How to file BCA articles of continuance — and autofill 5264 with my-id.ca
Continue your corporation under the BCA without retyping director details
Corporations continuing under the Business Corporations Act repeat legal name, registered office address, director names, and contact information on every Articles of Continuance filing. 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 Continuance - Business Corporations Act — 5264
What this form is about
Form 5264 is Articles of Continuance under the Business Corporations Act — confirm filing requirements on ontario.ca.
Before you start: what to gather
- Corporation legal name and existing corporation number.
- Registered office address and director names and addresses.
- Continuance resolutions and supporting documents.
- 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
- When is continuance under the BCA used?
- When a corporation from another jurisdiction continues as an Ontario corporation — confirm on ontario.ca.
- How does my-id.ca help?
- It autofills corporation name, address, and director contact details.
- How does 5264 relate to form 5274?
- Form 5274 is articles of continuance for not-for-profit corporations under the NPCA.
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.