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Manitoba 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.
Keep the corporation’s records at its registered office in Manitoba, or another place in Manitoba the directors name — the articles and by-laws, the minutes and resolutions, the register of directors, and adequate accounting records — where shareholders, creditors and the Director may examine them. Binds: Manitoba corporations under The Corporations Act.
The law’s own words
“A corporation shall also prepare, and maintain at its registered office or at another place in Manitoba designated by the directors, adequate accounting records and records containing minutes of meetings and resolutions of the directors and of any committee of directors.”
The Corporations Act (Manitoba), s. 20(2) · Read it at Manitoba · Verified 2026-11-08
“Shareholders and creditors of a corporation, their agents and legal representatives, and the Director may examine the records referred to in subsection 20(1) during the usual business hours of the corporation, and may take extracts therefrom free of charge and, where the corporation has made a distribution to the public, any other person may do so upon payment of a reasonable fee.”
The Corporations Act (Manitoba), s. 21(1) · Read it at Manitoba · Verified 2026-11-08
“A corporation shall at all times have a registered office in the place within Manitoba specified in its articles or in a special resolution under subsection (2).”
The Corporations Act (Manitoba), s. 19(1) · Read it at Manitoba · Verified 2026-11-08
The Corporations Act (Manitoba), section 20
“A corporation shall also prepare, and maintain at its registered office or at another place in Manitoba designated by the directors, adequate accounting records and records containing minutes of meetings and resolutions of the directors and of any committee of directors.”
Source: Manitoba Laws — The Corporations Act, CCSM c C225, s. 20 · Checked 2026-11-08
The Corporations Act (Manitoba), section 21
“Shareholders and creditors of a corporation, their agents and legal representatives, and the Director may examine the records referred to in subsection 20(1) during the usual business hours of the corporation, and may take extracts therefrom free of charge and, where the corporation has made a distribution to the public, any other person may do so upon payment of a reasonable fee.”
Source: Manitoba Laws — The Corporations Act, CCSM c C225, s. 21 · Checked 2026-11-08
The Corporations Act (Manitoba), section 19
“A corporation shall at all times have a registered office in the place within Manitoba specified in its articles or in a special resolution under subsection (2).” “A corporation shall send to the Director, within 15 days of any change in the location or address of its registered office, a notice of the change in the form the Director requires.”
Source: Manitoba Laws — The Corporations Act, CCSM c C225, s. 19 · Checked 2026-11-08