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Keep your minute book current without a law firm on retainer.

Carta holds the registers, resolutions and documents an Ontario corporation has to keep. Update them from your phone or your desk, and give your accountant a read-only login when they ask.

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Organizations created during the open beta keep a free perpetual license. Your records are stored on Canadian servers.

The tabs your lawyer expects to see.

A paper minute book is a binder with dividers. Carta keeps the same sections, so anyone who has reviewed one before knows where to look. Pick a tab to see what goes in it.

Directors and officers

Everyone who has sat on the board, with appointment and resignation dates. People who step down stay on the register with their history intact.

NameRoleAppointedStatus
Priya RamanDirector, PresidentMar 14, 2021Active
Daniel OkaforDirector, SecretaryMar 14, 2021Active
Marc TremblayDirectorJun 2, 2023Resigned Jan 30, 2026

For the day someone asks for your records.

Your accountant needs the shareholders register for year-end.

Invite them as an auditor. They can read every register and download what they need, and they can't change anything.

The bank wants to know who can sign for the company.

Open the directors register, download the signed banking resolution from the vault, and send both the same afternoon.

A director steps down.

Record the resignation date. They stay on the register as a former director, and the audit log shows who made the change.

You're selling shares to a new partner.

Draft the resolution, record the issuance with its class and number of shares, and attach the signed copy once everyone has signed.

Everything in Carta.

All features

The registers and records the OBCA and ONCA require, and the documents you prepare from them each year.

Digital minute book

The binder your lawyer keeps, with the same tabs, kept up to date by you.

Corporate registers

Directors, shareholders, stated capital, debt and land, kept as registers rather than spreadsheets.

ISC register

The beneficial ownership register Ontario has required since 2023.

Document generator

Annual resolutions, consents, by-laws and share certificates as signable PDFs.

Resolutions & minutes

Board and shareholder decisions, from draft to signed, with the files attached.

Document vault

Articles, by-laws and signed copies, with every version kept.

Compliance reminders

Your annual return date and the obligations that apply to your corporation.

Accountant & team access

Admins edit, auditors read. Everyone has their own login.

Audit trail

Who changed what, and when, for every record.

Not-for-profits (ONCA)

A members register and ONCA documents instead of a shareholder ledger.

iPhone, Android & web

The same records on your phone and your desk.

Stored in Canada

Servers in Canada, not owned by a US company.

Create your organization in the open beta, keep a perpetual license.

Carta is free during the open beta. Every organization you create while the beta is open keeps a free, perpetual license with every feature included. You don't need a card to sign up.

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What you get

  • Every statutory register, plus resolutions and minutes
  • Document vault with permanent version history
  • Annual resolutions, consents and by-laws generated from your registers
  • Audit log and full minute book export
  • Invite other directors, and read-only access for your accountant or lawyer
  • iPhone, Android and web apps

What Carta doesn't do. It doesn't file with the Ontario Business Registry for you, and there's no paralegal on call. Full-service incorporation companies include those and charge accordingly. If you already have a lawyer or accountant, you probably don't need them.

Questions people ask first.

What is a minute book?

A minute book is where a corporation keeps the records corporate law requires: its articles and by-laws, minutes and resolutions of directors and shareholders, and its registers of directors, shareholders and individuals with significant control. Carta keeps the same sections online.

Does every Ontario corporation need one?

Every corporation under the Business Corporations Act (Ontario) has to keep the records listed in section 140 of the Act, and not-for-profits have similar duties under the ONCA. The Act allows them to be kept electronically.

Does Carta work for not-for-profit corporations?

Yes. Choose ONCA when you set up the workspace and Carta uses a members register instead of a shareholder ledger, with ONCA documents and an ONCA compliance checklist.

Can Carta prepare our annual resolutions?

Yes. The document generator prepares the directors' and shareholders' annual resolutions, including the audit exemption consent, as signable PDFs filled in from your registers, and saves them to the minute book.

Does Carta file the annual return or notice of change?

No. Carta reminds you when the annual return is due and prepares a worksheet with what the Ontario Business Registry asks for. You file it yourself through the Registry.

How much does Carta cost?

Carta is free during the open beta, and organizations created during the beta keep a free, perpetual license with every feature. No card is needed to sign up.

Where is my data stored?

On servers located in Canada that aren't owned by a US company.

Just incorporated?

All guides

Free guides from EURA on incorporating, keeping the minute book and the yearly filings for an Ontario corporation.

How to register a business in Ontario

Federal or provincial, what it costs, and what to do once the certificate arrives.

Opening a business bank account

The documents banks ask a new corporation for, and how to keep the account separate.

Invoicing clients with Stripe

Setting up Stripe for a Canadian corporation and sending your first invoice.

What an Ontario corporation's minute book has to contain

The records section 140 of the OBCA requires, and where they have to be kept.

Filing the Ontario annual return

The yearly filing with the Ontario Business Registry: when it's due and what you need.

The ISC register for Ontario corporations

Who counts as an individual with significant control, and what the register must show.

Set up your minute book this afternoon.

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