Federal vs. Provincial Incorporation

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)

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