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How to start a Nonprofit Organization in Canada and Province of Quebec

First, choose your organization appropriate name. A non-profit organization ("NFO") may be incorporated in Quebec under Quebec Companies Act or a NFO may be created by written or unwritten contract as an unincorporated NFO association. An association has no juridical personality and is not required to register with Registraire des enterprises (REQ). In most cases, an association may not able to open bank account or register for payroll etc. or enter into a lease agreement as an unincorporated association unless it registers with the REQ

Incorporate a Non-Profit Legal Person or Organization in Quebec

Registering your Enterprise in Quebec

For a start-up NFO that has no immediate plan to acquire immovable properties (building or land) it may register the organization as an (unincorporated) association because it is quicker,cheaper with fewer filing requirements.

Also a NFO may be incorporated Federally under new "The Canada Not-for-profit Corporations Act" (NFP Act)

Create / Maintain a Not-for-profit Corporation Federally

All about incorporation - What, Who, Why and How

If you decide to incorporate, next you carefully outline the purpose or objectives of your organization and file with incorporation's application. If you are establishing a place of worship (Musallah or Mosque), the objectives must be focused to the organization principle activities which you intent to do, such as administer and manage a place of worship, teach Islam, or Arabic to children under 15 after school. Avoid using superficial objectives or activities which the organization will not do, such as social and cultural activities, sport or helping immigrant,refugees, poor or needy. Adding such statements will unnecssary delay or jeopardize your chance to register as a Canadian Registered Charity. Please consult an expert when you are drafting your organization objectives.

The administrators or directors must review and approve all advertising material, flyers, web pages and social media/networking posting before publishing to ensure the no statements are made which contradict the stated objectives of the organization.

After the registration either as an incorportion or an association, the organization must develop its by-laws on a priority basis and it must contain at least the following

Constitutions or by-laws

Under Federal NFP Act, where the corporation’s by-laws are silent, it provides mandatory and default Rules, a minimum, a Federally incorporated must have the following two by-laws provisions (1) Conditions of membership and (2) Notice of meeting to members entitled to vote at the meeting. The corporation has the option of overriding many of these rules by setting out its own rules in the by-laws or, if it so chooses, in the articles.

Model By-Laws




Siddique Katiya
Sunday, January 6, 2013

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