Does Carters help register a new charity in Ontario?

Yes. Charitable registration and the incorporation of charities and not-for-profits is a core part of Carters' practice, alongside ongoing corporate maintenance and filings.

Can Carters advise a church or other faith-based organization?

Yes. Carters has a dedicated Faith-Based Organizations practice that handles incorporation, charitable registration, denominational structures, church discipline procedures, and related employment and litigation issues.

Does Carters work with charities that operate internationally?

Yes. The firm advises charities and not-for-profits operating outside Canada, including on Canada's anti-money laundering and anti-terrorist financing rules through its Counter Terrorism Law practice.

Where is Carters located, and does it have more than one office?

Carters is headquartered in Orangeville, Ontario, where it opened in 2001, and also has offices in Ottawa and Toronto (67 Yonge Street), with the Toronto office focused on litigation.

How long has Carters been practicing charity and not-for-profit law?

Carters opened in 2001 and reached its 25th anniversary as a firm in January 2026, with charity and not-for-profit law as its main focus throughout.

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About Carters Professional Corporation

Carters Professional Corporation is a law firm that opened its doors in Orangeville, Ontario on January 2, 2001, starting out with three lawyers, an articling student, and six support staff. Twenty-five years later the firm has grown to about 42 people, including 17 lawyers, and it still keeps its head office in Orangeville, with satellite offices in Ottawa and Toronto. Carters concentrates on charity and not-for-profit law, acting for charitable and faith-based organizations across Canada and internationally, while also serving individuals, corporations, and businesses in business law, litigation, real estate, intellectual property, privacy, employment, and wills and estates.

Carters also practices counter-terrorism law, advising charities operating outside Canada on the country's anti-money laundering and anti-terrorist financing rules. Several Carters lawyers have been recognized in charity and not-for-profit law by Lexpert, Best Lawyers in Canada, and Chambers and Partners. In 2021 the firm launched an online Knowledge Centre that gathers its charity law articles, seminar materials, newsletters, and risk management checklists in one place.

Practice areas

Business & Corporate Law

Civil Litigation & Dispute Resolution

Intellectual Property

Employment & Labour Law

Technology & Startups

Real Estate Law

Wills, Estates & Trusts

Health Law

Milestones & recognition

Carters opened in Orangeville on January 2, 2001, with three lawyers, an articling student, and six support staff, a team of 10 people in total.
The firm expanded into the second floor of its original building at 211 Broadway in 2003, then into the adjoining building at 207 Broadway in 2006.
Carters opened an Ottawa office in 2008, which later moved to its current location at 117 Centrepointe Drive in Nepean in 2017.
A Toronto office opened at 67 Yonge Street in 2018 to support the firm's growing litigation practice.
The firm launched an online Knowledge Centre in 2021, centralizing its charity law articles, seminar materials, newsletters, and risk management checklists.
Several Carters lawyers have been recognized in charity and not-for-profit law by Lexpert, Best Lawyers in Canada, and Chambers and Partners.
In January 2026 Carters marked its 25th anniversary as a firm.

In the community

Carters hosts a Charity and Not for Profit Law Seminar each year, offered as both an in-person seminar and a webinar, and has run an Ottawa Region edition of the seminar since 2008.
Firm lawyers have presented at legal education events including the Ontario Bar Association Conference and the Canadian Bar Association's Charity Law Symposium, sharing compliance and governance guidance with the charity sector.

Good to know

Wheelchair accessible

Lawyers 17

This firm’s lawyers at a glance

Called to the bar: 1974–2023 · median 18 years in practice 12 of 17 lawyers
Law schools: Osgoode Hall Law School (2), University of Ottawa (2), McGill University, Queen's University, University of Toronto, University of Western Ontario and 1 more 9 of 17 lawyers

Who handles what

Offices 3

Orangeville519-942-0001

211 Broadway, PO Box 440, Orangeville, ON L9W 1K4

Ottawa613-235-4774

117 Centrepointe Drive, Suite 350, Ottawa, ON K2G 5X3

Toronto416-594-1616

67 Yonge Street, Suite 1402, Toronto, ON M5E 1J8

The neighbourhood

Carters is not a Toronto firm by origin. Its head office has been in Orangeville, Ontario since the firm opened there on January 2, 2001, and it still runs that Orangeville office alongside Ottawa. The Toronto location, at 67 Yonge Street, opened in 2018 specifically to support the firm's litigation practice and currently has two litigation lawyers working from it.

Frequently asked questions

Does Carters help register a new charity in Ontario?: Yes. Charitable registration and the incorporation of charities and not-for-profits is a core part of Carters' practice, alongside ongoing corporate maintenance and filings.
Can Carters advise a church or other faith-based organization?: Yes. Carters has a dedicated Faith-Based Organizations practice that handles incorporation, charitable registration, denominational structures, church discipline procedures, and related employment and litigation issues.
Does Carters work with charities that operate internationally?: Yes. The firm advises charities and not-for-profits operating outside Canada, including on Canada's anti-money laundering and anti-terrorist financing rules through its Counter Terrorism Law practice.
Where is Carters located, and does it have more than one office?: Carters is headquartered in Orangeville, Ontario, where it opened in 2001, and also has offices in Ottawa and Toronto (67 Yonge Street), with the Toronto office focused on litigation.
How long has Carters been practicing charity and not-for-profit law?: Carters opened in 2001 and reached its 25th anniversary as a firm in January 2026, with charity and not-for-profit law as its main focus throughout.
Does Carters handle legal work outside of charity law, such as business or real estate matters?: Yes. Beyond charity and not-for-profit law, Carters also serves individuals, corporations, and businesses in business law, litigation, real estate, intellectual property, privacy, employment, and wills and estates.

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