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To optimize our online services and make them easier to use, we will be updating our online services from 6:00 p.m. on Friday, May 18, 2012, to 11:00 p.m. on Sunday, May 20, 2012.

Our online services will not be available during this time. Exceptionally, the Rechercher une entreprise au registre service will be back online as of 8:00 a.m. on Sunday, May 20, 2012.

Enterprise Register File Details

General information
Field heading Description
Identification
Québec enterprise number (NEQ) The name of the enterprise in force.  
Québec enterprise number (NEQ)

The number assigned when the enterprise was registered. The first two digits indicate the type of enterprise:

11: Legal persons

22: Sole proprietorships

33: General partnerships, associations and other groups

88: Public authorities.

Address or head office
Address   The civic address is indicated for all types of enterprises except public authorities (NEQs starting with 88).
Head office The main establishment of a business corporation or an association where its legal, administrative and managerial activities are concentrated. This information only displays in respect of public authorities (NEQs starting with 88).
Adresse du domicile élu

Address of elected domicile The indications that specify the place where mail is delivered.

If the address is not publishable, it is not indicated. Only enterprise register staff may see the reference “non-publishable.”

Registration: The assignment of an identification number (NEQ) to an enterprise in order to identify it. This section displays for all types of enterprises except public authorities (NEQs starting with 88).
Date of registration The date on which the identification number (NEQ) was assigned to an enterprise. The date will not be modified in the course of the enterprise’s existence.
Status   The state of the enterprise’s registration in the enterprise register.
Date of the registration status Date of the beginning of the state of the enterprise’s registration in the enterprise register.
Anticipated termination date

The anticipated date of termination of activities.

If no termination date is anticipated, the message “No termination date is anticipated” displays.

Legal form: This section displays in the case of legal persons and public authorities (NEQs starting with 11 and 88).
Date of establishment Date of creation of the enterprise, e.g. a company, a legal person or a cooperative.
Legal status The enterprise’s legal status.
Date of legal status The date on which the legal status changed to the status now displayed.
Place of creation

The place where the business corporation was legally established.

This information only displays in respect of legal persons (NEQs starting with 11).

Legislation under which a legal person was originally incorporated

The legislation under which a legal person was established. This information will never be changed.

This information only displays in respect of legal persons (NEQs starting with 11).

Legislation under which a legal person is currently incorporated

The legislation now governing a legal person.

This information only displays in respect of legal persons (NEQs starting with 11).

Voluntary registrant This information only displays in respect of public authorities (NEQs starting with 88).
Date of updating
Date of updating of the information statement The date on which the information in the information statement was updated.
Date of the last annual updating declaration

The date on which the last annual updating declaration was filed.

If no annual update has been filed since the incorporation, the following message displays: “No annual updating declaration filed.”

Date of the end of the period for filing the annual updating declaration The deadline by which the annual updating declaration for the current year must be filed.
Bankruptcy: This section displays in the case of legal persons and sole proprietorships (NEQs starting with 11 and 22).
The enterprise is bankrupt This message displays when the enterprise is subject to bankruptcy.
The enterprise is not bankrupt  This message displays when the enterprise is not subject to bankruptcy.
Proceedings: This section displays only if the enterprise is subject to proceedings and presents the following message: “The enterprise is subject to proceedings.”
Amalgamation/split-up: This section displays in the case of legal persons and public authorities (NEQs starting with 11 and 88).
The enterprise has never been subject to an amalgamation or a split-up This message displays when the enterprise is not subject to an amalgamation or a split-up.
The enterprise was subject to a split-up on This message displays when the enterprise is subject to a split-up.
The enterprise amalgamated on In the case of an ordinary amalgamation, the date indicated is that on which the resulting legal person was created. In the case of a simplified amalgamation, the date indicated is subsequent to the date of creation.
Outcome This information indicates that the file displayed results from an amalgamation.
Outcome, statute, place The Relation entre les entreprises table displays when the file has been struck off ex officio and has been subject to an amalgamation.
Continuance/transformation: This section displays in respect of legal persons (NEQs starting with 11).
The enterprise has never been subject to continuance or transformation This message displays when the enterprise is not subject to continuance or transformation.
The enterprise was subject to a transformation on This message displays when the enterprise is subject to transformation.
The enterprise was subject to a continuance on This message displays when the enterprise is subject to continuance.
Statute This information indicates the code of the legal system.
Place This information indicates the name of the place.
Liquidation/dissolution: This section displays in respect of legal persons (NEQs starting with 11).
The enterprise is not subject to a liquidation or a dissolution This message displays when the enterprise is not subject to a liquidation or a dissolution.
The enterprise has been undergoing liquidation since This message displays when the enterprise is subject to a liquidation.
The enterprise has been undergoing dissolution since This message displays when the enterprise is subject to a dissolution.
Economic activities and number of employees 
Code The industry code number.
Description The description of the industry code.
Employees in Québec:  The number of employees.
Purpose pursued by the business corporation: This section displays in respect of general partnerships constituted in the following legal forms: limited partnership, general partnership, general partnership with limited liability, undeclared partnership, and foreign partnership.
Purpose of the corporation The mission, rationale or objective of the enterprise.
Related persons
Field heading Description
Shareholders Natural or legal persons who possess one or more shares issued by a corporation.
Members of the board of directors A group of persons who oversee the general administration of the enterprise.
Persons who are not members of the board of directors (type of related person that displays in respect of legal persons [NEQs starting with 11])  Persons who are involved in the general administration of the enterprise but who are not members of the board of directors.
Partners

This section displays in respect of general partnerships constituted in the following legal forms: limited partnership, general partnership, general partnership with limited liability, undeclared partnership, and foreign partnership.
Persons who pool their activities and property in a corporation and who, among other things, assume their share of risks and liabilities.
Mandatary The mandatary represents the registrant.
Administrator of the property of others Persons who, in their capacity as the administrators of the property of others, are responsible for administering all of the property of a registrant. They have the rights and obligations that the Act confers on the registrant.
Establishments
Field heading Description
Establishments  The place where an enterprise is located.
Documents
Field heading Description
Documents preserved The documents that the registrant files in the enterprise register.
Names and other names used in Québec
Field heading Description
Names and other names used in Québec All of the other names that the registrant has declared that it uses in Québec.
Last Update : 14/05/2012
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