Ontario Business Central
Toronto
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ON, Canada
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Business Name Search - Ontario, Canada
& Other Provincial (NUANS)

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Company Name Search - NUANS

A Nuans (Newly Upgraded Automated Name Search) is a mandatory submission to incorporate a company anywhere in Canada when you are requesting a named corporation (e.g. ABCDEF Investments Ltd.). The Nuans Report is a five page printout listing the most similar corporations, business names and Business Name Search trade marks to your proposed name. A preliminary name search is done prior to ordering the NUANS report to search for business name availability. This is done as a precautionary measure to see if the name that you are requesting infringes on any businesses already in existence throughout Canada. The listed price above includes searching up to three names.

In Ontario alone, there are almost 2 million corporations registered. This number does not include the existing small businesses and trademarks that have been established.

Providing a name that is unique and distinctive to you and your line of business is crucial. A corporate name should have a distinctive element and a descriptive element to separate it from existing names.

Nuans reports are valid for 90 days and are required for a named corporation filing in any province or territory of Canada, including a Federal Incorporation in accordance with the Corporations Act. With each request, we will conduct preliminary name searches to determine if the name is available before incurring the cost of the report. It is ultimately the clients’ decision whether to proceed with the name specified above. Discussions or comments that took place by Ontario Business Central or its employees are not considered a legal opinion, they are only to provide assistance in your name decision process.

The price of the NUANS includes 3 name searches. If your name choices are not available you will not be charged for the report.

Select Your Nuans Type To Buy (Trademark Searches Are Included With a Nuans)

Limited Time Special Offer: $39.99 + gst

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Choosing a Business Name

This is a listing to give you examples of putting a corporate name together with distinctive and descriptive elements along with the legal ending.

Name	Distinctive Element	Descriptive Element	Legal Ending
Coined Word	Abzoodle Atapin Preservex	Restaurant Dance Class Documents	Ltd. Inc. Corp.
Dictionary Word	Relaxation Roman Sisters	Spa Mines Cafe	Limited Incorporated Corporation
Family Word	Campbell Harpers Lees	Farms Juices Carpets	Inc. Ltd. Corp.
Geographic Word	Toronto Sudbury Aurora	Skylights Ice Cubes Playhouse	Limited Corporation Incorporated
Descriptive Name	Lowfat Sheppards Speakers	Eatery Kennel Etc.	Inc. Corp. Ltd.
General Name	Ontario General A-1	Music Holdings Services	Limited Corporation Incorporated

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Restrictions on Corporate Business Names

As a profit corporation in the Province of Ontario there are words or wordings not permitted by the Business Corporations Act. They are as follows:

Obscene word or wording
Co-op, co-operative or any variation
Housing
Association
Any wording that might be confusing with a government institution
Engineering, Engineers (unless written consent from association)
College, University, Institute (unless written consent from Ministry of Education)

Select Your Nuans Type To Buy (Trademark Searches Are Included With a Nuans)

Limited Time Special Offer: $39.99 + gst

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Business Name Search - Ontario, Canada & Other Provincial (NUANS)

Company Name Search - NUANS

Choosing a Business Name

Business Name Search - Ontario, Canada
& Other Provincial (NUANS)