Corporations Canada

Primer for Directors of Not-For-Profit Corporations, Rights, Duties and Practices

Primer for Directors of Not-For-Profit Corporations, Rights, Duties and Practices

This guide is mainly designed for prospective directors, actual directors and staff and volunteers working with boards of a not-for-profit corporation. It provides an outline of the role of directors in a not-for-profit corporation and to provide information regarding their basic legal rights and obligations pursuant to the Canada Corporations Act (part II).