Registration under the Business Names Act – Sole Proprietorship/ Partnership

Registration under the Business Names Act – Corporations

Instructions:

It is important to read these notes before completing the attached form.

Print all information clearly in CAPITAL LETTERS using black ink. Complete all sections of the form. Incomplete forms will be returned.

Fees:

there is a fee payable for new registrations and renewals

fees may be paid in cash, money order or cheque

payable to the Ontario Minister of Finance

do not send cash in the mail

a handling fee of $35 will be charged for a non-negotiable cheque

Please forward both copies of the enclosed form to the Ministry of Consumer and Commercial Relations. The Client’s copy will no longer be certified consistent with Ontario Regulation 175/ 94 Section 4. The Client’s copy will be returned with a validation in the bottom right hand corner.

Please return completed forms to:

Ministry of Consumer and Commercial Relations

Companies Branch

393 University Avenue, Suite 200

Toronto, Ontario M5G 2M2
Refer to these notes while completing form

1. Registration Type – Check the appropriate box:

New (Fee payable)

a new registration is the first filing of the business name
a change of business name, sole proprietor, or a complete change of partners, is considered a new registration

Renewal (Fee Payable)

a registration expires in five years and must be renewed

Amendment (No Fee Payable)

an amendment should be filed whenever there is a change in address or change of activity

Cancellation (No Fee Payable)

a cancellation should be submitted if you stop using the business name

BIN

For renewal, amendment or cancellation, enter "Business Identification No." (BIN) if previously issued.

2. Business Name – Please print the business name. This is the name you are registering. The business name must be set out in Block Capital Letters in the squares provided and must commence on the first line of the "grid" in the first square. Each square of the grid represents a letter of the alphabet, a punctuation mark, or a space. If there is not sufficient space on the grid for the name, please use additional form(s). Please complete all items on additional form(s) and note the number of each additional page in the top right-hand corner of each form.

3. Mailing Address – include street number, name municipality and postal code. Your copy of the registration will be mailed to this address.

4. Business Address in Ontario – include street number, name, municipality and postal code. A post office box is not acceptable in a business address. If there is more than one place of business, select one as the principal place. Where the business address is outside Ontario, set out the words "Not Applicable" in Item 4. If this is the case, please ensure that Item 3, the mailing address, includes the street address of the principal place of business outside of Ontario, as a post office box is not acceptable.

5. Activity – include a brief description of the activity being performed.

6. Corporation Name – the name of the corporation that is registering the business name.

7. Ontario Corporation Number – the number assigned to the corporation named in item 6.

8. Jurisdiction – the name of the jurisdiction in which the corporation was incorporated. Please do not use abbreviations.

9. Address of the Head or Registered Office of the corporation – include the number, street, municipality and postal code of the head or registered office address. A post office box is not acceptable.

10. Print the name of the person authorizing the registration, (either an officer, or a director, or a person acting under a power of attorney.)

Additional Information: If the person authorizing the registration is not an individual, set out the name in "Additional Information", and do not complete the boxes for the last, first and middle names.

Registration under the Business Names Act – Sole Proprietorship/ Partnership Page of / de

Enregistrement en vertu de la Loi sur les noms commerciaux (Enterprise personnelle/ societee en nom collectif)

Registration Type

Type d’enregisrement

BIN if previosly issued

NIE Si deja donne

If B, C or D enter "Business Identification Number"

En cas de B,C, or D, inscrivez "Le no. d’entification de l’entreprise"

New

Nouvel

Renewal

Renouvellement

Amendment

Modification

Cancellation

Revocation

Business or Identification Name / Nom commercial ou d’identifcation

	Street Number/ No de rue Street Name / Nom de la rue Suite No. / Bureau No.
3. Mailing Address
	City/Town / Ville Province Country / Pays Postal Code / Code postal
Adresse postale

4. Business address in Ontario Adresse d’affaires en Ontario			Same as above / Idem a ci-dessus
Street Number	Street Name	P.O. Box not acceptable		Suite No.
No. de rue	Nom de la rue	Casse postale non acceptable		Bureau No.
City/ Town	Province			Postal Code
Ville				Code Postale

5. Give a brief description of the ACTIVITY being carried out under the business name /

Resume brievement le genre d’ACTIVITE exercee sous le nom commercial

6. Corporation Name / Personne morale

7. Ontario Corporation Number / Numero matricule de la personne morale en Ontario

8. Jurisdiction in which the corporation was incorporated / Le territoire de competence ou la personne moralle a ete consituee.

9. Address of Head or Registered Office of the corporation / Adresse du siege social ou du bureau enregistre de la personne morale.

Street Number	Street Name	P.O. Box not acceptable	Suite No.
No de rue	Nom de la rue	Case postale non acceptable	Bureau no.
City / Town	Province		Country
Ville			Pays

10. Print name of person authorizing this registration (either an officer, or a director, or a person acting under a power of attorney).

Indiquez en lettres majuscules le nom de la personne autorisant l’enregistrement (dirigeant, administrateur ou personne habilitee en vertu d’une procuration)

Last Name	If the person is a corporation,	First Name	leave this field blank	Middle Name
Nom de famille	Si c’est une personne morale qui autorise	Prenom	l’enregistrement, ne rien	2e prenom	inscrire ici.

Last Name		MINIISTRY USE ONLY – RESERVE AU MINISTERE
Nom de famille
First Name
Prenom
Middle Name
2e prenom
OR / OU
Additional Information
Renseignements supplementaires

07197 (01/96) CD441

MINISTRY COPY / COPIE DU MINISTERE