How to consent as a first director under the BCA or NPCA — and autofill 5260 with my-id.ca
Consent to be a first director without retyping your personal details
Individuals consenting to act as first directors of new Ontario corporations repeat full legal name, residential address, and contact information on every Consent to Act as a First Director filing under the BCA or NPCA. 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): Consent to Act as a First Director - Business Corporations Act, Not-for-Profit Corporations Act, 2010 — 5260
What this form is about
Form 5260 is Consent to Act as a First Director under the Business Corporations Act or Not-for-Profit Corporations Act, 2010 — confirm filing with articles of incorporation on ontario.ca.
Before you start: what to gather
- Director's full legal name and residential address.
- Proposed corporation name and incorporator details.
- Articles of incorporation draft or filing reference.
- Director eligibility confirmations — confirm on ontario.ca.
Confirm the current process on ontario.ca.
How my-id.ca makes it faster
- Save it once. Store your director name, address, and 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 form 5260 required?
- With articles of incorporation when a person consents to be a first director — confirm on ontario.ca.
- How does my-id.ca help?
- It autofills director name, address, and contact details.
- How does 5260 relate to form 007-11379?
- Form 007-11379 is the co-operative corporations consent to act as first director.
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.