Operating a registered charity

Important notice for Ontario charities

Ontario’s Not-for-Profit Corporations Act (ONCA) three-year transition period ended on October 18, 2024. Corporations that did not update their governing documents by October 18, 2024 will not be dissolved or prevented from operating. Generally, after the transition period, any provisions in a corporation’s governing documents that were previously valid under the Corporations Act (CA) but have not been amended to bring it into conformity with ONCA are deemed amended as necessary to comply with ONCA. However, for example, some provisions in governing documents, such as the by-laws, may no longer apply to the corporation if they fail to be amended as necessary to conform with ONCA. Please note that updated by-laws do not need to be filed with the Ministry of Public and Business Service Delivery and Procurement.

For more information, see Guide to Ontario’s Not-for-Profit Corporations Act, 2010 and Not-for-Profit Corporations Act, 2010 – Transition Considerations.

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