Ontario Corporation Search – Finding Info About a Company

Do you wish to find out information about the officers and directors of an Ontario company? Would you like to find out who the President is and where the company’s head office is located?

You can purchase an Ontario Corporate Profile Report. This report is sometimes called an Ontario corporate search or an Ontario company search.

This is not the report that you would order to find out information about a partnership or a sole proprietorship in Ontario. An Ontario Business Names Search will provide information about partnerships and sole proprietorships.

The Corporate Profile Report will tell you the address of the registered office of an Ontario company, the names and addresses for service of all directors, the names, titles and address for service of all officers, and all filings done on behalf of the company such as articles of amendment, notices of change of addresses or directors.

A corporate search is a provincial service and each province and territory has is own corporate search for the companies registered in that province or territory.

In Ontario you cannot obtain the name of an owner of an Ontario company. It is considered private information. However, determining who the directors are of the company in many cases leads you to the owners because frequently the owner will be a director. For larger Ontario companies and any public Ontario company this might not be the case.

The Corporate Profile Report has a box on it that says whether or not the Ontario company has any business names registered against it however those names will not be listed. A Business Names Report will need to be ordered if there is a yes recorded on the Corporate Profile Report in order for you to determine what those business names are.

If the actual company name has been different in the past you will be able to find out all the names that the company has ever had.

Depending on what province or territory you order the search it might be called something different, i.e. corporate search, company search, corporate profile report, etc. It is a good idea to be sure in advance of what you are ordering since some searches have similar names.

Resources for Canadian Business Owners can provide you about further information on Ontario Corporate Searches and corporations ontarioes

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