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Canadian Revenue Agency (CA-CRA_ACR)

List Type: secondary

How to use

The code for this list is
CA-CRA_ACR. When you have located the organization you wish to identify in this list, you should either:

Enter it in an identifier database field prefixed with CA-CRA_ACR.

CA-CRA_ACR-[ IDENTIFIER ]

Examples

              
CA-CRA_ACR-101182509
              
CA-CRA_ACR-820336113

Alternatively, use it within a two-part identifier, with CA-CRA_ACR as the 'scheme', and the identifier you have located as the 'identifier' field.

Description

Companies in Canada register with their provincial authority, e.g. British Columbia, and then they register with the Canadian Revenue Agency in order to pay corporate income tax and receive a Business Number.

The code CA-CRA_ACR is used for Canadian Business Numbers.

Non-profits and other kinds of legal entities may also have a Canadian Business Number.

The business number is sometimes reported with a Program Account code (e.g. RP0001 to indicate a payroll program account, leading a number such as 123456789RP0001). In constructing an organisation identifier, only the first nine digits should be used.

Companies can be searched by using the Business Number, as assigned by the CRA, on this incomplete registry hosted by the Canadian govt - https://www.ic.gc.ca/app/scr/cc/CorporationsCanada/fdrlCrpSrch.html?locale=en_CA

## More detail:

Not all companies need a Canadian Business Number. Detailed information can be found here - http://www.cra-arc.gc.ca/tx/bsnss/tpcs/bn-ne/wrks-eng.html

Not all charities need to register with the Canadian Revenue Agency. Detailed information can be found here - http://www.cra-arc.gc.ca/chrts-gvng/chrts/pplyng/rgstrtn/mnd-eng.html

Not all non-profit organisations must register to become a charity. Detailed information can be found here - http://www.cra-arc.gc.ca/chrts-gvng/dnrs/rgltn/dffrnc-rc-np-eng.html

"Your Business Number is a nine-digit account number that identifies your business to federal, provincial, and municipal governments."[1]

[1] http://www.canadabusiness.ca/programs/business-number-bn-1/

  • Coverage: CA

Search options

Data is available on a website separate to the CRA. The database is incomplete

Find and use identifiers

Users can find identifiers by using the simple, searchable database which is hosted by the Canadian Government, on a website separate to the Canadian Revenue Agency. Two identifiers are returned: the Corporate Number and the Business Number. The identifiers will be next to these names, respectively. For CA-CRA_ACR the business number should be used.

The business number is sometimes reported with a Program Account code (e.g. RP0001 to indicate a payroll program account, leading a number such as 123456789RP0001). In constructing an organisation identifier, only the first nine digits should be used.

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