How to file an Ontario corporation CIA return — and autofill 5284 with my-id.ca
File your Corporations Information Act return without retyping director details
Ontario corporations repeat legal name, registered office address, director and officer names and addresses, and authorized contact information on every initial return, notice of change, or annual return under the Corporations Information Act. This guide is an example of storing them once in my-id.ca.
Official form and source
Start from the official source and always use the current version — form numbers and links can change:
- Service page: Ontario Business Registry — ontario.ca
- Form (Central Forms Repository): Initial Return/Notice of Change/Annual Return by an Ontario Corporation - Corporations Information Act — 5284
What this form is about
Form 5284 is the initial return, notice of change, or annual return for an Ontario corporation under the Corporations Information Act — confirm deadlines on ontario.ca.
Before you start: what to gather
- Corporation legal name and Ontario corporation number.
- Registered office address and mailing address.
- Each director's and officer's name and address.
- Return type (initial, change, or annual) — confirm on ontario.ca.
Confirm the current process on ontario.ca.
How my-id.ca makes it faster
- Save it once. Store your corporation name, registered office, and director addresses in your my-id.ca profile.
- Keep documents ready. Upload supporting documents to my-id.ca Files so you are not searching at form time.
- Autofill the form. Use the my-id.ca Chrome extension on a web form, or fill a PDF from your saved profile inside my-id.ca.
- Review and submit yourself through the official channel.
Why do it in my-id.ca
Related Ontario forms repeat the same personal details. Captured once in my-id.ca — stored in Canada, with AI on its own servers — every form starts mostly complete.
Frequently asked questions
- Is form 5284 the same as the annual return?
- It covers initial returns, notices of change, and annual returns — confirm which applies on ontario.ca.
- How does my-id.ca help?
- It autofills corporation name, registered office, and director addresses.
- How does 5284 relate to form 5285?
- Form 5285 is for extra-provincial foreign corporations with share capital.
Fill it once. Reuse it everywhere.
Save your information in my-id.ca once, then autofill this form and the next one — web forms with the Chrome extension, PDFs right in the app. Your data is stored in Canada and AI runs on my-id.ca's own servers, never sent to third-party AI providers.