Name Granting Compendium

This compendium sets out the name granting policy of the Director General, Corporations Canada, of Industry Canada, who is responsible under the Canada Business Corporations Act (CBCA) and the Canada Corporations Act (CCA) for ensuring that names proposed for Canadian corporations meet the requirements of the Acts and their regulations.

This policy is also available in abridged form called, Name Granting Guidelines.

I. Introduction to Name Policies

II. Absolutely Prohibited

III. Qualifiedly Prohibited

IV. Obscene Names Prohibited

V. Lacking Distinctiveness

VI. Confusion

VII. Deceptively Misdescriptive

VIII. Other Related Policies

IX. Protecting Your Corporate Name