Corporate Registry | Annual Returns

Annual return information must be provided by the legal entity each year. The annual return gives us information about the appointment of shareholders to the corporation and extra-provincial registrations, or directors and/or officers for societies and non-profit companies. This is a provincial government filing requirement, (please note it has nothing to do with your annual tax return that is submitted to Revenue Canada.)

If the annual return information is not filed, the Alberta corporation, society, or non-profit company will be dissolved. Please refer to the strike-off chart below to see when your annual return must be filed by to avoid being struck. If an extra-provincial corporation does not file its annual return information, its registration will be cancelled in Alberta.

Alberta Corporate Registry will mail a pre-printed annual return reminder form to your corporation, society, non-profit company or Limited Liability Partnership one-month prior to the anniversary month of its incorporation. For an extra-provincial corporation, Corporate Registry will mail the annual return to the attorney for service a month prior to the anniversary month of its registration. The reminder form is not required in order to file the annual return, simply bring in acceptable ID, the company name, and all relevant details for us to complete the filing.

A corporation may either take the actual form or provide the information requested on the form to MoJo’s License & Registry for processing. Limited liability partnerships file annual reports. The annual report provides information about the representative partners. If the annual report is not filed, the Alberta Limited Liability Partnership will be struck. For extra-provincial Limited Liability Partnership their registration will be cancelled. A society or non-profit company must provide its annual return information along with audited financial statements to the Corporate Registry Office in Edmonton; you are more than welcome to bring these into us and we will forward them to the branch office for you free of charge!