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

The corporation name exactly as it appears on the certificate of incorporation.
The jurisdiction, whether federal or the province of incorporation.
The corporation number, and often the year.
Bilingual name versions where the corporation is registered with one.

Canada stamp templates, ready to edit

Corporate Seal template for Canada, editable online — Corporate sealSize: 56mmCustomize this seal

Received Stamp template for Canada, editable online — ReceivedSize: 56 x 22mmCustomize this stamp

Corporate Name Box Seal template for Canada, editable online — Corporate name boxSize: 56mmCustomize this seal

Common Seal template for Canada, editable online — Common sealSize: 56mmCustomize this seal

Realty Seal template for Canada, editable online — Real-estate sealSize: 56mmCustomize this seal

Director Ring Seal template for Canada, editable online — Director ringSize: 56mmCustomize this seal

Open the stamp maker with any of these

Every preview on this page carries a faint Estamplab watermark. Your own download does not: the editor renders your stamp again, clean, as a transparent PNG, an SVG or a PDF. See the full template library.

Why make it digitally

Minute books are increasingly kept digitally, and an embossed seal does not survive being scanned.
A numbered company that later adopts an operating name needs the seal changed, which is a re-cut in metal and an edit here.
Corporations dealing with counterparties in Asia or the Gulf are asked for a stamp their own law does not require.

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.

Is there a free maker, or only samples?

This is a free canada company stamp maker. Pick a canada company stamp sample for a head start or use the blank canada company stamp generator, then change every line of the canada company stamp design. Everything happens with the canada company stamp online in your browser. The canada company stamp price is per file rather than monthly, $1.50 for a canada company stamp png and $3.00 for the pack, and a canada company stamp template never enters into it.

What people call it in Canada

rubber stamp Canada: What people mean when they want the object rather than the file. You can still start here: the SVG download is exactly what a die-cutter in Canada wants, and it costs nothing to try the layout first.
company stamp Canada: The workhorse. In Canada it carries the registered name and number and goes on most outgoing paperwork.
company seal Canada: Reads as more formal than a stamp and is used where a document is being executed rather than merely marked. Common on certificates issued in Canada.
stamp maker Canada: The online version of walking into a stamp shop, minus the lead time. Works the same from a phone, which is how a lot of people in Canada will reach it.
digital stamp: What you want if the paperwork is emailed rather than handed over. It also carries a date that fills itself in, which a rubber die in Canada or anywhere else cannot.
round stamp: Reads as a seal rather than as a label, which is why it is the shape most organisations in Canada choose for an identity mark.
rectangular stamp: The shape that fits beside a signature without covering anything, and the one most under-used in Canada.
stamp templates: Two hundred and twenty-five designs, all editable. Pick the one closest to what is expected in Canada and change the text.
free stamp maker: Free to design, free to preview at full quality with nothing over it. Only the download is charged, once, with no plan attached.
putting a stamp on a PDF: The mark is written into the page content rather than dropped on as an annotation, so the next person to open the file cannot drag it off.

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. Only produce a mark your own organisation is entitled to use.