How to incorporate under the BCA — and autofill 5351 with my-id.ca
Incorporate a business corporation without retyping founder details
Founders incorporating under the Business Corporations Act repeat proposed corporation name, registered office address, director names, and contact information on every Articles of Incorporation 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 Incorporation - Business Corporations Act — 5351
What this form is about
Form 5351 is Articles of Incorporation under the Business Corporations Act — confirm name availability and filing on ontario.ca.
Before you start: what to gather
- Proposed corporation name and name search report if required.
- Registered office address and first director names and addresses.
- Share structure and incorporator details.
- Supporting documents — 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
- How do I reserve a corporation name?
- Search and reserve through the Ontario Business Registry — confirm on ontario.ca.
- How does my-id.ca help?
- It autofills corporation name, address, and director contact details.
- How does 5351 relate to form 5270?
- Form 5270 is articles of incorporation 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.