Creators: who owns your work?
Incorporate in Baie-Saint-Paul from $999, government fees included. Suited to artists, artisans and creative businesses. Fully online.
Art, tourism and terroir in Charlevoix
Complete legal filings
Each incorporation includes all legal filings required to create a compliant and operational corporation from day one.
Share capital structure
Depending on the option selected, your share capital structure is prepared in a simple or advanced format to support the future evolution of your business.
Digital minute book
All corporate documents are delivered in a digital minute book, ready for electronic signature and secure record keeping.
Professional validation
Documents are prepared according to established legal standards and reviewed before delivery.
Human support
Our team supports you throughout the process and provides guidance when decisions need to be made, without unnecessary complexity.
Incorporate your business
Build your company in Quebec or federally with a strong legal structure from day one.
Keep your company’s annual filings up to date and maintain compliance of your corporate minute book.
Access professional legal templates to structure relationships with your employees, partners, and suppliers.
By opening a NBC business account.
A guided process, from information gathering to final document delivery.
Each step is designed to ensure compliance and legal consistency.
Tailor your incorporation to your needs (simple or advanced structure).
Each file is reviewed before delivery to ensure a reliable outcome.
Our incorporation guides
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Incorporation
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The Complete Guide to Federal Incorporation in Canada (CBCA)
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The Complete Guide to Incorporating in Ontario (OBCA)
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Baie-Saint-Paul: a creative and tourist economy
Baie-Saint-Paul lives off art, tourism and local production. Galleries, artist studios, artisans, microbreweries, accommodation, restaurants and cultural events form an economy where creation carries direct commercial value.
Copyright arises with the person, not the company
Many creators discover this late. By default, a work belongs to the individual who created it. If you operate through a corporation, your creations do not automatically belong to it: a written assignment of your rights to the company is required.
That matters as soon as you want to license an image, sell a collection, take on a partner or transfer the business. A company exploiting works without holding the rights is worth far less and complicates any transaction.
Note also: moral rights, which protect the integrity of the work and attribution, cannot be assigned. They can be waived in writing, but they do not transfer like property.
Online incorporation, reviewed by lawyers
Our pricing includes government fees. See our online incorporation guide or start your incorporation.
By opening a NBC business account.
Provincial or federal for a Baie-Saint-Paul business?
For a gallery, studio or local tourism business, the provincial regime fits. Copyright is federal and applies the same way whatever your incorporation regime.
Selling online and exhibiting elsewhere
Exhibiting in another province or selling online abroad does not change your regime. Do set out in writing what is being sold: the object alone, or also a reproduction right. Confusion on this point is common with corporate buyers.
Your obligations once incorporated
Annual updating declaration, a current minute book, a separate corporate tax return and resolutions recording major decisions, including assigning rights to the company.
Common questions from Baie-Saint-Paul creators
Should I assign all my rights to my company? Not necessarily. Some creators keep rights personally and grant their company a licence. Tax consequences differ, so validate with an advisor.
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