Searching for Information About an Ontario Company Such as Directors and Officers

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?

The name of the document the Ontario government will give you is called an Ontario Corporate Profile Report. You can also order the same report under the name of corporate search or a 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.

You can find out the registered office address of an Ontario company together with the names of the officers and directors and their addresses, plus their titles, and a list of all documents filed with the Ontario government for that company. These documents would include notices of change, annual returns, articles of amendment for some.

A company search is provided by the provincial and territorial governments and each jurisdiction has its own search system for 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 will tell you if there are any business names registered against the company but it will not give you those names. A “yes” or “no” is inserted into the box on the Corporate Profile Report and if “yes” is inserted then you can do a further Business Names Report for that company to determine what business names it carries on business under.

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.

These searches are called corporate searches, company searches, corporate profile reports. Each province or territory has its own name. Many different searches appear to be similar in name so it is a good idea to be sure of what you want to order.

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

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