How to file BCA articles of amendment — and autofill 5261 with my-id.ca
Amend your Ontario business corporation without retyping director details
Directors of Ontario business corporations filing amendments repeat corporation legal name, registered office address, director names, and contact information on every Articles of Amendment. This guide is an example of storing them once in my-id.ca.
Official form and source
Start from the official source and always use the current version — form numbers and links can change:
- Service page: Ontario Business Registry — ontario.ca
- Form (Central Forms Repository): Articles of Amendment - Business Corporations Act — 5261
What this form is about
Form 5261 is Articles of Amendment under the Business Corporations Act — confirm filing requirements on ontario.ca.
Before you start: what to gather
- Corporation legal name and Ontario corporation number.
- Registered office address and director names and addresses.
- Proposed amendments and supporting resolutions.
- Filing fee — confirm on ontario.ca.
Confirm the current process on ontario.ca.
How my-id.ca makes it faster
- Save it once. Store your corporation name, address, and director contact details in your my-id.ca profile.
- Keep documents ready. Upload supporting documents to my-id.ca Files so you are not searching at form time.
- Autofill the form. Use the my-id.ca Chrome extension on a web form, or fill a PDF from your saved profile inside my-id.ca.
- Review and submit yourself through the official channel.
Why do it in my-id.ca
Related Ontario forms repeat the same personal details. Captured once in my-id.ca — stored in Canada, with AI on its own servers — every form starts mostly complete.
Frequently asked questions
- What changes use articles of amendment?
- Name changes, share structure changes, and other corporate amendments — confirm on ontario.ca.
- How does my-id.ca help?
- It autofills corporation name, address, and director contact details.
- How does 5261 relate to Corporations Act form 07108?
- 07108 is for Corporations Act companies; BCA corporations use form 5261.
Fill it once. Reuse it everywhere.
Save your information in my-id.ca once, then autofill this form and the next one — web forms with the Chrome extension, PDFs right in the app. Your data is stored in Canada and AI runs on my-id.ca's own servers, never sent to third-party AI providers.