Companies Office

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You can now reserve a business or corporate name over the internet.  For details, click here.

Many of our forms may now be filled in on screen, prior to printing.   Please visit our Forms Page.

What we do...

We register information about corporations and business names. The public may search the registry to obtain information (for example, who is doing business under the trade name, where the business is located, and to get a list of officers and directors).

When individuals want to incorporate or register their trade name, we review the proposed names to make sure that they aren't confusingly similar to ones already on our record. Then our office will incorporate the company or register the business name.

We are responsible for Manitoba Business Links (MBL), the program that administers the use of the Business Number (BN) as Manitoba's common business identifier. For more information about Manitoba Business Links, click here.

Finally, we are also responsible for the appointments and renewals of Commissioner for Oaths and Notary Publics. This includes the authentication of a Notary Public's signature on documents.

How you can reach our program areas...

Business and Corporate Inquiries and Feedback
Address: 1010-405 Broadway
Winnipeg, MB R3C 3L6

Phone: (204) 945-2500
Toll-free: 1-888-246-8353 (in Manitoba)
Fax: (204) 945-1459
Email: companies@gov.mb.ca

Commissioner for Oaths/Notary Public
Appointments, Renewals and Authentications
Address: 1034-405 Broadway
Winnipeg, MB R3C 3L6

Phone: (204) 945-2654
Toll-free: 1-866-323-4249 (in Manitoba)
Fax: (204) 945-1459
Email: comforoath@gov.mb.ca

Manitoba Business Links
One Business, One Number
Address: 1010-405 Broadway
Winnipeg, MB R3C 3L6

Phone: (204) 945-0514
Toll-free: 1-866-205-1657 (in Manitoba)
Fax: (204) 945-1459
Email: onenumber@gov.mb.ca

Activities...

Authentications (of a Notary Public's signature)
Business Names
The Business Names Registration Act
Change of Name (BUSINESS)
Commissioner for Oaths Appointments (Manitoba Evidence Act - Part II)
Companies Office
Company Names
The Corporations Act
Corporations Names
Electronic Commerce and Information Act, Part 5 Streamlined Procedures For Business Entities
Incorporation (of a business)
Limited Partnership
Manitoba Business Links - One Business, One Number
The Evidence Act - (Part II and III)
Notary Public Appointments (Manitoba Evidence Act - Part III)
The Partnership Act
The Religious Societies Lands Act (Incorporation of Religious Societies)
Searches: Business Names
Searches: Corporations
Searches: Trade Names
Trade Names (registration)
The Ukrainian Catholic Parishes Act