Esheria Regulatory Atlas

Business registration in Canada — Ontario

Registration, licensing, names, permits, and formal establishment requirements. These records come from release legal-2026.07.26-907 and link directly to stored legal text.

594 matching statutes

• Canada — Ontario

  GENERAL

  2 provisions

  This regulation sets licensing, disclosure, office, recordkeeping, poster, and borrower-protection rules for payday lenders and loan brokers.

  Regulation Open & Chat

• Canada — Ontario

  Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario Act, 2019, S.O. 2019, c. 15, Sched. 1

  1 provisions

  This Act continues the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario, sets out its board, Registrar, and key powers, and requires reporting, audits, and limits on some financial and property actions.

  Act or statute Open & Chat

• Canada — Ontario

  PROFESSIONAL MISCONDUCT

  1 provisions

  This provision defines key terms and lists many acts of professional misconduct for dentists, including record falsification, unnecessary treatment, improper fees, conflict of interest, and misleading specialty or practice-name use.

  Regulation Open & Chat

• Canada — Ontario

  GENERAL

  2 provisions

  This provision sets definitions, application steps, public notice and consultation rules, operating conditions, reporting duties, and fees for aggregate licences and permits.

  Regulation Open & Chat

• Canada — Ontario

  Agricultural Research and Innovation Ontario Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. A.13

  1 provisions

  This Act sets up Agricultural Research and Innovation Ontario, gives it governance and financial controls, and requires reports, budgets, approvals, and ministerial oversight.

  Act or statute Open & Chat

• Canada — Ontario

  GENERAL

  5 provisions

  This provision defines key pesticide terms and sets rules for forms, classification, use, exemptions, and reporting.

  Regulation Open & Chat

• Canada — Ontario

  CLASSIFICATION OF VEHICLES AS IRREPARABLE, SALVAGE AND REBUILT

  1 provisions

  This provision defines key vehicle-status terms and sets inspection, notification, record-retention, submission, and permit-return rules for irreparable and salvage vehicles.

  Regulation Open & Chat

• Canada — Ontario

  Water and Wastewater Public Corporations Act, 2025, S.O. 2025, c. 14, Sched. 16

  1 provisions

  This Act lets the Minister designate water and wastewater public corporations, requires municipalities in scope to use them for water and sewage services, and sets rules for governance, transfers, reporting, rates, and regulations.

  Act or statute Open & Chat

• Canada — Ontario

  GENERAL

  3 provisions

  Vendors generally must collect and remit tax, and eligible G-permit holders may buy certain items free of tax if they follow the notice rules.

  Regulation Open & Chat

• Canada — Ontario

  GENERAL

  2 provisions

  This provision defines key terms and sets rules for packaging, sales bans, signage, age checks, exemptions, and controlled areas for tobacco, vapour products, and related electronic cigarettes.

  Regulation Open & Chat

• Canada — Ontario

  GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS: QUANTIFICATION, REPORTING AND VERIFICATION

  2 provisions

  This part sets rules for measuring, reporting, and verifying greenhouse gas emissions, including electricity importation reporting and covered-facility verification duties.

  Regulation Open & Chat

• Canada — Ontario

  Legal Aid Services Act, 2020, S.O. 2020, c. 11, Sched. 15

  2 provisions

  This Act sets up Legal Aid Ontario, lets it provide legal aid services, and sets rules for eligibility, contributions, information handling, governance, and offences.

  Act or statute Open & Chat

• Canada — Ontario

  STELCO INC. PENSION PLANS

  2 provisions

  This regulation sets funding, reporting, and wind-up rules for specified Stelco main pension plans, including required contributions and deadlines.

  Regulation Open & Chat

• Canada — Ontario

  Horse Racing Licence Act, 2015, S.O. 2015, c. 38, Sched. 9

  1 provisions

  This Act sets up horse racing licensing, regulator powers, inspections, appeals, offences, and penalties.

  Act or statute Open & Chat

• Canada — Ontario

  Employment Standards Act, 2000, S.O. 2000, c. 41

  11 provisions

  This provision defines key terms and sets several employer and Director duties, including posting information, paying wages on time, and rules for certain job postings.

  Act or statute Open & Chat

• Canada — Ontario

  STATUTORY ACCIDENT BENEFITS SCHEDULE - EFFECTIVE SEPTEMBER 1, 2010

  4 provisions

  This regulation sets rules for accident benefits under motor vehicle liability policies, including mandatory benefits, optional benefits, definitions, and claim eligibility rules.

  Regulation Open & Chat

• Canada — Ontario

  International Recognition of Trusts Act, 2017, S.O. 2017, c. 2, Sched. 7

  1 provisions

  This Act gives the Hague Trusts Convention effect in Ontario, limits it to voluntarily created trusts evidenced in writing, and sets rules for recognition, applicable law, registration, reservations, and denunciation.

  Act or statute Open & Chat

• Canada — Ontario

  Mandatory Blood Testing Act, 2006, S.O. 2006, c. 26

  1 provisions

  This Act lets a person ask a medical officer of health to seek a blood sample or other evidence, requires the Board to hear and decide the application quickly, and sets rules for sample handling, confidentiality, offences, and penalties.

  Act or statute Open & Chat

• Canada — Ontario

  Resource Recovery and Circular Economy Act, 2016, S.O. 2016, c. 12, Sched. 1

  3 provisions

  This Part sets up Ontario’s resource recovery and waste reduction framework, including the Minister’s strategy and policy powers, the Authority’s governance, and compliance-related duties for affected persons and entities.

  Act or statute Open & Chat

• Canada — Ontario

  X-RAY SAFETY CODE

  2 provisions

  This regulation defines x-ray safety terms and sets requirements for x-ray machine installation, shielding, signage, equipment features, and radiation protection officer duties.

  Regulation Open & Chat