NUANS Name Reservation Report is the full, comprehensive report required to incorporate a co-operative corporation in Ontario. This report reserves your name for 90 days.
This report also includes is a preliminary search to determine if there are any exact or partial conflicts. We will do a pre-search first and if the pre-search shows a conflict, we will request 2 alternative names to search an no additional cost.
Nuans is a registered trademark and official mark of the Government of Canada, used under sublicence. OCA is providing Nuans Search Reports generated using the Nuans System and is otherwise not associated with the Government of Canada.
NUANS Name Reservation for Ontario Co-operative
Requirements
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Your co-operative name should satisfy four legal requirements: a distinctive element, a descriptive element, the word co-operative or co-op and a legal ending.
A distinctive element can be a word or a name; something that is unique to your business. A descriptive element describes the business, such as “bakery”. The use of the word co-operative or co-op is unique to co-operative corporations. A legal ending defines your business structure, like Inc. or Ltd.
For example, a satisfactory co-operative business name will look something like this:
[Distinctive] + [Descriptive] + [Co-operative] + [Legal Ending] = [Collective Cookie] [Bakery] [Co-operative] [Inc.]