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Business reports provide detailed information about a specific Canadian business, including directors, officers, shareholders, addresses, good standing status, and more. Reports are fetched directly from the provincial or federal registry.

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How it works

  1. Run a search to find the business and get its jurisdiction and registration number
  2. Submit a report request with those details
  3. The API fetches a comprehensive report from the registry
  4. The report is stored and can be downloaded as a PDF
Reports typically take 20-40 seconds to fetch. The registry lookup is the bottleneck.

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Request

curl -X POST https://api.getcurrent.ca/v1/business-reports \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer cur_live_xxxxxxxxxxxx" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "jurisdiction": "ON",
    "registrationNumber": "1234567",
    "name": "Example Corp"
  }'

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Parameters

FieldTypeRequiredDescription
jurisdictionstringYesCanadian jurisdiction code or full name (e.g. “ON”, “Ontario”, “Federal”)
registrationNumberstringYesRegistration number from a search result
namestringYesFull legal name of the business
searchIdstringNoUUID of a previous /search result to link this report to your search history

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Jurisdictions

Accepts codes or full names: AB, BC, MB, NB, NL, NS, NT, NU, ON, PE, QC, SK, YT, FED

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Response

The response includes the report data with people, addresses, and business details. 
{
  "meta": {
    "searchId": "550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000",
    "status": "completed",
    "duration": 28500
  },
  "report": {
    "legalName": "Example Corp",
    "registrationNumber": "1234567",
    "jurisdiction": "Ontario",
    "status": "Active",
    "goodStanding": true,
    "craNumber": "123456789",
    "addresses": [ ... ],
    "people": [ ... ],
    "nameHistory": [ ... ],
    "naicsClassification": { ... },
    "reportUrl": "https://..."
  }
}

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Report fields

FieldDescription
goodStandingWhether the business is in good standing (boolean or null)
craNumberCRA business number if available
peopleDirectors, officers, and shareholders with addresses
nameHistoryPrevious legal names
naicsClassificationIndustry classification if available
reportUrlURL to the original registry report

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Downloading the PDF

After a report is complete, you can download it as a PDF: 
curl -L "https://api.getcurrent.ca/v1/business-reports/document?searchId=UUID&registrationNumber=1234567" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer cur_live_xxxxxxxxxxxx" \
  -o report.pdf
This returns a 302 redirect to a signed URL for the PDF document. Use -L (follow redirects) with cURL.
ParameterRequiredDescription
searchIdYesSearch ID from the report
registrationNumberYesRegistration number
businessNameNoBusiness name (for lookup)

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Typical workflow

import requests
import time

API_KEY = "cur_live_xxxxxxxxxxxx"
HEADERS = {"Authorization": f"Bearer {API_KEY}"}

# 1. Search for the business
search = requests.post(
    "https://api.getcurrent.ca/v1/search",
    headers=HEADERS,
    json={"name": "Example Corp"},
).json()

# 2. Get jurisdiction and registration number from results
biz = search["businesses"][0]
search_id = search["meta"]["searchId"]

# 3. Fetch the full report
report = requests.post(
    "https://api.getcurrent.ca/v1/business-reports",
    headers=HEADERS,
    json={
        "jurisdiction": biz["jurisdiction"],
        "registrationNumber": biz["registrationNumbers"][0]["value"],
        "name": biz["legalName"]["name"],
        "searchId": search_id,
    },
).json()

print(f"Status: {report['meta']['status']}")
print(f"Good standing: {report['report'].get('goodStanding')}")