Starting a Business. Step 5: Register Your Business
The Library’s series of guides, Starting a Business, follows the City of Toronto’s 9-step guide, How to Start a Business:
Step 1: Conduct Market Research
Step 2: Prepare a Business Plan
Step 3: Create a Marketing Plan
Step 4: Choose a Business Structure
Step 5: Register Your Business
Step 6: Secure Your Financing
Step 7: Choose Your Business Location
Step 8: Apply for a Business License
Step 9: Determine Tax Requirements
Other Considerations
See Step 5 of the City of Toronto’s guide, How to Start a Business:
Businesses that operate under a name other than the owner’s need to register with the Ministry of Government and Consumer Services’ Ontario Business Registry.
The City guide includes information on:
- Business Name Registration: Sole Proprietorship, General and Limited Partnerships
- Business Incorporation (Provincial/Federal)
- Not-for-Profit Incorporation
Websites
- Business & Corporate Law (Legal Line) > Registering a sole proprietorship, How to register a business name, and Registering a partnership name
- Legal Considerations, in Entrepreneurship – Starting Your Own Business (U of Western Ontario. Libraries)
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