Nuans is the Government of Canada's combined search tool of business names and trademarks. This tool uses a powerful algorithm to list names and trademarks similar or identical to the searched name.
Corporate name search
now part of the federal incorporation process!
Choose your business type
Search and propose a name
Create your corporate structure
Finish and pay
I already have a Nuans report. How do I complete my incorporation?
Reports for federal requests
You will need a Nuans report for requests such as:
- Requesting a corporate name pre-approval
- Reviving a corporation
- Amending the articles of your corporation
- Amalgamating two or more corporations
- Continuing from another jurisdiction
Each report costs $13.80.
Incorporating in a province or territory
You can order a report yourself to incorporate in the Northwest Territories.
To complete your incorporation elsewhere, visit your provincial or territorial government website.
Need help?
Nuans members can answer your questions about naming your business, incorporating, ordering a report and monitoring trademarks.
Nuans members
Members account
As a Nuans member, you can order reports for your clients, access greater name search options, order report types and sign up for monthly billing.
Trademark search and monitoring
Did you know that you can research existing trademarks in the Canadian trademarks database using Nuans?
Funding opportunities
Looking for funding?
The Canada Digital Adoption Program offers grants that help small and medium-sized enterprises adopt e-commerce tools and digitalize how they run their businesses. Find out which one is best for your business.