Confirm your company's professional corporation eligibility

Registering as a professional corporation in Yukon is a 3-stage process. It involves 2 different government branches: Professional Licensing and Regulatory Affairs (PLRA) and Corporate Affairs.

1. Determine if your business is eligible to become a professional corporation.
   • Complete the request for confirmation of eligibility form. This will help determine if:
     • your proposed business meets the eligibility requirements for a professional health corporation; and
     • your proposed corporation name meets naming requirements.
   • You must then submit this form to PLRA and we'll determine your eligibility.
2. Apply under the Business Corporations Act.
   • If PLRA confirms your proposed corporation is eligible, you can then apply to Corporate Affairs to:
     • incorporate your business in Yukon; or
     • register your business as an extra-territorial corporation.
3. Apply for a professional corporation permit.
   • After you have incorporated or registered with Corporate Affairs, you can apply to PLRA for a professional corporation permit.

Download the professional corporation request for confirmation of eligibility form.

This form allows Professional Licensing and Regulatory Affairs to confirm your proposed corporation meets all professional corporation eligibility requirements.

Review eligibility requirements

You’re eligible to register a professional corporation if all of the following requirements are met.

• You hold a current licence as a physiotherapist, pharmacist, dentist, or registered psychiatric nurse for Yukon.
• All persons who'll be directors of your professional corporation are currently licensed in Yukon in the profession in which you practise.
• All persons who'll hold voting shares in your professional corporation, are currently licensed in Yukon in the profession in which you practise.

Complete the form

Complete all sections of the request for confirmation of eligibility form. Do not leave a section blank. You may enter "not applicable" when it’s relevant. We may return incomplete applications.

Before you work with Corporate Affairs to register or incorporate your business, you must:

• submit your confirmation of eligibility form to PLRA; and
• receive confirmation from PLRA of your eligibility.

How to submit

• In person or by courier at 307 Black Street, Whitehorse Y1A 2N1. We’re open Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
• Email: inquiry.plra@gov.yk.ca
• Fax: 867-667-3609
• Mail:
  Government of Yukon
  Professional Licensing and Regulatory Affairs (C-5)
  Box 2703
  Whitehorse, Yukon Y1A 2C6

After submitting

It usually takes 5 business days for PLRA to review your eligibility.

If we confirm your eligibility, we'll:

• send a confirmation of your eligibility to Corporate Affairs; and
• send a copy of the confirmation to you.

After you receive confirmation, you can apply to incorporate or register your extra-territorial corporation with Corporate Affairs.

Once this is complete, you can apply to PLRA for your professional corporation permit.