# Canada Federal Corporation Search - Corporations Canada API (`pink_comic/canada-federal-corporation-search`) Actor

Search the official Corporations Canada (ISED) federal registry by name or corporation number. Export status, Business Number, governing act, registered office, directors, and annual-filing flags. $0.002/result.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/pink_comic/canada-federal-corporation-search.md
- **Developed by:** [Ava Torres](https://apify.com/pink_comic) (community)
- **Categories:** Lead generation, Business, Agents
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## Pricing

from $2.00 / 1,000 federal corporation records

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

An Actor is a serverless cloud program that runs on the Apify platform. It has two run modes.
In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.

Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md.

## How to integrate an Actor?

If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects.
You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).

# README

## Canada Federal Corporation Search - Corporations Canada Registry API

Search the official **Corporations Canada (ISED)** federal corporation registry by corporate name or corporation number. Each result links to the official public record and includes:

- corporation number, corporate name, status and CRA Business Number (BN)
- governing act (CBCA, NFP Act, etc.) and date
- registered office address
- directors with their service addresses, plus the minimum and maximum board size
- anniversary date, last annual meeting, corporation type, and whether annual filings are overdue

No API key. Blank input runs **Shopify**. Pricing: **$0.002 per result + $0.0001 start** (one result ≈ $0.0021).

```json
{ "searchTerms": ["Shopify Inc"], "corporationNumbers": ["426160-7"], "maxResults": 5 }
```

### Use cases

KYB / supplier onboarding, verifying a Canadian counterparty, finding directors, and checking annual-filing compliance flags.

### Coverage and limits

Federal corporations only. Provincially incorporated companies (e.g. an Ontario or BC corporation) are in provincial registries and won't appear here. Each name search returns the registry's first results page, ranked with exact names and active corporations first. Records are point-in-time public evidence and are not a Certificate of Compliance.

### Related

- [US Business Entity Search](https://apify.com/pink_comic/us-business-entity-search)

# Actor input Schema

## `query` (type: `string`):

Quick single corporate-name search. Leave blank for the Shopify example.

## `searchTerms` (type: `array`):

Corporate names to search in the federal registry.

## `corporationNumbers` (type: `array`):

Federal corporation numbers to look up, e.g. 426160-7.

## `maxResults` (type: `integer`):

Maximum total paid dataset items across all searches. The default returns one item (up to $0.0021 including the start event); raise it for broader or batch searches.

## `fetchDetails` (type: `boolean`):

Fetch the official record page for registered office, directors and annual filings.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "query": "",
  "searchTerms": [],
  "corporationNumbers": [],
  "maxResults": 1,
  "fetchDetails": true
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

Dataset items with corporation number, BN, status, registered office, directors and annual-filing fields, plus official source links.

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "query": "",
    "searchTerms": [],
    "corporationNumbers": [],
    "maxResults": 1,
    "fetchDetails": true
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("pink_comic/canada-federal-corporation-search").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {
    "query": "",
    "searchTerms": [],
    "corporationNumbers": [],
    "maxResults": 1,
    "fetchDetails": True,
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("pink_comic/canada-federal-corporation-search").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "query": "",
  "searchTerms": [],
  "corporationNumbers": [],
  "maxResults": 1,
  "fetchDetails": true
}' |
apify call pink_comic/canada-federal-corporation-search --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,pink_comic/canada-federal-corporation-search"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/wL8jGO70Y0HD1LfJc/builds/CFHzxB8gX1SoTZOSX/openapi.json