Canada Not-for-profit Corporations Act

Marginal note:Reserving name

• 12 (1) The Director may, on request, reserve for a prescribed period a name for an intended corporation or for a corporation that intends to change its name.

• Marginal note:Designating number

  (2) If requested to do so by the incorporators or a corporation, the Director shall assign to the corporation as its name a designating number followed by the word “Canada” and a prescribed term.