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Company Forms

Business Names Act

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Form 1 - Registration of a Sole Proprietorship/General Partnership

This form must be completed and submitted to the Companies and Personal Property Security Branch in order to register, renew, amend or cancel a business name registration for a sole proprietorship or general partnership.

Form 2 - Registration of a Business Name for a Corporation

This form is used to register, renew, amend or cancel a business name registration for a corporation.

It must be completed and submitted to the Companies and Personal Property Security Branch when a corporation wishes to carry on business under a name different from the corporation´s name. Not-for-profit corporations must also complete this form to publicly use a name other than their corporation name.

Form 5 - Registration for a Partnership/Limited Partnership

This form must be completed and submitted to the Companies and Personal Property Security Branch in order to register, renew, amend or cancel a business name other than the firm name for a general partnership or limited partnership.

Form 6 - Registration of an Ontario Limited Liability Partnership, Extra-provincial Limited Liability Partnership and Extra-Provincial Limited Liability Company 

This form must be completed and submitted to the Companies and Personal Property Security Branch in order to register, renew, amend, or cancel a firm name for an Ontario limited liability partnership or extra-provincial limited liability partnership, or a company name for an extra-provincial limited liability company.


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