How to renew a business name registration — and autofill 5290 with my-id.ca
Renew your Business Names Act registration without retyping owner details
Sole proprietors, partnerships, and corporations renewing a business name registration repeat registrant legal name, business address, registration reference, and contact information on every Business Names Act renewal. This guide is an example of storing them once in my-id.ca.
Official form and source
Start from the official source and always use the current version — form numbers and links can change:
- Service page: Ontario Business Registry — ontario.ca
- Form (Central Forms Repository): Renew a Registration - Business Names Act — 5290
What this form is about
Form 5290 renews a registration under the Business Names Act — confirm renewal periods on ontario.ca.
Before you start: what to gather
- Registered business name and registration number if applicable.
- Registrant legal name and principal place of business.
- Authorized contact name, phone, and email.
- Prior registration expiry date — confirm on ontario.ca.
Confirm the current process on ontario.ca.
How my-id.ca makes it faster
- Save it once. Store your registrant name, business address, and contact details in your my-id.ca profile.
- Keep documents ready. Upload supporting documents to my-id.ca Files so you are not searching at form time.
- Autofill the form. Use the my-id.ca Chrome extension on a web form, or fill a PDF from your saved profile inside my-id.ca.
- Review and submit yourself through the official channel.
Why do it in my-id.ca
Related Ontario forms repeat the same personal details. Captured once in my-id.ca — stored in Canada, with AI on its own servers — every form starts mostly complete.
Frequently asked questions
- Who must renew a business name registration?
- Registrants operating under a registered business name — confirm on ontario.ca.
- How does my-id.ca help?
- It autofills registrant name, business address, and contact details.
- How does 5290 relate to new registrations?
- New registrations use separate forms such as 5288 or 5294; 5290 renews an existing registration.
Fill it once. Reuse it everywhere.
Save your information in my-id.ca once, then autofill this form and the next one — web forms with the Chrome extension, PDFs right in the app. Your data is stored in Canada and AI runs on my-id.ca's own servers, never sent to third-party AI providers.