How to register a business name — and use notice on00227 with my-id.ca
Register an Ontario business name without retyping owner details
Sole proprietors, partnerships, and corporations registering a business name under the Business Names Act repeat legal name, business address, contact information, and business name particulars on registration forms and related notices. This guide is an example of storing them once in my-id.ca.
Official form and source
Start from the official source and always use the current version — form numbers and links can change:
- Service page: Registering your business name — ontario.ca
- Form (Central Forms Repository): Notice – Business Names Act – Registering a Business Name — on00227
What this form is about
Form on00227 is the Notice – Business Names Act – Registering a Business Name — confirm registration rules and fees on ontario.ca.
Before you start: what to gather
- Proposed business name and business type (sole prop, partnership, corporation).
- Registrant legal name and principal address.
- Contact name, phone, and email.
- Name search or consent if required — confirm on ontario.ca.
Confirm the current process on ontario.ca.
How my-id.ca makes it faster
- Save it once. Store your registrant name, business address, and contact details in your my-id.ca profile.
- Keep documents ready. Upload supporting documents to my-id.ca Files so you are not searching at form time.
- Autofill the form. Use the my-id.ca Chrome extension on a web form, or fill a PDF from your saved profile inside my-id.ca.
- Review and submit yourself through the official channel.
Why do it in my-id.ca
Related Ontario forms repeat the same personal details. Captured once in my-id.ca — stored in Canada, with AI on its own servers — every form starts mostly complete.
Frequently asked questions
- How does on00227 relate to form on00224?
- Form on00224 covers BCA incorporation; on00227 covers business name registration — many corporations need both.
- How does my-id.ca help?
- It autofills registrant name, business address, and contact details.
- Must I renew a registered business name?
- Confirm renewal periods under the Business Names Act on ontario.ca.
Fill it once. Reuse it everywhere.
Save your information in my-id.ca once, then autofill this form and the next one — web forms with the Chrome extension, PDFs right in the app. Your data is stored in Canada and AI runs on my-id.ca's own servers, never sent to third-party AI providers.