Appendix C
Search Houses
Search houses are private business enterprises; they are NOT connected with or sponsored by the Ontario government. Search houses have, through a business arrangement, access to the NUANS* computer data base of corporate name, trade marks and business names in use in Canada. The fees charged and services provided vary from search house to search house. Accordingly, it is wise to shop around.
The search house you select will produce a computer printed name search report in duplicate. As a service to their customers, search houses usually highlight the names of any existing corporations, sole proprietorships and partnerships as well as trade marks that might conflict with the proposed name. (You should bear in mind however, that the selection of the name is the responsibility of the incorporator.)
Search houses are listed in the yellow pages of the local telephone directory under "Searchers of Records".
*(NUANS, New Upgraded Automated Name Search System, is owned by the Corporations Branch of Industry Canada).
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