Federal Corporations

The database contains information about the following types of federal corporations:

Business corporations created under the Canada Business Corporations Act (CBCA), Not-for-profit corporations created under the Canada Corporations Act, Part II (CCA II), Not-for-profit corporations created under the Canada Not-for profit Corporations Act (NFP), Cooperatives created under the Canada Cooperatives Act (COOP), Board of trades created under the Boards of Trade Act (BOTA), Other corporations regulated by Corporations Canada (e.g., special act corporation)

The database does NOT include information about corporations created under financial legislation (such as financial institutions, insurance companies or loan and trust companies) or those created under provincial, territorial or other corporate legislation.

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Field	Value
Last Updated	April 17, 2026, 17:23 (UTC)
Created	April 17, 2026, 15:34 (UTC)
contact_email	open-ouvert@tbs-sct.gc.ca
contact_person	{}
criticality_level	[]
data_dictionary	["economy"]
geographic_scope	["1", "10", "1002", "11", "12", "13", "2", "3", "4", "46", "47", "48", "5", "6", "62"]
open_canada_collection	primary
open_canada_date_published	2014-02-18 00:00:00
open_canada_keywords	{"fr": ["sociétés de régime fédéral", "Société par actions", "Compagnie", "Compagnie fédérale", "Corporation", "Organisation à but non lucratif", "Organisations sans but lucrative", "Organisme à but non lucratif", "Organisme sans but lucratif", "OBNL", "Corporation sans but lucratif", "Corporation à but non lucratif", "Corporations Canada", "Loi canadienne sur les sociétés par actions", "Loi sur les corporations canadiennes", "Loi canadienne sur les organisations à but non lucratif", "Loi canadienne sur les coopératives", "Loi sur les chambres de commerce"], "en": ["federal corporations", "business corporations", "company", "companies", "Not-for-profit corporations", "Not-for-profit organizations", "non-profit corporations", "non-profit organizations", "Corporations Canada", "Canada Business Corporations Act", "Canada Corporations Act", "Canada Not-for profit Corporations Act", "Canada Cooperatives Act", "Boards of Trade Act"]}
open_canada_subject	["economics_and_industry"]
sensitivity_level	unrestricted
title_fr	Sociétés de régime fédéral
update_frequency	P1W