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Manitoba stands fully covered: its own filings and guidance stand in the books beside the federal ones.
The bylaws stand in the founding documents, with the name, the purposes and the head office.
A Manitoba corporation without share capital is set up under Part XXII of the Act. Its articles state the restrictions on the undertaking it may carry on, and that each first director becomes a member on incorporation. Its by-laws carry the rest — who may join, the fees and dues, how membership ends, and the conduct of its affairs. The corporation keeps not fewer than three directors; its classes of membership, if it has them, stand in its articles or by-laws with their terms; members join by resolution of the directors; and a member’s interest is not transferable — it lapses on death, or when the member ceases to be one. Binds: Manitoba corporations without share capital (The Corporations Act, Part XXII).
The law’s own words
“The articles shall be in the form the Director requires and in addition shall state (a) the restrictions on the undertaking that the corporation may carry on”
The Corporations Act (Manitoba), s. 268 · Read it at Manitoba · Verified 2026-11-11
“that each first director becomes a member of the corporation upon its incorporation”
The Corporations Act (Manitoba), s. 268 · Read it at Manitoba · Verified 2026-11-11
“The directors of a corporation may pass by-laws, not contrary to this Act or to the articles of the corporation, regulating (a) the admission of persons and unincorporated associations as members …; (b) the fees and dues of members; … (d) the suspension and termination of membership by the corporation and by a member; … (j) the conduct in all other particulars of the affairs of the corporation.”
The Corporations Act (Manitoba), s. 275 · Read it at Manitoba · Verified 2026-11-11
The Corporations Act (Manitoba), section 268
“The articles shall be in the form the Director requires and in addition shall state (a) the restrictions on the undertaking that the corporation may carry on … (d) that each first director becomes a member of the corporation upon its incorporation”
Source: Manitoba Laws — The Corporations Act, CCSM c C225, s. 268 · Checked 2026-11-11