Canada Cooperatives Regulations (SOR/99-256)

• 13. (1) Despite section 10, a cooperative name that is confusing with the name of a body corporate is not prohibited for that reason alone if

  • (a) the cooperative name is the name of an existing or a proposed cooperative that is the successor to the business of the body corporate and the body corporate has ceased or will, in the immediate future, cease to carry on business under that cooperative name and undertakes in writing to dissolve or to change its name before the successor cooperative begins carrying on business under that name; and

  • (b) the cooperative name of the existing or proposed cooperative sets out in numerals the year of incorporation, or the year of the most recent amendment to the cooperative name, in parentheses.

• (2) If a cooperative name is changed so that the reference to the year of incorporation or the year of the most recent amendment to the cooperative name is deleted at least two years after it is introduced, it is not prohibited for that reason alone.

14. Despite section 10, if the cooperative name of an amalgamated cooperative is the same as the name of one of the amalgamating cooperatives, it is not prohibited for that reason alone.

• 15. (1) Despite section 10, the cooperative name of a cooperative that is the same as the name of an affiliated body corporate from which the existing cooperative has acquired or will, in the immediate future, acquire all or substantially all of the property of the body corporate is not prohibited for that reason alone if the body corporate undertakes in writing to dissolve, or to change its name, before the existing cooperative begins using the cooperative name.

• (2) Despite section 10, if the cooperative name of a proposed cooperative is the same as the name of a body corporate that is to be an affiliate of the proposed cooperative from which the proposed cooperative will, in the immediate future, acquire all or substantially all of the property of the body corporate, the cooperative name is not prohibited for that reason alone if the body corporate undertakes in writing to dissolve, or to change its name, before the proposed cooperative begins using the cooperative name.

16. For the purpose of paragraph 23(a) of the Act, a cooperative name is prohibited if the name contains any of the following elements:

• (a) “Parliament Hill” or “Colline du Parlement”;

• (b) “Royal Canadian Mounted Police”, “Gendarmerie royale du Canada”, “RCMP” or “GRC”; and

• (c) “United Nations”, “Nations Unies”, “UN” or “ONU”, if it connotes a relationship to the United Nations.