Ontario Extra-Provincial Licence Filing

You are required to obtain an Extra-Provincial Licence (EPL) when a physical address is or has been established by a foreign corporation within the Ontario jurisdiction. Once the filing is completed, you can operate the Ontario corporation, open a bank account, obtain cheques, apply for HST, register trade names, and otherwise carry on business in the province.

You are not required to have a chief officer or manager in Ontario. However, you do need an Agent for Service, an individual who resides in Ontario and is 18 years or older, or a separate Ontario corporation, who can receive correspondence on behalf of your corporation.

The filing does not require the directors of the foreign corporation to be Canadian citizens or permanent residents. You only need an Agent for Service, someone aged 18 or older who lives in Ontario and can receive correspondence for the corporation. The Agent for Service does not have to be a Canadian citizen, but absolutely must reside in Ontario.

We provide: preparation of your Extra-Provincial Licence documents according to your details; an Ontario NUANS report (a 7-page report listing any similar business names); manual filing of the documents with the Province of Ontario; communication with the provincial examiner regarding your filing; completion of filing with email/mailing of documents; and preparation and filing of your Agent for Service.

The processing time for foreign extra-provincial registrations is up to 5 business days. This allows us time to prepare the EPL documents, create the Ontario NUANS report, manually file your documents with the Province, handle mailing/emailing and preparation of all documents, and communicate with the provincial examiner.

An Extra-Provincial Licence starts at $648.64 after taxes and fees for the standard package. You can build your own package and include optional add-ons such as letting OBC handle your NUANS reservation, obtaining corporate supplies, registering a domain name for a website, and registering trade names for your business in Ontario.

No. An Extra-Provincial Licence for a corporation has no expiry date, it's continual and does not require renewal. If changes such as an address change are required over time, a Form 2 Notice of Change is required and available through our office. That filing can take 25 business days to complete.

Yes. Foreign LLCs and LLPs can be brought into Ontario through an Extra-Provincial Licence filing. We offer services for both types.

An Agent for Service is the person or entity authorized to receive legal documents and correspondence on behalf of your corporation in Ontario. It must be an individual aged 18 or older who resides in Ontario, or a separate Ontario corporation. They don't need to be a Canadian citizen or permanent resident, only an Ontario resident. This is a mandatory requirement for every foreign EPL registration.