Verify Canadian Businesses in Seconds

Current is a Canadian business-verification platform that does the normalization work most data providers leave to you. We standardize over 130 entity types across the Canadian registries down to 10, reduce 39 statuses to 11, and strip out roughly 80 entity-suffix variations, so name matching actually works instead of breaking on formatting noise. That normalization also filters out about half the noise you'd get from a raw data feed. Our regulatory registry dataset is built for Canada, not adapted from another market. Verification rules are fully configurable, so teams can match their own policies and push verification rates well above what a fixed, one-size-fits-all system allows. Current also includes a batch workflow built for compliance teams to clear backlogs, not just run one-off lookups — and unlike vendors who charge extra for it, batch remediation comes standard: no added cost, no extra integration, no data-science services to buy.

Current starts with NUANS for name searches, then draws on all 14 Canadian business registries — the federal registry plus every province and territory. Beyond those, it checks 13 regulatory registries (supplemental authoritative sources) such as FINTRAC's MSB registry and the CRA Charities Registry, covering close to 1 million records. Every search also runs screening and monitoring: 10 sanctions and watchlists checked daily (OFAC, Canada's Consolidated Autonomous Sanctions List, the UN, EU, UK, and more), plus adverse-media screening across 42 news, government, court, and investigative-journalism sources, coming soon with Monitor. Coverage and hours vary by jurisdiction. Most registries run 24/7 with results in seconds; a few, like Yukon and Nunavut, only operate during business hours. You can submit a request any time, and Current delivers it once the registry reopens.

A search returns the legal business name, entity type, registration number, current status, and incorporation date — sourced directly from the official registry and consistent across every jurisdiction. It also returns additional data from regulatory registries (which varies by source) and website analysis, so you can enrich the record on file before verification. A full verification goes deeper: registered address, directors and officers, beneficial owners (ISCs), business number, and a complete Corporate Profile Report. Not every jurisdiction publishes the same underlying data, so Current returns whatever the registries hold.

Yes. Directors, officers, and beneficial owners — often called Individuals of Significant Control (ISC) — are part of a verification, pulled directly from official Canadian business registries. (A basic search returns core identity fields like legal name and status; ownership and director data comes from running a verification.) Not every Canadian jurisdiction publishes the same depth of beneficial-ownership data, so Current returns whatever each registry makes available — you always know exactly what you're getting.

Yes — Current is developer-friendly by design. Our REST API integrates business verification directly into onboarding flows, underwriting systems, or compliance tooling, and returns the same data as the dashboard: registry details, directors and beneficial owners, sanctions screening, and website analysis. Full documentation — code samples, endpoint references, and integration guides — is live at docs.getcurrent.ca. Want help scoping an integration? Book time with our team.

A search typically returns in 5 to 30 seconds, and a full verification (directors, beneficial owners, and sanctions screening included) usually finishes in under 60 seconds, because Current queries every registry and data source in parallel rather than one at a time. Corporate profile reports from certain provincial registries can take longer, simply because of how those government systems are built. For high-volume or time-sensitive workflows, reach out and we'll talk through options.

Current is primarily usage-based: you pay for the searches and verifications you run and the sources you access. Rates improve as your volume grows. Because pricing depends on your volume and which registries you need, the fastest way to get real numbers is a quick call with our team for a formal quote.