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Module 6: Not-for-Profit Names
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Not-for-Profit Names
Like businesses, not-for-profit organizations can also incorporate. As with business names, not-for-profit names cannot be confusing with existing names or marks. In general, the same rules governing confusion with business company names also apply to not-for-profit names.
Examples:
Existing
National Association of Shoe Manufacturers
Proposed
Canadian Shoe Manufacturers Federation —; acceptable
International Society of Shoe Manufacturing —; acceptable
Canadian Shoe Manufacturers Association —; not acceptable
Legal Elements for Not for Profit Names
There is no requirement for a not-for-profit corporation to have a legal element.
You may however, if you choose, have one of the following legal elements:
Incorporated Inc.
Corporation Corp.
Exercises
For each of the proposed corporate names below, select whether or not the name would be approved or rejected based on what you learned in this module. To select an answer, click on the appropriate box and follow instructions.
Toronto Dance Foundation
("Society for Toronto Dance" already exists)
Manitoba Coalition of Health Issues
("Canada Coalition of Health Issues" already exists)
