You must first purchase the mandatory NUANS® Report before:
- Incorporating under the Ontario Business Corporations Act to form a new Ontario For-profit corporation
- Incorporating under the Ontario Corporations Act to form a new Ontario Not-for-profit corporation
- Incorporating under the Canada Business Corporations Act to incorporate a new Federal For-profit corporation
- Incorporating under the Canada Corporations Act to incorporate a new Federal Not-for-profit corporation
- Changing the name of an existing Ontario or Federal corporation
The NUANS® database contains corporate names, business or firm names and trademarks registered in Canada, and is owned and administered by Industry Canada with the participation of the provinces (except Quebec).