Name Granting Compendium

May 3, 2010

PDF version - Name Granting Compendium (PDF 2800 KB, 50 Pages).

This compendium sets out the name granting policy of Corporations Canada, who is responsible under the Canada Business Corporations Act and the Canada Corporations Act for ensuring that names proposed for Canadian corporations meet the requirements of the Acts and their regulations.

1. Introduction to Name Policies
2. Confusion
3. Absolutely Prohibited
4. Qualifiedly Prohibited
5. Obscene Names Prohibited
6. Lacking Distinctiveness
7. Deceptively Misdescriptive
8. Not-for-Profit Organizations
9. Bilingual Names
10. Other Issues
11. Annex A — Canada Business Corporations Regulations, 2001
12. Annex B — Sample Consent Letters
13. Annex C — Protecting Your Corporate Name

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