Supplying the south shore's largest employers
Incorporate your Lévis business from $999, government fees included. Built for industrial subcontracting and professional services.
Financial services, shipbuilding and subcontracting
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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Lévis: major buyers, and many SMEs around them
Lévis has an unusual economic structure for a city its size. The head office of Mouvement Desjardins and the Davie shipyard concentrate thousands of jobs, and around those two poles sits a broad network of suppliers: machining, welding, engineering, IT, transport, professional services and business services.
For a Lévis entrepreneur that means one thing: your most attractive potential clients are large organizations with formal procurement processes. And those processes almost always start with the same question, which is your legal form.
What incorporating changes with a large buyer
A large organization awarding you a mandate wants to contract with an entity, not a person. It generally requires liability insurance in the business name, a Quebec enterprise number, separate financial statements and sometimes formal supplier qualification. A sole proprietorship often stalls before your offer is even evaluated.
There is also risk. Industrial and professional contracts include liability clauses and sometimes penalties. Without a corporation, your personal assets stand behind them.
- A separate legal person carrying contractual liability
- A reduced tax rate on the first $500,000 of eligible active business income
- The ability to borrow and finance equipment in the company's name
- Access to large buyers' qualification processes
Online incorporation, reviewed by lawyers
Lexstart works with Lévis entrepreneurs entirely remotely: a 15-minute questionnaire, review by a Quebec legal team, articles, digital minute book and initial resolutions. Our pricing includes government fees. Read our online incorporation guide or start your incorporation.
By opening a NBC business account.
Provincial or federal for a Lévis business?
If your clients are in Quebec, the provincial regime is enough and cheaper to maintain. Federal incorporation becomes useful if you supply clients in several provinces, target federal contracts, or want Canada-wide name protection. A federal corporation must still register with Quebec's Registraire des entreprises.
Corporation or cooperative?
Lévis being the birthplace of Quebec's cooperative movement, the question comes up often. A cooperative belongs to its members and redistributes surplus based on their participation, not on share capital. It is an excellent structure for a collective project, but a poor fit for a conventional business whose founders want to keep control, welcome an investor or sell later. For the vast majority of commercial businesses, the corporation is the right vehicle.
Preparing what comes next
If you are starting with a partner, or plan to hand the business over one day, a shareholders agreement is the document that prevents unpleasant surprises: who decides, how a shareholder exits, how shares are valued, what happens on death or disagreement.
Common questions from Lévis entrepreneurs
My client requires that I be incorporated before signing. How long does it take? The questionnaire takes about 15 minutes and the file moves quickly after legal review.
Can I incorporate if I work alone? Yes. A Quebec corporation can have a single shareholder and a single director.
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