Corporations Canada Registry Scraper

Look up federally incorporated Canadian companies directly from Corporations Canada (ised-isde.canada.ca), the official federal corporate registry operated by Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED). Search by corporate name, or fetch an exact record by corporation number, CRA business number (BN), or internal corporation ID — and get back the full public filing: registered office address, directors, individuals with significant control, annual filing history, corporate name history, and the full certificate/filing history.

This is the same database used to confirm whether a company is a legitimate federally incorporated Canadian corporation, verify its current legal name and status, or find its officers and registered address for due diligence, KYC, sales prospecting, or compliance research.

What this actor does

• Four lookup modes:
  • search — free-text corporate name search with optional province, status, and governing-act filters
  • byCorporationNumber — exact lookup by federal corporation number (e.g. 426160-7)
  • byBusinessNumber — exact lookup by CRA business number / BN (e.g. 847871746)
  • byCorporationId — direct fetch using the registry's internal corporation ID
• Full public filing per corporation: legal name, corporation number, business number, status, governing legislation, registered office address, directors, individuals with significant control (or exemption reason), annual filing history, corporate name history, and every certificate/filing on record (incorporation, amendments, restated articles, revival, proxy circulars, financial statements)
• Filters: province/territory of registered office, corporation status (active/dissolved/etc.), governing federal act
• No login, no cookies, no paid proxy — reads Corporations Canada's public search pages directly
• Empty fields are omitted — every record only contains data the registry actually published for that corporation

Output per corporation

Field	Description
corpId	Corporations Canada's internal corporation ID
corpName	Current legal name
corpNumber	Federal corporation number (e.g. 426160-7)
businessNumber	CRA business number, including program-account suffix if on file (e.g. 847871746RC0001)
status	Current status text (e.g. Active, Dissolved for non-compliance (s. 212) on 2009-04-17)
statusDate	Date associated with the status, when the registry publishes one (dissolution/discontinuance date)
governingLegislation	Federal act the corporation is incorporated under
governingLegislationDate	Date the corporation came under that act (incorporation, continuance, or amalgamation date)
registeredOfficeAddress	Full registered office address as filed
registeredOfficeProvince	Two-letter province/territory code parsed from the address
registeredOfficePostalCode	Postal code parsed from the address
directorsMin / directorsMax	Minimum/maximum number of directors permitted per the articles
directors[]	Current directors on file — name, address
iscExemptionReason	Why the corporation is exempt from disclosing individuals with significant control (public companies, wholly-owned subsidiaries, etc.) — present instead of iscIndividuals when an exemption applies
iscIndividuals[]	Individuals with significant control on file — name, address, typeOfInterest, startDate
iscLastUpdated	Date the ISC information was last updated or confirmed
anniversaryDate	Corporation's anniversary date (MM-DD) — the annual-filing trigger date
lastAnnualMeetingDate	Date of the last annual meeting on file
annualFilingPeriodStart / annualFilingPeriodEnd	The 60-day annual-filing window (MM-DD)
corporationType	e.g. Distributing corporation, Non-Soliciting, when published
annualFilings[]	Filing status per year — year, status (e.g. Filed, Not due, Overdue)
corporateNameHistory[]	Every legal name the corporation has held — name, fromDate, toDate (omitted for the current name)
filingHistory[]	Every certificate/filing on record — type (e.g. Certificate of Incorporation, Certificate of Amendment, Certificate of Restated Articles of Incorporation, Certificate of Revival, Proxy circular, Financial statements), date, and details (e.g. Amendment details: Corporate name, As of 2026-04-21) when published
extraProvincialRegistrationUrl	Link to check the corporation's provincial/territorial extra-provincial registrations on Canada's Business Registries
sourceUrl	Canonical Corporations Canada detail page for this record
scrapedAt	UTC timestamp of when the record was scraped
recordType	Always corporation

Field availability depends on what the corporation has on file and its governing act — e.g. not-for-profit corporations don't have an individuals-with-significant-control section, and older/dissolved corporations may be missing some filing details.

Input

Field	Type	Default	Description
mode	select	search	search / byCorporationNumber / byBusinessNumber / byCorporationId
corpName	string	Shopify	Free-text corporate name search (mode=search)
corpProvince	select	Any	Restrict to a province/territory of registered office (mode=search)
corpStatus	select	Any	Restrict to Active / Inactive - Amalgamated / Inactive - Discontinued / Dissolved (mode=search)
corpAct	select	Any	Restrict to a governing federal act (mode=search)
corpNumbers	array	–	Exact corporation numbers, e.g. 426160-7 (mode=byCorporationNumber)
businessNumbers	array	–	Exact CRA business numbers, e.g. 847871746 (mode=byBusinessNumber)
corporationIds	array	–	Internal corporation IDs, e.g. 4261607 (mode=byCorporationId)
includeFullDetails	boolean	true	Fetch the full detail page per match. Turn off for a fast name/number/status-only listing
maxItems	integer	20	Hard cap on emitted records (1–200)

Example: search by name with filters

{
  "mode": "search",
  "corpName": "Bank",
  "corpProvince": "ON",
  "corpStatus": "1",
  "corpAct": "6",
  "maxItems": 50
}

Example: exact lookup by corporation number

{
  "mode": "byCorporationNumber",
  "corpNumbers": ["426160-7"]
}

Example: exact lookup by business number (BN)

{
  "mode": "byBusinessNumber",
  "businessNumbers": ["847871746"]
}

Example: direct fetch by corporation ID

{
  "mode": "byCorporationId",
  "corporationIds": ["4261607"]
}

Use cases

• KYC / AML due diligence — confirm a counterparty is a genuine federally incorporated Canadian corporation and check its current status
• Sales & lead research — pull directors and registered addresses for federally incorporated prospects
• Compliance monitoring — track annual-filing status and corporate name changes over time
• Corporate research & journalism — trace a company's incorporation history, name changes, and ownership disclosures
• Legal & M&A due diligence — verify governing legislation, incorporation date, and director records before a transaction
• Data enrichment — attach official registry data (corporation number, BN, status) to an existing company database

FAQ

What is Corporations Canada? The federal corporate registry operated by Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED) for corporations incorporated under federal acts such as the Canada Business Corporations Act and the Canada Not-for-profit Corporations Act.

Does this cover provincially incorporated companies? No. Corporations Canada's database only covers corporations created under federal law. Companies incorporated provincially (most small businesses) or under financial-institution legislation aren't included — check the relevant provincial/territorial registry or Canada's Business Registries instead.

What's the difference between a corporation number and a business number (BN)? The corporation number (e.g. 426160-7) is assigned by Corporations Canada at incorporation. The business number (BN) is the 9-digit CRA tax identifier, often shown with a program-account suffix like RC0001 for a GST/HST account. Either can be used to look up the same corporation.

Why do some records have iscExemptionReason instead of iscIndividuals? Corporations Canada exempts certain corporations — for example public companies listed on a designated stock exchange, or their wholly-owned subsidiaries — from disclosing individuals with significant control. The exemption reason is published in place of the individual-level data.

Why don't dissolved corporations have director or filing details? Once a corporation is dissolved, Corporations Canada may retain only partial historical data. The actor returns whatever the registry currently publishes for that record — it never fabricates missing fields.

How current is this data? Corporations Canada updates its public records within hours of a filed transaction, and the actor reads the live registry on every run — there's no caching delay.

Can I search corporations outside a specific province? Yes — leave corpProvince on "Any" to search nationwide, or restrict results to a single province/territory of registered office.

Is a proxy or login required? No. Corporations Canada's search and detail pages are fully public; the actor doesn't use cookies, an API key, or a paid proxy.

Is this affiliated with Corporations Canada or the Government of Canada? No, this is a third-party actor using the public Corporations Canada search and detail pages. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or operated by Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED) or the Government of Canada.