The competent authority for Canada trademarks is the Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO). Although Canada adopts "first to use", according to the country's trademark law: even a trademark that has never been used in Canada or other countries can apply for registration in Canada.

There are two ways to apply for a Canadian trademark: 1. Single country application; 2. Designation of Canada as one of the application countries through the Madrid trademark.

The Canadian trademark application takes about 18 months. If there are objections and other procedures, the applicant needs to reply. Therefore, application time will be extended, and the electronic application receipt will be obtained about 7 days after the application is submitted.  >> Apply now

Materials required for filing of trademark application in Canada
1. Individual application: ID card copy with front and back.
    Company application: Copy of certificate of incorporation
2. Applicant's name and address with Chinese and English.
3. A clear graphical representation of the trademark
4. Classes of trademark applications and goods / services (※
Nice Classification, NCL)
5. 
Applicants who have actually used the trademark can provide proof of use (※ not necessarily provided)
    ✓Proof of use: proof of use (including the date of the first use in Canada, the date and country of the first use of the trademark).
   ✓Although it is not necessary to provide it, the "actual use" of the trademark is still very important. If the trademark to be applied for is registered, the evidence that the trademark has been used can be submitted to invalidate the trademark registered by others.

Canada trademark application process

STEP 1. Application
After submitting the required documents and fees, applicants will get an application receipt within about 1 week.

STEP 2. Formal Examination
The formal review takes about 15-18 months. The reviewer will review the submitted documents for errors. If the application case does not meet the basic requirements, a correction notice will be issued and must be responded within 2 months.

STEP 3. Substantive Examination
If there are unregistrable reasons, a reply must be made within 6 months of issuing the notice of rejection.

STEP 4. Announcement and Registration
After passing the substantive examination, an approval notice will be issued and an objection period of 2 months will be announced. If no objections are raised during the announcement period, the certificate will be issued in about 20 days.

Notices:
1. The Canada certificate is an electronic certificate.
2. A trademark registration is valid for 10 years form the date of application and could be renewed for 10 years before the expiry date. The renewed date starts from the 6 months before expiration and is graced to within 6 months after the expiration. No need to provide proof of use for renewed.
3. After the trademark registration has not been used for three consecutive years, anyone can propose "abolition" of the trademark, so that the trademark registration is revoked.