What Provisions are Required to be Included in Not-for-Profit Articles of Incorporation?

Canada Not-for-profit Corporations Act s. 7 (1)

Articles of incorporation shall follow the form that the Director fixes and shall set out, in respect of the proposed corporation,

(a) the name of the corporation;

(b) the province where the registered office is to be situated;

(c) the classes, or regional or other groups, of members that the corporation is authorized to establish and, if there are two or more classes or groups, any voting rights attaching to each of those classes or groups;

(d) the number of directors or the minimum and maximum number of directors;

(e) any restrictions on the activities that the corporation may carry on;

(f) a statement of the purpose of the corporation; and

(g) a statement concerning the distribution of property remaining on liquidation after the discharge of any liabilities of the corporation.

(2) Articles of incorporation shall set out, in respect of the proposed corporation, any provision required by any other Act of Parliament to be set out in the articles.