How do I search a corporation in the Alberta Corporate Registry?

This answer covers the law of Alberta.

You request an Alberta Corporate Registry search through a registry agent, and current and historical searches can show a corporation's registration date, owners, directors and legal addresses.

The options are a certified current search, a certified historical search, a certificate of status, a historical certificate of status, and certified copies of information, transactions and attachments. Searches cover current or formerly registered Alberta and extra-provincial corporations, partnerships, trade names and incorporated non-profits. A certificate of status confirms status as of a given date only, and a historical certificate confirms status as of a past date. Certificates of status are not available for trade names and partnerships.

The agent charges a government fee plus a service fee. A corporate search is only one part of checking a target business. A separate Personal Property Registry search can be requested by business debtor name, among other search types, on a Search Request form at any registry agent office in Alberta. Because a certificate speaks only as of its date, it is sensible to ask for a fresh one close to closing and to have a lawyer confirm what else you need.