Is Corporations Canada data free?

Yes. Corporations Canada (ISED) publishes federal corporation data under the Open Government Licence – Canada, and British Columbia publishes its registry under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia. The data is free to use, including commercially, with attribution.

What is a Canadian corporation number?

A federal corporation number is the 7-digit identifier Corporations Canada assigns to every federally incorporated company. The 9-digit Business Number (BN9) is the CRA tax identifier. British Columbia uses its own registration number (e.g. BC0578072).

Federal vs provincial — what's covered?

Companies can be incorporated federally (CBCA) or provincially (Ontario, BC, Quebec, etc.). This covers federal corporations (business, not-for-profit, cooperatives) plus British Columbia. Always check the governing legislation field.

Does it include director names?

Federal records include the number of directors (min/max) and full registered address; individual director names are a separate dataset. Business number, status, legislation and address are included.

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How to get Canadian company data: Corporations Canada & British Columbia

Canadian companies are registered federally at Corporations Canada (under the CBCA) and provincially — for example in British Columbia. Here's how to pull a company's status, governing legislation, directors, registered address and business number (BN9) as clean JSON — for KYC, due diligence and supplier onboarding.

Corporation number, BN9 & registration number

A federal corporation number is the 7-digit ID Corporations Canada assigns to every federally incorporated company. The Business Number (BN9) is the 9-digit Canada Revenue Agency tax identifier. British Columbia companies have their own registration number (e.g. BC0578072). Numbers are the reliable key — company names can be duplicated, changed or dissolved.

What data can you get?

Identity — corporate name, secondary name, corporation number, business number (BN9).
Status & legislation — active / dissolved, governing legislation (CBCA, not-for-profit, cooperatives), director limits.
Filing dates — anniversary date, year of last annual filing, date of last annual meeting.
Address — full registered office: street, city, province, postal code, country.
British Columbia — corporate name, BC registration number, business number, status and registration date.

The easy way (by name, number or category)

Corporations Canada and OrgBook BC offer official open data, but you have to download bulk files or stitch together APIs yourself. Instead, the Canada Company Data scraper on Apify takes a company name or number and returns a structured profile — no setup, exportable to JSON / CSV / Excel.

Type names (e.g. Shopify, Lululemon) — matched across Federal + BC; or
Paste exact corporation / registration numbers for guaranteed matches; or
Browse by category — list all federal business corporations, not-for-profits, cooperatives or boards of trade, optionally filtered by province.

Use cases: KYC & supplier onboarding, due diligence on Canadian vendors, lead enrichment, and building targeted lists of Canadian corporations by type & province.

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Is it legal?

It reads public statutory data published by Corporations Canada (ISED) under the Open Government Licence – Canada and by OrgBook BC under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia. Verify your use complies with those licences and applicable Canadian privacy law (PIPEDA).