Startup Incorporation Packages

You’re starting up your business or non-profit and cash is tight. You want to get incorporated and off to the races, but you’re worried that if you hire a lawyer you’ll get hit with a surprise $10,000 bill for legal fees.

We hear you. And to allay your fears, we’ve put together a couple startup packages to get you from scratch to legally operational for one clear and simple flat fee which includes all administrative filing fees (excepting extra-provincial registration fees, if applicable).

Basic business Startup package

$820 Provincial / $720 Federal

(plus tax)

The Basic Business Startup package is available to for-profit and non-profit businesses and organizations, and includes:

  • A NUANS name search;

  • Incorporation filing (and initial return filing);

  • Articles of incorporation (including for-profit business B Corp legal element);

  • Operational bylaws;

  • Organizing resolutions;

  • Shareholder/member registry; and

  • Share certificate (for-profits only, since non-profits don’t have shares).

As part of this package, we’ll work with you to ensure the corporation’s foundational documents match your requirements and priorities, and we’ll explain everything in the process that you might be less than 100% on. When everything is ready and assembled, all of the above will be sent to you in one clean, organized digital minute book file.

Social Enterprise Startup package

$1,020 Ontario / $920 Federal

(plus tax)

The Social Enterprise Startup package is available to for-profit businesses looking to position themselves for B Corp certification and non-profits. This pricing package includes:

  • A NUANS name search;

  • Incorporation filing (and initial return filing);

  • Articles of incorporation (including B Corp legal element);

  • Operational bylaws (By-Law No. 1);

  • Social and environmental bylaws (By-Law No. 2);

  • Organizing resolutions;

  • Shareholder registry; and

  • Share certificate.

This option does not guarantee you will pass B Corp certification (it’s a tough process), but we’ll work with you to incorporate as many social and environmental policies as possible into your bylaws from day one with reference to the actual B Corp impact assessment grading system. This way, we can help set you up for B Corp certification success when you choose to go through that process. You’ll also get one clean, organized minute book file with all of the above, as well as all the legal advice and guidance regarding incorporation that you would with the Basic Starter package.

SOCIAL STARTUP YEAR ONE

$1,980 (plus tax)

This simple option - payable all-at-once or in instalments - is available to both for-profit and non-profit businesses and organizations looking to incorporate under Ontario or the federal corporate law. It includes the following:

  • A NUANS name search;

  • Incorporation filing (and initial return filing);

  • Articles of incorporation (including for-profit business B Corp legal element);

  • Operational bylaws (By-Law No. 1);

  • Social and environmental bylaws (By-Law No. 2);

  • Organizing resolutions;

  • Shareholder/member registry;

  • Share certificate (for-profits only, since non-profits don’t have shares);

  • Employee/contractor handbook (drafted to meet B Corp assessment standards);

  • Employee/contractor satisfaction form (drafted to meet B Corp assessment standards);

  • Customer/client satisfaction form (drafted to meet B Corp assessment standards);

  • Website terms of service and privacy policy; and

  • An additional bonus 5 hours of legal services (usable at any point during the 12-month period following engagement).

You’ll also get a discounted rate for legal services during the 12-month period following engagement if you go over the 5 additional bonus hours. On top of that, you get a clean, organized minute book file with everything, and all the legal advice and guidance regarding incorporation that you would with the other package options.

Please note that the firm’s legal services are currently only available to parties operating in Canada. Additional terms will apply.