What happens to a corporation's registered office address when it continues into another jurisdiction?

When an Ontario corporation continues into another province, it has to establish a registered office in that new jurisdiction, since every corporation must maintain a registered office in the province whose law now governs it. The corporation's articles are updated as part of the continuance to reflect the new registered office address, and going forward, official notices, service of legal documents, and government correspondence are directed there instead of the old Ontario address.

What happens on the Ontario side depends on whether the corporation still carries on business here. If it does, it generally needs to register as an extra-provincial corporation in Ontario and maintain an Ontario address for service, with changes reported under the Corporations Information Act, similar to any out-of-province corporation doing business in Ontario. If it has no further operations here, it can wind down its Ontario registration instead.

Because a registered office isn't just a formality — it affects where legal proceedings can be served and where corporate records must be accessible — this is one of the more practical, easy-to-overlook details in a continuance. Coordinating the change with the corporation's registered agent or counsel in both jurisdictions helps avoid a gap.