CA required documents

This page outlines the documents required for stakeholders, applicants, and various business types to onboard a corporate customer registered in Canada.

Business details

The following documents are required as part of the Know Your Business (KYB) identification and verification process.

Entity type	Document Type (enum)	Documents required
PRIVATE_COMPANY	`BUSINESS_REGISTRATION_DOCUMENT`	`Articles of incorporation` (optional) `Certificate of corporate Status` (optional) If Article of incorporation does not contain shareholder details: `Shareholder registry`
PUBLIC_COMPANY	`BUSINESS_REGISTRATION_DOCUMENT`	Certificate of incumbency, the articles of incorporation, or the bylaws of the corporation or subsequent board resolutions that set out the officers duly authorized to sign on behalf of the corporation
TRUST	`TRUST_DEED`	Deed of trust
CHARITY		N/A
PARTNERSHIP	`PARTNERSHIP_AGREEMENT`	Partnership Agreement
WIDELY_HELD_TRUST	`TRUST_DEED`	Deed of trust
SOLE_TRADER		N/A

Stakeholders

No documents and documentDetails are required for stakeholders.

Applicants

Nium offers E_KYC, E_DOC_VERIFY, and MANUAL_KYC modes for applicant KYC in the US.

E_KYC is applicable for CA residents. No document details are required for this mode.
E_DOC_VERIFY is applicable for non-CA residents. Applicant needs to complete KYC using the redirect URL. Document details need to be passed for E_DOC_VERIFY and upload of document files isn't required.
MANUAL_KYC required document details along with upload of document files.

Manual KYC

Every individual applicant needs to submit one of the following information when kycMode = MANUAL_KYC.

Document Type	Document Accepted	Document type Enum
POI	Passport	`PASSPORT`
	Driver’s License	`DRIVER_LICENSE`
	Residence Card	`NATIONAL_ID`
	Citizenship Card	`NATIONAL_ID`
POA (optional)	Listed below	`PROOF_OF_ADDRESS`
LOA (conditional)		`LETTER_OF_AUTHORISATON`

Residence Card	Passport	Residence Card	Citizenship Card	Driver license	Additional document if the first document doesn't contain an address	Additional document if the applicant is not a UBO/ DIRECTOR/ TRUSTEE/ PARTNER
`documentType`	`PASSPORT`	`NATIONAL_ID`	`NATIONAL_ID`	`DRIVER_LICENCE`	`PROOF_OF_ADDRESS`	`LOA`
`documentNumber`	Yes (Passport number)	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
`documentIssuanceCountry`	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
`documentExpiryDate`	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	No
`document.fileName`	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
`document.fileType`	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
`document.document`	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes

Note: Additionally Letter of Authorization is required for the Applicant who is not a UBO or director (or equivalent positions) of the company.

Note: Proof of Address is required for the applicant if the Passport/National ID is used as Proof of identity and the passport does not contain the applicant’s address.

PROOF_OF_ADDRESSdocuments applicable for Applicant

Proof of address is needed when address is not stated on National ID/Passport

Utility Bill, dated within the previous 60 days (gas, electric, telephone, cable)
Major Credit Card Bills, dated within the previous 60 days (VISA, MasterCard, American Express, Discover)
Bank or brokerage account statement dated within the previous 60 days

eDocVerify

Every individual applicant needs to submit one of the following information when kycMode = E_DOC_VERIFY

Field name	Passport	National ID	Driver license
`documentType`	`PASSPORT`	`NATIONAL_ID`	`DRIVER_LICENCE`
`documentNumber`	Yes (Passport number)	Yes	Yes
`documentIssuanceCountry`	Yes	Yes	Yes
`documentExpiryDate`	Yes	No	Yes
`document.fileName`	No	No	No
`document.fileType`	No	No	No
`document.document`	No	No	No