- Change share rights or restrictions where required
- Prepare the applicable amendment documents
- Update corporate documents to reflect approved changes
- Completed documents provided electronically
Revive a Corporation
- Restore an eligible dissolved BC corporation
- Review the corporation's current status
- Identify outstanding filings that may require attention
- Review applicable restoration requirements
- Restoration documents prepared for filing
- Completed documents provided electronically
CRA Accounts Set Up
- Set up applicable CRA program accounts for your business
- Provide the required business and corporation information
- Select the CRA program accounts your business requires
- Review account setup information before submission
- Complete applicable federal account registration requirements
- Receive your account details once available
Keep Your BC Annual Report Up to Date
An active BC company must file an annual report each year within two months after its anniversary date. The filing reports prescribed company information that is current as of that anniversary and helps keep required information current with the Corporate Registry.
An annual report is separate from the corporation’s income tax return, financial statements, and meeting minutes. If company information has changed, such as its directors or registered office address, a separate corporate update may also be required.
Why Choose BC Business Register for Annual Report Filing?
✓ Simple Online Process: Provide the information needed for your annual report through an online form.
✓ Company Information Review: Relevant company and director information is reviewed before the filing is prepared.
✓ Filing Preparation: Your annual report is prepared using the information provided for your company.
✓ Outstanding Filing Support: Address previous annual reports that may still need to be filed, where applicable.
✓ Electronic Confirmation: Receive confirmation of the completed filing for your corporate records.
Stay Current With Your Annual Filing Requirements
Filing an annual report is an ongoing requirement for an active BC company. The report is due within two months after each anniversary of the date the company was recognized, which may be its incorporation, amalgamation, or continuation date.
Missing an annual report can leave the required filing outstanding. Continued failure to file annual reports can affect the company’s status and may eventually result in dissolution by the registrar.
Other corporate transactions follow different processes. Amalgamations, continuations, alterations, restorations, and voluntary dissolutions are separate filings triggered by specific changes or events rather than the company’s annual reporting requirement.
Frequently Asked Questions About Corporate Filings
Get answers to common questions about BC annual reports, filing deadlines, company information, overdue reports, and related corporate filing requirements.
A BC annual report is a required yearly filing for an active BC company. It reports prescribed information that is current as of the company’s anniversary date and helps keep required company information current with the Corporate Registry.
A BC company must file its annual report within two months after each anniversary of the date on which the company was recognized. Depending on the company, this may be its incorporation, amalgamation, or continuation date.
An active BC company is generally required to file an annual report each year under the Business Corporations Act. Different types of entities may have different annual filing requirements.
The annual report contains prescribed company information that is current to the company’s anniversary date. Relevant company and director information should be reviewed before the report is filed.
No. A BC annual report is a corporate registry filing. It is separate from the corporation’s income tax return.
No. Financial statements are not filed with the Corporate Registry as part of a BC company’s annual report. They are separate corporate and accounting records.
No. Filing an annual report and holding an annual general meeting are separate corporate requirements. The annual report is a registry filing, while the AGM relates to the company’s internal corporate governance.
The annual report remains outstanding and should be addressed. Continued failure to file required annual reports can affect the company’s status and may eventually result in dissolution by the registrar.
Outstanding annual reports may generally be filed to bring the company’s annual filings up to date, subject to the company’s current status and any other outstanding requirements.
If a company has multiple outstanding annual reports, the missing filings may need to be completed in sequence. The company’s current registry status should be reviewed to determine what filings are required.
If the company’s director information has changed, the applicable director change should be addressed through the required process. A director change is separate from the annual report filing.
Not necessarily. Changes to a BC company’s registered or records office address follow a separate address-change process. An annual report should not be treated as a substitute for a required corporate change filing.
For a company incorporated in British Columbia, annual report is the terminology used under BC corporate legislation. “Annual return” is used in some other Canadian corporate jurisdictions.