Ontario Business Central Inc. has been assisting individuals to register Not for Profit and Charitable organizations since 1992.
We help you through the entire process to completion.
The name you are choosing for your Not for Profit corporation must be distinctive, it must not be misleading or likely to be confused with name of other organizations or businesses and must also meet the requirements of the NFP (Not-for-profit) Act.
You can obtain a numbered name (Ex: 123456 CANADA CENTRE)
OR
You can obtain a regular named corporation. (Ex: CANADA DANCE FOUNDATION)
OR
You can obtain a bilingual name. (Ex: TORONTO COMMUNITY HOCKEY ASSOCIATION / ASSOCIATION DE HOCKEY COMMUNAUTAIRE DE TORONTO)
Words that are commonly used for not for profit corporations:
Legal elements:
The only legal elements which are permitted for Federal Not-For-Profit corporations are ‘INCORPORATED’ or ‘INC’ & ‘CORPORATION’ or ‘CORP’.
Alternatively, you can select no legal ending.
Words that are not accepted for not for profit corporations:
Ontario Not For Profit/Charitable
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