Registering in Ontario.... will I be inspected?

[Inspired by Reggio]

Yes to register your business name is easy can be done entirely online and costs or at least when I did it last cost $60 for a 5 year registration period ... you have to renew it every 5 years than.

If you want to 'search' to make sure no one else has your name before you that costs more ~ but honestly I did not pay to do that if you do a google search for Tender Loving Daycare for exmaple there are 100's of them across the world ~ so I was cheap and just searched my name myself in google, kijiji and daycarebear and there was nothing coming up in my province or anyway at that time and that was good enough for me ... it is not like I am a big company like NIKE or something

[angelina]

Mine was like $60 as well and never went beyond that.
So far, i got my Insurance Liability for the home daycare and that.

I never got inspected by the Ministry, I wish they do.
But maybe the $60 is to pay for the clerk to make sure that the papers were filed in the right place and that I am registered business in Ontario. And yes, you are right, we give our business numbers, not our personal SIN.

[Cares]

Thank you all!! I'm going to register .... soon!
We just moved in to our home, I don't have my ECE (I am/was a social service worker though...maybe that'll help?), and only have a living room to work with really cuz the basement isn't finished. There's toys down there, but it doesn't look anything great at all. I'm so nervous to advertise, I feel like I'm missing stuff that other's have.