| Federal
Incorporation |
Provincial
Incorporation |
| Corporate name
protection is second only to Trademark Protection. The corporate name is
protected across Canada. |
Corporate name is only
protected in the province or territory of incorporation. |
| Federal Name Granting
Guidelines are very strict and many proposed names are rejected. |
Incorporator's
responsibility to ensure that proposed corporate name is available for
use. Names are not usually rejected unless they conflict with another
confusingly similar name already in use. |
| Yearly Filings
accompanied by Filing Fee |
Filings only required
for change of information - some provinces have no filing fee |
| Can operate across the
country as of right, subject to provincial extra-provincial filing requirements. |
Can only operate within
the province of incorporation as of right. Must register
extra-provincially if operating in other Provinces. |
| Government Incorporation Fee -
$200.00 |
Government
Incorporation Fee - varies (Ontario - $300.00) |
