Name Granting Compendium

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PDF version - Name Granting Compendium (PDF 320 KB).

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.

1. Introduction to Name Policies
2. Absolutely Prohibited
3. Qualifiedly Prohibited
4. Obscene Names Prohibited
5. Lacking Distinctiveness
6. Confusion
7. Deceptively Misdescriptive
8. Other Related Policies
9. Protecting Your Corporate Name

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