Long-term contracts: bind the business, not yourself
Incorporate your Matane business from $999, government fees included. Suited to wind energy, marine and industrial suppliers.
Wind energy, marine and processing in La Matanie
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.
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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.
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Each step is designed to ensure compliance and legal consistency.
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Matane: wind energy, sea and processing
Matane positioned itself in wind energy, with component manufacturing and maintenance services, while keeping marine activity, specialized fishing and a processing sector. The ferry to the Côte-Nord also makes it a transit point.
The wind sector imposes a particular contractual logic: agreements span several years.
A multi-year contract binds you well beyond signing
A five or ten-year maintenance or supply contract carries availability obligations, service levels, penalties and sometimes commitments to invest in equipment or training. Those commitments run long after market conditions have changed.
As a sole proprietor, you are personally bound for the whole term. If your situation changes, if a partner withdraws or if the operation turns unprofitable, the obligation remains yours. A corporation carries the commitment instead and allows, in the worst case, an orderly exit without your personal assets at stake.
- A corporation signing multi-year agreements in your place
- A reduced tax rate on the first $500,000 of eligible active business income
- The ability to invest in equipment on the strength of a long-term contract
- Continuity that reassures a buyer over ten years
Online incorporation, no travel required
Our pricing includes government fees. See our online incorporation guide or start your incorporation.
By opening a NBC business account.
Continuity as a commercial argument
A buyer committing for ten years wants to know their supplier will still exist. A sole proprietorship disappears with its owner; a corporation continues, can be transferred and can welcome a successor. That continuity is not only a legal advantage, it is an argument in a bid.
Provincial or federal for a Matane business?
For activities performed in Quebec, the provincial regime is enough. Federal becomes relevant if you serve wind farms located in other provinces.
Your obligations once incorporated
Annual updating declaration, a current minute book, a separate corporate tax return and resolutions recording major decisions.
Common questions from Matane entrepreneurs
My contract requires significant investment. How do I finance it? A corporation can borrow based on its financial statements and the contract itself, which an individual does with more difficulty.
Can I incorporate after signing the contract? Possible, but the contract would stay in your personal name until an assignment accepted by the client. Better to incorporate first.
Compare your options in REQ, platform or notary, or start your incorporation.