It's our attitude in life that determines life's attitude toward us.

Earl Nightingale

 

Business Registration

You will need to go to BC Online for your Name Approval Request or come to the Community Resource Centre and we will submit your request for you.

You must submit a name approval request if you intend to incorporate, register a business name, or register an extraprovincial company.

A name approval is not required for an incorporated limited company that wants to use its incorporation number as its company name.

You cannot register a business or incorporate a company unless you have the name approved first.  

The approval of a name in British Columbia is intended solely to protect the public interest by:

    • preventing names of corporate entities (only) from being so similar that they are likely to confuse or mislead the public; and

    • providing a record which allows the public to determine which individuals are associated with a corporation or business name.  Also, a business name is prohibited from being the same or similar to a corporate name.

 

OneStop

Start a business the easy way. Look into OneStop Business Registration program offered by the Ministry of Small Buisness, Touriam and Culture, and Western Economic Diversification Canada. The program is designed to make business registration fater, easier, and more convenient. It helps cut through red tape by allowing you to complete up to five government forms with one entry.

One Stop is suited to sole proprietorships, partnerships, co-operatives, corposrations, incorporated societies and associations.

You can access OneStop conveniently in your own home or the Community Resource Centre has an allocated ServiceBC workstation available for your use.