An inactive status of an entity on the search registry, shows the entity has not filed an updated annual returns.
Also sometimes an entity's status may be active even when it is due, that doesn't mean you are free. You have to update otherwise you can't file post incorporation changes.
Also where a director is also a shareholder and decides to leave the company, removal of the director is not only sufficient. After the director has been removed from CAC records, you have to also remove the director as a shareholder too.
Check my previous posts.