Corporate seal maker for Canada

Neither the federal CBCA nor the provincial statutes require a Canadian corporation to have a seal, though many keep one in the minute book for share certificates and formal resolutions.

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Canada removed the requirement across both federal and provincial regimes, and a corporation can be formed and run without ever owning a seal. What keeps them in circulation is the minute book: share certificates, directors resolutions and older precedent documents often have a place for one, and lawyers still ask.

What a company stamp in Canada usually carries

Why make it digitally

Questions

Does a Canadian corporation need a seal?

No. The Canada Business Corporations Act does not require one, and neither do the provincial business corporations acts. It survives as a convention in minute books rather than as an obligation.

What goes on a Canadian corporate seal?

The corporation name as incorporated, the jurisdiction, and usually the corporation number and year. A corporation with a registered French and English name may put both on.

Is an embossed seal better?

It is traditional and it is what a minute book expects. It also does not photocopy or scan, so if the document is going to live as a PDF an inked or digital seal is the practical choice.

This describes common commercial practice rather than giving legal advice, and practice changes. Where a specific document matters, check the requirement with the body receiving it.

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