Register a Legal Person Not Constituted in Québec

If you wish to register or reregister an enterprise that was constituted under a law other than a Québec law, please ensure that the following conditions are met:

• The enterprise's information is already published in another jurisdiction's register.
• The information in the declaration of registration, such as the name of the enterprise, its domicile address and date of constitution, must be the same as the information declared in the other jurisdiction.
• The enterprise must not have been dissolved.

The Registraire des entreprises reserves the right to register or to refuse an enterprise's registration if any of these conditions are not met.

Legal persons not constituted in Québec that carry on an activity in Québec must produce the declaration of registration of a legal person (in French only) within 60 days of commencing activities in Québec.

Construction contractor headquartered in Ontario

A construction contractor covered by the Québec-Ontario agreement who has no address in Québec is exempt from declaring an attorney, The construction contractor must use a paper form to file the declaration of registration.

Contact the Registraire des entreprises (in French only) to obtain this form.

For information on the fees that apply to the declaration of registration of a legal person not constituted in Québec, see Tarifs du Registraire des entreprises pour une société par actions non constituée au Québec ou pour une autre personne morale non constituée au Québec et une fiducie commerciale (in French only).

Making a payment

A fee is charged for filing a declaration of registration for a partnership not constituted in Québec. You may be offered priority service for an additional fee; this fee can be paid by credit card at the very end of the application, at the Accusé de réception stage.

If you choose another payment method, you will need Acrobat Reader to print out a payment slip. You will need to enclose this slip with your cheque or money order or present it when you pay in person at a Services Québec office.

Please note that your application will be processed only after payment has been received, and that payment must be received by the Registraire des entreprises within 10 working days of transmitting the application.

If your application is complete and in order, and the required fees have been paid, the Registrar will register the legal person not constituted in Québec by assigning it a Québec enterprise number (NEQ). The declaration of registration is then filed in the enterprise register. At this point, the legal person not constituted in Québec is registered.