BC Company
- Incorporated in British Columbia.
- Must register extra provincially in other provinces the corporation does business in.
- Must register to do business in each province it wants to do business in.
- Name protected against further registration in British Columbia, not the rest of Canada.
Federal Company
- Incorporated federally.
- Does not have to register extra provincially in each province it does business in.
- Must register to do business in each province it wants to do business in.
- Name protected against similar registrations in all of Canada.