Planning what happens to your shares at death
Incorporate your Hampstead business from $999, government fees included. Bilingual service and estate planning for shares. Fully online.
Professionals and family businesses in Montréal
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
Discover the complete guide to incorporation in Quebec. Essential steps, expert tips and key information to create and manage your corporation.
The Complete Guide to Incorporating in Quebec (QBCA)
Everything you need to know to incorporate under the Quebec Business Corporations Act. Key actors, articles, costs and the process explained simply.
The Complete Guide to Federal Incorporation in Canada (CBCA)
Incorporate your business under the Canada Business Corporations Act. Key actors, articles, annual costs and the federal incorporation process explained clearly.
The Complete Guide to Incorporating in Ontario (OBCA)
Incorporate your business under the Ontario Business Corporations Act. Key actors, articles, annual costs and the provincial incorporation process explained clearly.
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Hampstead: a community of professionals and business families
Hampstead is an established residential area on the island of Montréal, with an affluent population and a high proportion of professionals, executives and families who have owned a business for a generation or two.
Your shares are part of your estate
One question recurs in these families: what happens to a company's shares when the holder dies? Without planning, they pass under your will, or under legal rules if you have none.
Two problems frequently follow. First, an heir can become co-owner of a business they take no part in, alongside partners who did not choose them. Second, death triggers a deemed disposition of the shares, with tax consequences that can force a rushed sale to pay the bill.
Three tools combine: a will that explicitly addresses the shares, a shareholders agreement providing for a buyout, and life insurance supplying liquidity at the right moment. The corporation is the prerequisite for all of it.
Online incorporation, reviewed by lawyers
Bilingual service. 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 Hampstead business?
For a business serving the Quebec market, the provincial regime fits. Estate rules apply the same way whatever the regime.
The estate freeze, worth knowing
A common technique freezes the current value of your shares and lets future growth accrue to the next generation. That limits tax at death and eases transfer. It is a tax arrangement planned with a specialist, but it requires a corporation with an adequate share structure.
Your obligations once incorporated
Annual updating declaration, a current minute book, a separate corporate tax return and resolutions recording major decisions.
Common questions from Hampstead entrepreneurs
Is my will enough? It is essential, but not sufficient alone. Without a shareholders agreement and planned liquidity, your heirs can inherit a deadlocked situation.
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