Business Documentation required



RBC Small Business Accounts – Required Documentation

Sole Proprietorships:

If operating under a registered trade name:

← Trade Name Registration

or

← Master Business License

This is not required if you are operating strictly in your own name without any words indicating plurality, such as “John Smith Consulting”.

For information regarding registering a trade name for your business, contact your Provincial Registry office.

Partnerships and Limited Partnerships:

← Registered Declaration of Partnership

or

← a copy of your Partnership Agreement (where Provincial Law does not require registration)

Corporations (including Not for Profit Corporations):

Newly Incorporated Entities (in existence/incorporated for 12 months or less):

← Articles of Incorporation/Association

Incorporated Entities (in existence/incorporated for longer than 12 months):

← Articles of Incorporation/Association

and

one of the following government-issued documents applicable to your Business:

← Certificate of Status (also referred to as certificate of good standing or certificate of compliance)

← Annual Government Filing (where corporation has been in existence for more than a year)

← Corporate Profile Report

← Company’s most recent notice of assessment (income tax assessment)

← Business license or vendor permits

← Health or safety certificates

← Liquor license

← Business Number (where the Business Number has been confirmed to be linked to the corporate entity),

← Certificate of Existence

← Certificate of Compliance

Unincorporated Associations/Community Group/Not for Profit organization:

← Articles of Association

or

← the Association’s original constitution and bylaws.

Where the association has no formal registration we are required to obtain a document that provides evidence that the individuals opening the account on behalf on the association have the authority to do so.

All Business Structures who operating as Registered charities:

← Your Charitable registration number

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