Note
Use this consent letter if the proposed corporate name may be confused with the name of a corporation that has not carried on activities for more than 2 years. If the corporation is not dissolved and has not carried on activities for more than 2 years, the inactive corporation must:
- Consent to the use of the name;
- UndertakeFootnote 1 to immediately dissolve or change its corporate name before the proposed corporate name is used; and
- Confirm that the corporation has not carried on activities for more than 2 years or, if it has been incorporated for less than 2 years, it has not carried on activities since it was incorporated.
As the consent is being given by a corporation, the signature must be of an authorized officer and must give his/her title.
235 Queen Street
Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0H5
Re: Proposed corporate name of [Insert proposed corporate name]
[Insert name of corporation signing consent] hereby consents to the use of [Insert proposed corporate name] as the corporate name.
[Insert name of corporation signing consent] undertakes to dissolve immediately or to change its name before the corporation proposing to use the proposed corporate name begins to carry on activities under that name.
[Insert name of corporation signing consent] confirms that it has not carried on activities under its corporate name during the past two years.
Signed in the city of 
,
in the province of ,
on this day of , 20.
(Signature)
(Print full name)
(Insert title of officer signing and the name of the corporation)