How to appoint an agent for service in Ontario — and autofill 5281 with my-id.ca
Appoint an Ontario agent for service without retyping corporation details
Extra-provincial corporations licensing or operating in Ontario repeat legal name, home jurisdiction particulars, agent for service name and address, and authorized contact information on every agent appointment. 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): Appointment of Agent for Service/Revised Appointment of Agent for Service - Extra-Provincial Corporations Act — 5281
What this form is about
Form 5281 appoints or revises an agent for service under the Extra-Provincial Corporations Act — confirm filing on ontario.ca.
Before you start: what to gather
- Corporation legal name and home jurisdiction.
- Agent for service name and Ontario address.
- Authorized contact name, phone, and email.
- Supporting documents — 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, agent address, and contact details 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
- Who must appoint an agent for service?
- Extra-provincial corporations licensed in Ontario — confirm on ontario.ca.
- How does my-id.ca help?
- It autofills corporation name, agent address, and contact details.
- How does 5281 relate to form 5280?
- Form 5280 is the licence application; 5281 appoints the Ontario agent for service.
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.