Annual reports and returns, tracked and filed
Every BC company files an annual report within two months after its incorporation anniversary, and every Alberta corporation files an annual return each year. Federal corporations file with Corporations Canada. Finvo tracks your date, checks the details against your records and handles the filing for you. Work is quoted after a free call. Finvo is not a law firm and does not give legal advice.
One filing a year, three registries
Where your company was incorporated decides where its yearly filing goes and when it's due. It confirms the details the registry holds, such as addresses and directors.
BC annual report
Filed with BC Registries.
- Due within two months after the anniversary of incorporation
- Registry fee of $43.39
- Financial statements and minutes aren't filed; they stay with your records
- Two years without a report and the company may be dissolved
Alberta annual return
Filed through an authorized registry service provider.
- Due by the last day of the month after your anniversary month
- A reminder goes to the registered office a month before the anniversary
- Lists the top five shareholders and their voting shares
- Alberta annual-return costs are estimated at about $80 based on our recent registry work. Registry-agent service charges and other costs may be additional; we confirm an itemized total before filing.
- If it isn't filed, the corporation may be dissolved
Corporations Canada annual return
For companies incorporated federally.
- Due within 60 days following the anniversary date
- Fee of $12, filed online
- Filed with information on individuals with significant control
- Filing avoids the potential dissolution of the corporation
A BC company working in Alberta
Alberta says a corporation whose home province is British Columbia, Manitoba or Saskatchewan doesn't file an annual return in Alberta. It keeps filing at home. Companies from other provinces or countries registered in Alberta file there too, and we sort out which filings apply to yours.
Your filing date, tracked for you
An annual report is short, but it has to match what's true about your company: its offices and its directors. In Alberta, it also lists the main shareholders. We check those details against your minute book before anything is filed.
An annual report isn't your tax return. Corporations Canada says the same: they're two separate filings, and your company needs both. We look after the tax side through our tax service.
Finvo is not a law firm. If something needs legal advice, we say so and your lawyer takes it from there.
Date on our calendar
We note your anniversary date and where the company files, so the deadline doesn't depend on a reminder letter.
Details checked
Offices, directors and, for Alberta, shareholders are checked against your minute book and the registry profile.
You confirm
If anything has changed, we tell you first. Some changes need their own filing before the annual report.
Handled for you
Once you've confirmed the details, we handle the filing for you.
Kept on record
The filed report goes into your minute book, and next year's date is already tracked.
If a year was missed
It happens, especially to quiet holding companies. The fix depends on how far behind the company is.
One report overdue
We prepare the overdue report first, then the current one, so the registry shows the company as up to date.
A dissolution notice arrived
In BC, a company that hasn't filed its annual report for two years in a row may be dissolved. If you get a notice, the overdue reports should be filed as it instructs. BC also lets a company ask to delay dissolution.
Already dissolved
A dissolved company can often be restored. In BC, the most common route is a full restoration by the registrar. Restoration is a legal process: your lawyer, or a lawyer we can recommend, handles it (a paralegal can support the administrative side under the lawyer), and we prepare the overdue filings and figures it needs.
Before bigger changes
BC requires a company to be up to date with its annual reports before it changes its name or amalgamates, so we catch up the annual reports first.
Who does what
Routine records and filings, prepared with registry software, and the financial side of bigger changes: books, financial statements and tax.
Anything that needs legal advice: amalgamations, restorations, dissolutions that need advice, share reorganisations, disputes and agreements.
We stay in the loop and give your lawyer accurate documents and figures.
What the registries charge
These are government and registry fees, added on top of our quote. We confirm the total before anything is filed.
BC and federal
- BC annual report, each year
- $43.39
- Federal annual return, online
- $12
Other filings have their own government fees; we confirm them before filing.
Sources: gov.bc.ca and Corporations Canada, checked 27 Oct 2026.
Alberta
- Annual return, registry fees (estimate)
- about $80
Finvo's estimates from recent registry work. These are estimates, not statutory government fees or maximum registry-agent charges; Alberta registry agents set their own service charges, which vary. We confirm an itemized total before filing.
Registry agent service charges and other fees can apply; we confirm the total before filing.
Prices confirmed with our registry work, 31 Oct 2026.
Annual filings, quoted for you
The price depends on where your company files and whether any years are behind, so we quote it after a free call. Government and registry fees are added on top. For your books, payroll and GST/HST, the business full suite is from $99 a month.
Quoted after a free call + government and registry fees
Prices in Canadian dollars, before GST.
- Anniversary date tracked each year
- Registry details checked against your records
- Overdue years caught up first
- Filing handled for you
- Filed copy added to your minute book
Annual returns, answered
When is a BC company's annual report due?
A BC company files an annual report each year within two months after the anniversary of its incorporation. The registry fee is $43.39 (checked 27 Oct 2026). Financial statements and minutes aren't filed with it; they're kept with the company's records.
Does an Alberta corporation file an annual return?
Yes. An Alberta corporation files an annual return each year through an authorized registry service provider. It's due by the last day of the month after the month the company was incorporated in, and Alberta sends a reminder to the registered office a month before the anniversary of incorporation. The return lists the top five shareholders. Registry fees are about $80 (an estimate from our recent registry work, not a statutory fee); registry agent service charges and other fees can apply, and we confirm the total before filing.
When is a federal corporation's annual return due?
A corporation incorporated under the Canada Business Corporations Act files its annual return with Corporations Canada within 60 days following its anniversary date. Filing online costs $12 (checked 27 Oct 2026), and information on individuals with significant control is filed at the same time.
What happens if we miss an annual report?
In BC, a company that doesn't file its annual report for two years in a row may be dissolved by the registrar. Alberta and Corporations Canada also warn that not filing can lead to dissolution. If you're behind, we prepare the overdue filings first. If a restoration is needed, your lawyer handles it and we support them with the filings and figures.
Is the annual report the same as the corporate tax return?
No. The annual report or return goes to the corporate registry and confirms the company's details. The T2 corporate tax return goes to the CRA and reports the company's income. Your company needs both every year, and we can look after both.
Our BC company also works in Alberta. Do we file in both?
Alberta says a corporation whose home province is British Columbia, Manitoba or Saskatchewan doesn't file an annual return in Alberta; it files in its home province. Companies from other provinces or countries registered in Alberta do file there. We check which filings apply to your company.
Is Finvo a law firm? Can you give legal advice?
No. Finvo is not a law firm and does not give legal advice. We prepare routine corporate records and filings with registry software, for matters that don't need legal advice. For anything legal, your lawyer (or a lawyer we can recommend) does that work, and we support them. Consultants and paralegals can support administrative work under a lawyer, or handle filings that need no legal advice.
Sources, checked 27 Oct 2026. Rules and fees can change. This page is general information, not legal or tax advice for your situation.
- gov.bc.ca, Incorporated companies (last updated 24 Sep 2026): annual report $43.39, due within 2 months of the anniversary date; financial statements and minutes not filed; dissolution if the annual report isn't filed for two consecutive years; delay of dissolution; restoration by the registrar; good standing needed before a name change or amalgamation.
- alberta.ca, Annual returns for corporations, cooperatives, and organizations: filed through an authorized service provider; government fee and service fee; reminder one month before the anniversary; top 5 shareholders; may be dissolved if not filed; BC, Manitoba and Saskatchewan corporations don't file in Alberta. Alberta Business Corporations Regulation (AR 118/2000) s. 24 (checked 31 Oct 2026): the annual return is due not later than the last day of the month after the anniversary month.
- Corporations Canada (ised-isde.canada.ca), Annual return and Annual return – Business corporations (modified 20 Apr 2026): $12 online; within 60 days following the anniversary date; ISC information filed at the same time; annual return versus tax return.
- Alberta registry fees shown (annual return about $80): Finvo's estimate from recent registry work, prices confirmed with our registry work, 31 Oct 2026; not a statutory government fee or a maximum registry-agent charge (alberta.ca: registry agent service fees vary and are not regulated); an itemized total is confirmed before each filing.
Keep your annual filing dates organized
Tell us where your company is registered and when it last filed. We'll explain what we'd do and what it would cost.
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