Advising the Charities Directorate of your transition to the Not-for-profit Corporations Act

After you have completed the transition to the Canada Not-for-profit Corporations Act, you need to advise the Charities Directorate. Use this form to send us the required documents.

Name of organization: __________________________________________________________________________

Registration number: ___________________________________________________________________________

Attach the following documents:

☐ copy of the Certificate of Continuance

☐ copy of Form 4031, Articles of Continuance (transition)

☐ list of current directors (if amended)

☐ copy of the current bylaws, certified by 2 directors with an effective date (if amended)

☐ statement of current activities (if required)

☐ other (specify) _____________________________________________________­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­_______________________­

Information about your purposes

(Check the statement that applies to your charity)

The purposes of my charity in Form 4031, Articles of Continuance (transition):

☐ are exactly the same as in the previous incorporation document

☐ have been changed and the proposed changes have been approved by the Charities Directorate

☐ have been changed using the Canada Revenue Agency’s Model purposes (include a statement of activities)

☐ have been changed and have not been approved by the Charities Directorate (include a statement of activities)

For information on how to complete a statement of activities, go to Describing your activities.

Contact person: _______________________________________________________________________________

Position in the organization: _____________________________________________________________________

Telephone number: ____________________________________________________________________________

Date: _______________________________________________________________________________________

Attach this completed form to your documents and mail them to:

Charities Directorate
Canada Revenue Agency
Ottawa ON K1A 0L5

Related link

• Transitioning to the new Not-for-profit Corporations Act

Date modified:

2016-01-28