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If your business engages in activities that discharge or may discharge contaminants into the air, you may be required to register in the Environmental Activity and Sector Registry.
Learn how to register a workplace X-ray source with the Radiation Protection Service.
How to transfer a commercial bait licence from one licence holder to another.
By law, you need a commercial bait licence to deal in bait (buy or sell).
By law, you need a commercial bait licence to harvest bait.
Learn about milk graders and how you can become a certified bulk tank milk grader or plant milk grader.
New licence for the operation of a dairy plant
Learn who needs a licence, the exemptions, how to apply and find a list of licensed plants in Ontario.
In Ontario, there are laws about debt collection activities and debt settlement services.
You need an aquaculture licence to culture fish in Ontario for cage-based aquaculture, land-based aquaculture, community hatcheries, fee-for-fishing operations.
Articles of Amalgamation under the Business Corporations Act (BCA) must be completed and filed to amalgamate two or more active business corporations in Ontario. One of the corporations that is being amalgamated must file the Articles of Amalgamation.
To amalgamate two or more active Ontario co-operative corporations who wish to form one new Ontario co-operative corporation.
Articles of Continuance must be completed and filed to continue a corporation under the Business Corporations Act (BCA) from outside Ontario (another jurisdiction). These articles are also needed to continue a social company (as defined in the Corporations Act) under the BCA.
To continue an Ontario business or not-for-profit corporation, or a corporation from another jurisdiction into Ontario, as a co-operative corporation with share capital.
To continue an Ontario business or not-for-profit corporation, or a corporation from another jurisdiction into Ontario, as a co-operative corporation without share capital.
To incorporate a co-operative corporation with share capital in Ontario.
To incorporate a co-operative corporation without share capital in Ontario.
