How to register a general partnership firm name — and autofill 5292 with my-id.ca
Register your partnership firm name without retyping partner details
General partnerships registering a firm name repeat each partner's name and address, proposed firm name, principal place of business, and 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 Firm Name for General Partnership - Business Names Act — 5292
What this form is about
Form 5292 registers a general partnership's firm name under the Business Names Act — confirm filing on ontario.ca.
Before you start: what to gather
- Proposed firm name and principal place of business.
- Each partner's full name and address.
- 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 partner names, addresses, 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
- Do all partners need to approve the firm name?
- Confirm partnership consent requirements on ontario.ca.
- How does my-id.ca help?
- It autofills partner names, addresses, and contact details.
- How does 5292 relate to form 5293?
- Form 5292 registers a new firm name; 5293 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.