How to file BCA restated articles — and autofill 5263 with my-id.ca
File restated articles without retyping corporation details
Ontario business corporations restating articles of incorporation under the Business Corporations Act repeat corporation legal name, Ontario corporation number, registered office, director names, and authorized contact information on every restated articles 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): Restated Articles of Incorporation - Business Corporations Act — 5263
What this form is about
Form 5263 files restated articles of incorporation under the Business Corporations Act — confirm director and shareholder approvals on ontario.ca.
Before you start: what to gather
- Corporation legal name and Ontario corporation number.
- Registered office address and director names and addresses.
- Restated articles text consolidating prior amendments.
- 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, registered office, 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 should a corporation restate articles?
- Restatement consolidates prior amendments into one document — confirm BCA rules on ontario.ca.
- How does my-id.ca help?
- It autofills corporation name, registered office, and contacts.
- How does 5263 relate to notice on00219?
- Form on00219 is the related notice; 5263 is the restated articles filing — confirm which applies.
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.