Alberta Corporate Registry Search FAQs

Find answers to common questions about Alberta corporate registry searches — including how to look up company records, what details are included, and how to access official documents.

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The historical searches cannot be submitted online. You may submit the historical search by emailing our office, please include the information you are looking for. We will send you a payment request by email to process the credit card. Once paid we can process the historical search and email the results back to you. For change documents, each filing has a separate document that may be ordered. Any corporate change, would be accessed as a historical search for each recorded change. If you are going to be processing historical searches often, you can look at getting an account with our office. You would be billed monthly instead of paying for each service.

The Alberta Corporate Search will not include the bylaws or the annual reports for a society as these are microfilm document that may be ordered and supplied by AB Corporate Registries. The Corporate Search will include, registered and records address for the society, along with the name and address for the directors/shareholders. We can order registration documents and annual reports for the society, the documents should be available in 24 - 48 hours.

To locate the owner of a business, you may request a corporate search on our website. The corporate search results will be emailed to you in a few minutes. The corporate search results will include: - Corporate name, Corporate Access Number, business number – if assigned, and legal entity status, registration date - Registered office address and records address - Email address, if recorded - Director’s name, address, and appointment date (as recorded on the Alberta Corporate Registry system) - Shareholder’s name, address, and percentage of voting shares (as recorded on the Alberta Corporate Registry system) - Articles of incorporation (additional article attachments may be available upon request) - Filing history

You may request the corporate search online. Please check out our Corporate Search page for additional information. The search may be conducted by corporate name or Corporate Access Number (CAN).

Alberta Corporate Registry Search FAQs

Is it possible to do a historic corporate search online? If so would the schedules and change documents be included? 2021-Jan-15

I would like to obtain the constitution and bylaws, as well as annual reports for a non profit society. Is this something you can provide through the corporate search? 2020-Sep-30

How do I find out who owns a corporation? 2020-Nov-01

I need a corporate registry search done to set up business licence in Edmonton. What information would you need from me to do that search? Corporation #, name, etc.? 2021-May-19