# Company paperwork

Which documents prove the business is real, which are required, and how to send them.

Updated: 2026-09-12

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One step asks for proof that the company exists and is registered. We work with businesses
incorporated in Canada, so there is one list.

## What the step asks for

- **Articles of Incorporation** — required. Federal, from Corporations Canada, or provincial.
  Either is fine.
- **Business Number (BN) confirmation** — required. Your CRA business number letter, or a master
  business licence.
- **A voided cheque or bank letter** — optional, and worth doing. It confirms the account we
  would fund into.

## On the web

The list itself is the control. Click the document you have and a drawer opens that already knows
what it is — there is nothing to choose from a dropdown, because the row you clicked said it.

<Shot src="step-incorporation" alt="The company paperwork step listing articles of incorporation, business number confirmation, and an optional voided cheque, each with an Upload action." />

<Shot src="step-incorporation-drawer" alt="The upload drawer for articles of incorporation, showing the hint about what the document is and a drop zone accepting a PDF or a photo up to ten megabytes." />

A green tick and the filename appear on the row once it is attached. **Replace** where **Upload**
was means we have it.

Unlike the statements step, you can leave this one and come back — but the application is not
complete without the required ones, and the review step will tell you so.

## In the app

The company paperwork step carries the same list, from the same server, in the same order. Tap
the row for the document you have, then **Choose a file** for something in Files, or the button
beside it to pick a photograph out of your library.

There is no camera inside Spark: take the picture in the Camera app first — a certificate in a
folder in the cabinet is best answered with a photograph rather than with an afternoon at a
scanner — and then pick it here.

You can also send these outside the application, from the **Documents** tab, choosing *Articles
of incorporation* or the equivalent from the list.

<Shot src="ios-documents" phone alt="The Documents tab of the Spark app, with a what-is-it picker, a which-application picker, a choose a file button and a photo library button." />

## Photographs are fine here

Unlike bank statements, these documents can be photographed. A clear picture of the whole page,
in reasonable light, with the text readable — up to ten megabytes each. See
[file types and sizes](/help/file-types-and-sizes).