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Below are the KYC requirements for the Canada (CA) business onboarding. There are more optional fields available in the full schema API for you to pass over additional information you wish to provide for an account to support the application.

Note: For non-registered sole traders (individuals operating a business without formal government registration), the business identifier, business documents, and business verification (KYB) requirements do not apply. See the "Non-registered sole trader" column in the table below for the specific field requirements.

Minimum verification requirements

Parameter	Company	Partnership	Sole Trader (Registered)	Non-registered sole trader
`account_details`	Required	Required	Required	Required
`account_details.business_details`	Required	Required	Required	Required
`account_details.business_details.attachments.business_documents`	Required; Certificate of incorporation and Ownership documents	Required; Certificate of incorporation and Partnership agreement	Required; Certificate of incorporation and DBA certificate if applicable	Not applicable
`account_details.business_details.attachments.business_documents.file_id`	Required	Required	Required	Not applicable
`account_details.business_details.attachments.business_documents.tag`	CERTIFICATE_OF_INCORPORATION and SHAREHOLDING_STRUCTURE_CHART	CERTIFICATE_OF_INCORPORATION and PARTNERSHIP_AGREEMENT	CERTIFICATE_OF_INCORPORATION and/or ASSUMED_NAME_CERTIFICATE	Not applicable
`account_details.business_details.registration_address`	Required	Required	Required	Optional; residential address may be used
`account_details.business_details.business_address.address_line1`	Required	Required	Required	Required
`account_details.business_details.business_address.country_code`	Required	Required	Required	Required
`account_details.business_details.business_address.postcode`	Required	Required	Required	Required
`account_details.business_details.business_address.state`	Required	Required	Required	Required
`account_details.business_details.business_address.suburb`	Required	Required	Required	Required
`account_details.business_details.business_name`	Required	Required	Required	Optional; personal name may be used
`account_details.business_details.business_structure`	COMPANY	PARTNERSHIP	SOLE_PROPRIETOR	SOLE_PROPRIETOR
`account_details.business_details.description_of_goods_or_services`	Required	Required	Required	Required
`account_details.business_details.industry_category_code`	Required	Required	Required	Required
`account_details.business_details.operating_country`	Required	Required	Required	Required
`account_details.business_details.business_identifiers`	Required	Required	Required	Not applicable
`account_details.business_details.business_identifiers.number`	Required; must be the Business number (BN) assigned by Canada Revenue Agency (CRA)	Required; must be the Business number (BN) assigned by Canada Revenue Agency (CRA)	Required; must be the Business number (BN) assigned by Canada Revenue Agency (CRA)	Not applicable
`account_details.business_details.business_identifiers.type`	BRN	BRN	BRN	Not applicable
`account_details.business_details.business_identifiers.country_code`	CA	CA	CA	Not applicable
`account_details.business_details.account_usage`	Required	Required	Required	Required
`account_details.business_details.account_usage.product_reference`	Required	Required	Required	Required
`account_details.business_details.account_usage.estimated_monthly_revenue`	Required	Required	Required	Required
`account_details.business_details.account_usage.estimated_monthly_revenue.currency`	Required	Required	Required	Required
`account_details.business_details.account_usage.estimated_monthly_revenue.amount`	Required	Required	Required	Required
`account_details.business_person_details`	For corporations, names of all UBOs and Directors for corporations, and full IDV details of all UBOs and PPTA if applicable. Otherwise, full IDV details of all UBOs.	All UBOs, and PPTA if applicable	The UBO	The UBO
`account_details.business_person_details.residential_address`	Required	Required	Required	Required
`account_details.business_person_details.residential_address.address_line1`	Required	Required	Required	Required
`account_details.business_person_details.residential_address.country_code`	Required	Required	Required	Required
`account_details.business_person_details.residential_address.postcode`	Required	Required	Required	Required
`account_details.business_person_details.residential_address.state`	Required	Required	Required	Required
`account_details.business_person_details.residential_address.suburb`	Required	Required	Required	Required
`account_details.business_person_details.date_of_birth`	Required	Required	Required	Required
`account_details.business_person_details.first_name`	Required	Required	Required	Required
`account_details.business_person_details.identifications`	Required	Required	Required	Required
`account_details.business_person_details.identifications.primary`	Required	Required	Required	Required
`account_details.business_person_details.identifications.primary.identification_type`	Must be PASSPORT if not issued in CA, can be DL/PP if CA	Must be PASSPORT if not issued in CA, can be DL/PP if CA	Must be PASSPORT if not issued in CA, can be DL/PP if CA	Must be PASSPORT if not issued in CA, can be DL/PP if CA
`account_details.business_person_details.identifications.primary.issuing_country_code`	Required	Required	Required	Required
`account_details.business_person_details.identifications.primary.drivers_license`	Optional (only applicable for Canadian driver's licenses)	Optional (only applicable for Canadian driver's licenses)	Optional (only applicable for Canadian driver's licenses)	Optional (only applicable for Canadian driver's licenses)
`account_details.business_person_details.identifications.primary.drivers_license.back_file_id`	Required if upload picture	Required if upload picture	Required if upload picture	Required if upload picture
`account_details.business_person_details.identifications.primary.drivers_license.front_file_id`	Required if upload picture	Required if upload picture	Required if upload picture	Required if upload picture
`account_details.business_person_details.identifications.primary.passport`	Optional	Optional	Optional	Optional
`account_details.business_person_details.identifications.primary.passport.front_file_id`	Required if upload picture	Required if upload picture	Required if upload picture	Required if upload picture
`account_details.business_person_details.job_title`	Required	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable
`account_details.business_person_details.last_name`	Required	Required	Required	Required
`account_details.business_person_details.nationality`	Required	Required	Required	Required
`account_details.business_person_details.roles`	One or more of the following: AUTHORISED_PERSON, BENEFICIAL_OWNER, DIRECTOR	One or more of the following: AUTHORISED_PERSON, BENEFICIAL_OWNER, DIRECTOR	AUTHORISED_PERSON and BENEFICIAL_OWNER	AUTHORISED_PERSON and BENEFICIAL_OWNER
`account_details.business_person_details.email`	Optional	Optional	Optional	Optional
`account_details.business_person_details.phone_number`	Optional	Optional	Optional	Optional
`account_details.legal_entity_type`	Business	Business	Business	Business
`customer_agreements`	Required	Required	Required	Required
`customer_agreements.agreed_to_data_usage`	Required	Required	Required	Required
`customer_agreements.agreed_to_terms_and_conditions`	Required	Required	Required	Required
`primary_contact`	Required	Required	Required	Required
`primary_contact.email`	Required	Required	Required	Required

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