Regulatory registry

The regulatory registry check searches specialized federal, provincial, and municipal registries in parallel. Results appear even when a business isn’t incorporated — a charity or MSB may be registered under a different legal name than what appears in corporate registries.

What’s covered

Every key below is always present on the regulatory object as a flat array. An empty array means no matches — not an error.

Registry	Key in response	Regulator
Registered Charities	`craCharities`	Canada Revenue Agency
Money Services Businesses	`fintracMsb`	FINTRAC
Cannabis Production	`healthCanadaCannabis`	Health Canada
Retail Payments Supervision (RPS)	`bankOfCanadaRps`	Bank of Canada
Legal Entity Identifiers (Canada)	`gleif`	GLEIF
Business Licences & Registrations	`onBusinessLicences`	Ontario
Business Classifications	`wsibClassifications`	WSIB (Ontario)
Cannabis Retail	`agcoCannabis`	AGCO (Ontario)
Health Service Providers	`mohServiceProviders`	Ontario Ministry of Health
Building Contractor Licences	`rbqLicences`	Régie du bâtiment (Québec)
Gaming Registrants	`aglcGamingRegistrants`	AGLC (Alberta)
Cannabis Licensees	`aglcCannabis`	AGLC (Alberta)
Cannabis Retail Stores	`bcCannabisRetail`	British Columbia
Business Licences & Permits	`torontoBusinessLicences`	City of Toronto
Commercial Establishments	`montrealCommercialEstablishments`	City of Montréal
Business Licences	`calgaryBusinessLicences`	City of Calgary
Business Licences	`edmontonBusinessLicences`	City of Edmonton
Business Licences	`vancouverBusinessLicences`	City of Vancouver

The five below are worked through in detail because they’re the ones most often used for compliance checks. Every other key returns the same shape — see Common fields.

Enabling the search

When regulatoryRegistry is omitted, it follows your account’s configured search settings. Pass it explicitly to override that for a single search — for example, to disable it when you only need corporate registry results:

{
  "name": "Acme Corp",
  "regulatoryRegistry": false
}

Registered Charities

Searches the CRA’s list of registered charities and other qualified donees. Useful for: verifying charitable status before processing donations or grants, confirming a non-profit’s registration number.

{
  "regulatory": {
    "craCharities": [
      {
        "legalName": {
          "name": "Acme Community Foundation",
          "matchScore": 0.95
        },
        "registrationNumber": "123456789RR0001",
        "status": "Registered",
        "addresses": [
          {
            "city": "Toronto",
            "province": "Ontario",
            "country": "Canada"
          }
        ]
      }
    ]
  }
}

The registrationNumber for charities follows the CRA Business Number format: 9-digit BN + RR + 4-digit account (e.g. 123456789RR0001).

Money Services Businesses

Searches FINTRAC’s public registry of registered Money Services Businesses. MSBs are legally required to register with FINTRAC if they deal in foreign exchange, money transfers, virtual currencies, cheque cashing, or prepaid payment products. Useful for: KYB/AML compliance checks before onboarding a financial services company, verifying a crypto exchange or remittance provider’s registration status.

{
  "regulatory": {
    "fintracMsb": [
      {
        "legalName": { "name": "Acme Money Services Ltd.", "matchScore": 0.97 },
        "alternateNames": ["Acme Forex", "Acme Exchange"],
        "registrationNumber": "M12345678",
        "status": "Active",
        "addresses": [
          {
            "street": "100 King Street West",
            "city": "Toronto",
            "province": "Ontario",
            "postalCode": "M5X 1A9",
            "country": "Canada"
          }
        ]
      }
    ]
  }
}

MSB registration numbers are prefixed with M followed by 8 digits. Status values include Active and Expired.

MSBs often operate under trade names that differ from their legal name. Check alternateNames when the legal name match score is low — the same entity may be registered under a different name.

Cannabis Retail — AGCO (Ontario)

Searches the AGCO’s registry of licensed cannabis retail stores in Ontario. Useful for: verifying a cannabis retailer holds a valid Ontario licence before entering a commercial relationship or lease agreement.

{
  "regulatory": {
    "agcoCannabis": [
      {
        "legalName": {
          "name": "Acme Cannabis Retail Inc.",
          "matchScore": 0.93
        },
        "alternateNames": ["Acme Cannabis"],
        "registrationNumber": "CRS-1234567",
        "status": "Active",
        "addresses": [
          {
            "street": "456 Queen Street West",
            "city": "Toronto",
            "province": "Ontario",
            "postalCode": "M5V 2B3",
            "country": "Canada"
          }
        ]
      }
    ]
  }
}

Cannabis Production — Health Canada

Searches Health Canada’s list of licensed cannabis producers, processors, researchers, and distributors under the Cannabis Act. Useful for: verifying a cannabis producer or processor holds a valid federal licence for commercial transactions, investment due diligence.

{
  "regulatory": {
    "healthCanadaCannabis": [
      {
        "legalName": {
          "name": "Acme Cannabis Production Corp.",
          "matchScore": 0.96
        },
        "registrationNumber": "LIC-HC-1234",
        "status": "Active",
        "addresses": [
          {
            "city": "Leamington",
            "province": "Ontario",
            "country": "Canada"
          }
        ]
      }
    ]
  }
}

Health Service Providers — Ontario MOH

Searches the Ontario Ministry of Health’s registry of regulated health service provider locations, including pharmacies, laboratories, and other licensed health facilities. Useful for: verifying a healthcare business holds a valid Ontario MOH licence, due diligence on health sector suppliers or partners.

{
  "regulatory": {
    "mohServiceProviders": [
      {
        "legalName": { "name": "Acme Pharmacy Ltd.", "matchScore": 0.94 },
        "alternateNames": ["Acme Pharmacy"],
        "registrationNumber": "OCP-123456",
        "status": "Active",
        "addresses": [
          {
            "street": "789 Yonge Street",
            "city": "Toronto",
            "province": "Ontario",
            "postalCode": "M4W 2G8",
            "country": "Canada"
          }
        ]
      }
    ]
  }
}

Common fields across all registries

Field	Description
`legalName.name`	Registered legal name
`legalName.matchScore`	Match confidence against your query (0–1)
`alternateNames`	Trade names and DBA names
`registrationNumber`	Registry-specific number or licence ID
`status`	Registration status (e.g. `Active`, `Suspended`, `Revoked`, `Expired`)
`addresses`	Registered addresses (`street`, `unit`, `city`, `province`, `postalCode`, `country`, `raw` — each `null` when the registry has no value)
`match`	Aggregate identity score against the search baseline, same shape as `businesses[].match` — richer than the name-only `legalName.matchScore`
`details`	Registry-specific fields that don’t map to the common shape (varies by registry; `null` when there are none)

A business may appear in multiple registries. An MSB that is also a registered charity will show results in both fintracMsb and craCharities.

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Releases

What’s covered

Enabling the search

Registered Charities

Money Services Businesses

Cannabis Retail — AGCO (Ontario)

Cannabis Production — Health Canada

Health Service Providers — Ontario MOH

Common fields across all registries

​What’s covered

​Enabling the search

​Registered Charities

​Money Services Businesses

​Cannabis Retail — AGCO (Ontario)

​Cannabis Production — Health Canada

​Health Service Providers — Ontario MOH

​Common fields across all registries

What’s covered

Enabling the search

Registered Charities

Money Services Businesses

Cannabis Retail — AGCO (Ontario)

Cannabis Production — Health Canada

Health Service Providers — Ontario MOH

Common fields across all registries