After you have decided upon a name for your corporation, you must conduct a search of the Registry of Companies database. This search is required to ensure that no other business has an identical or very similar name to the one you want to use for your business. After you have completed this search, you must then submit a name reservation request.

A corporation name must contain a distinctive, descriptive and legal term. If your corporate name doesn’t include these elements, the name will probably be rejected thus delaying the start-up of your corporation’s operations.

Please refer to the Name Approval Policy for restrictions with respect to names for corporations.

Please note: There is a name reservation fee of $10.00 required for every name reserved. This fee is non-refundable even if your proposed corporate name is rejected. The name will be reserved for 90 days. This will give you time to complete and file the incorporation documents. You may re-reserve the name twice for a fee of $10.00 per renewal. Incorporation documents must be submitted and approved before the expiry date of the reservation. If the reservation expires before the documents are approved, it will be necessary to conduct another name search and pay another name reservation fee.