Revive an Ontario corporation that has been cancelled by the Companies Branch or Corporate Tax Branch.Corporation Name
Option 1 – Revive under the name at dissolution
If you are reviving under the name you had at dissolution, and the corporation was cancelled less than 10 years ago, a Nuans report is NOT required.
If you are reviving under the name you had at dissolution, and the corporation was cancelled more than 10 years ago, you will need an Ontario Nuans name search report.
If you want to change the name of the corporation upon revival, you must file Articles of Amendment after the Certificate of Revival is issued.
Registered Office Address
The address of the registered office of the corporation must be set out in full, including the street name, street or rural route number, municipality, province, country and the postal code. A post office box alone is not an acceptable address. If there is no street and number, indicate the lot and concession or lot and plan numbers. The registered office must be in Ontario.
Required Statements
You must confirm that the following have been complied with:
• Any outstanding notices and returns required to be filed by the corporation under the Corporations Information Act will be filed immediately upon revival.
• All documents required to be filed by the corporation under Ontario tax statutes have been filed and all defaults of the corporation under the tax statutes have been remedied.
• The consent of any required Minister and the Public Guardian and Trustee (if applicable) to the requested revival has been obtained.
• All other defaults of the corporation to the date of dissolution have been remedied and it is not more than 20 years after the date of dissolution.
Requested Date for Revival
The requested date for revival is the effective date that your business is revived under the BCA and the regulations. You must select a preferred date; however, the earliest effective date will be the date the application acceptable for filing is received by the ministry. You may choose a future date up to 30 calendar days later than the current date, as long as the Nuans Report date, if required, is valid. You cannot choose a past date. The Nuans report cannot be dated more than 90 days prior to the submission of the articles. For example, articles submitted on November 28 could be supported by a Nuans name search report dated as early as August 30, but not dated earlier. Allow enough time for the application to be received through the mail.