Canada Business Corporations Regulations, 2001

27 For the purpose of paragraph 12(1)(a) of the Act,

• (a) a corporate name is prohibited if its use is likely to lead to the inference that the business carried on or intended to be carried on under it and the business of a body corporate that is dissolved are one business, whether or not the nature of their businesses is generally the same; and

• (b) the name of a corporation that is revived under section 209 of the Act is prohibited if it is confusing with a name acquired by another corporation during the period beginning on the date of dissolution and ending on the date of revival of the revived corporation.