Our Blog

Choosing A Name
Business Name Registrations | Incorporation | NUANS | Ontario Business Names Act | Operating Trade Name | Partnership | Sole Proprietorship

Choosing a Name for Your Canadian Corporation, Partnership or Sole Proprietorship

When choosing a name for your Canadian corporation, partnership or sole proprietorship you need to ensure that your name is distinct and different from any other registration on file federally and in all provinces and territories across Canada. In order…

sole-proprietorships
Alberta | British Columbia | Business Name Registrations | Manitoba | New Brunswick | Northwest Territories | Nova Scotia | Nunavut | Ontario | Prince Edward Island | Saskatchewan | Sole Proprietorship | Yukon Territory

Sole Proprietorship

What is a Sole Proprietorship A sole proprietorship is a registration of a business that is owned by an individual. The proprietor is said to be self-employed. This is the simplest form of a business organization. The proprietor secures the…

NUANS Name Search Report
Carrying on Business in Canada | Extra-Provincial Registration | Foreign Business in Canada | General Corporate Law | Incorporating in Ontario | Incorporation | Incorporation in Alberta | Incorporation in British Columbia | Name Granting for New Businesses | NUANS | Ontario | Ontario Business Corporations Act

NUANS Name Search Reports

Which Provinces Accept a NUANS report versus a Specific Province Name Clearance Report? The province and territories which accept the NUANS  report are:  Alberta, Ontario, New Brunswick, Federal, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island and Yukon.  All other jurisdictions in Canada…

description of officer positions
AB Business Corporations Act | BC Business Corporations Act | Canada Business Corporations Act | Directors Resolutions | General Corporate Law | Maintaining Your Company | MB Corporations Act | officers | Ontario Business Corporations Act | The Business Corporations Act (Saskatchewan)

Appointing Officers

This article will provide guidance on how to appoint officers of a Corporation and how resignations and removal of officers are documented. The directors of a corporation manage the affairs of the corporation.  As part of that management the directors…

Ontario Business Corporations Act
Directors | Incorporating in Ontario | Incorporation | Maintaining Your Company | Ontario | Ontario Business Corporations Act

Resident Canadian Requirement for Directors of Ontario Companies

All Ontario companies must have at least one director and this person must be a resident Canadian as defined in the Business Corporations Act (Ontario).  Director(s) are the individuals who manage and supervise the business on behalf of the owners (shareholders).  The…