How to register a corporation business name — and autofill 5294 with my-id.ca
Register your corporation business name without retyping owner details
Corporations operating under a name other than their legal name repeat corporation legal name, proposed business name, principal place of business, and authorized contact information on every Business Names Act registration. 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: Ontario Business Registry — ontario.ca
- Form (Central Forms Repository): Register a Business Name for a Corporation - Business Names Act — 5294
What this form is about
Form 5294 registers a corporation's business name under the Business Names Act — confirm name search and filing on ontario.ca.
Before you start: what to gather
- Corporation legal name and Ontario corporation number if applicable.
- Proposed business name and principal place of business.
- Authorized contact name, phone, and email.
- Name search or consent — confirm on ontario.ca.
Confirm the current process on ontario.ca.
How my-id.ca makes it faster
- Save it once. Store your corporation name, 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
- When must a corporation register a business name?
- When operating under a name other than the legal corporate name — confirm on ontario.ca.
- How does my-id.ca help?
- It autofills corporation name, address, and contact details.
- How does 5294 relate to form 5295?
- Form 5294 registers a new business name; 5295 amends an existing registration.
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.