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Alberta stands fully covered: its own filings and guidance stand in the books beside the federal ones.
Keep the society’s records whole and findable, for as long as the law asks, and let the people entitled to see them see them.
An Alberta society keeps a register of its members at its registered office in Alberta, where a member may inspect it, and its bylaws provide for the custody of its minutes, books and records. Binds: Alberta societies (Societies Act, RSA 2000, c S-14).
The law’s own words
“A society shall keep a register of its members containing the names of the applicants for incorporation and the name of every other person who is admitted as a member of the society, together with the following particulars of each person …”
Societies Act (Alberta), s. 36(1) · Read it at King’s Printer for Alberta · Verified 2026-11-11
“A society shall, on and after its date of registration, keep the register of its members at its registered office and shall, on each regular business day during not less than 2 regular business hours as determined by the society at a general meeting, permit a member of the society to inspect the register without payment of a fee.”
Societies Act (Alberta), s. 36(2) · Read it at King’s Printer for Alberta · Verified 2026-11-11
“the preparation and custody of minutes of proceedings of meetings of the society and of the directors, and other books and records of the society”
Societies Act (Alberta), s. 9(4) · Read it at King’s Printer for Alberta · Verified 2026-11-11
“Every society shall have a registered office in Alberta to which all communications and notices may be sent and at which all process may be served.”
Societies Act (Alberta), s. 24(1) · Read it at King’s Printer for Alberta · Verified 2026-11-11