Alberta: Alberta Corporate Registry

How to search

Start with the official search. It is listed first because it comes straight from the registry.

A registry agent near you
Cost
PaidSource
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In person through a licensed registry agentSource
Alberta non-profit listing dashboard
Cost
FreeSource
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No login neededSource
Registries Online (subscribers only)
Cost
PaidSource
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Needs a Registries Online subscription, open only to businesses with 50 or more transactions a monthSource

What you get

A paid search can show when the business was registered, its owners or directors and its legal addresses. Certificates of status aren't issued for trade names or partnerships.Source

Step-by-step guides

Fees

Search	$5.30 + registry agent fee (varies)Source
Profile report	Not offeredSource
Certificate of status	$5.30 + registry agent fee (varies)Source
Name reservation	Not offeredSource
Name search report (NUANS or equivalent)	Set by the NUANS vendorSource
Business name registration	$10.61 + registry agent fee (varies)Source
Business name renewal	Not publishedUnconfirmed. The registry doesn't publish this online. Confirm with the registry: Register a business name
Incorporation	$291.75 + registry agent fee (varies)Source
Annual return	$53.05 + registry agent fee (varies)Source
Extra-provincial registration (Canadian corporation)	$291.75 + registry agent fee (varies)Source
Trade name or partnership search	$1.06 + registry agent fee (varies)Source
Partnership registration	$10.61 + registry agent fee (varies)Source
Extra-provincial registration (BC, Saskatchewan or Manitoba corporation)	FreeSource

Good to know

When to register a business name: You trade under a name other than your own.Source
Alberta has no free public search of its own for corporations: registry agents carry out every corporate search.Source
Registry agents add their own service charge to each government fee. The government doesn't cap it, so prices vary by agent.Source
Registry agents don't all have to offer incorporation or trade name registration, so ask before you go.Source
A trade name doesn't have to be unique, and registering one gives you no ownership of the name.Source
Two Alberta corporations can't share the same name, unlike trade names.Source
An out-of-province corporation needs an Alberta NUANS report unless it has a numbered name or is a federal corporation.Source