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KYC (“Know Your Customer”) - Corporate & Individual Due Diligence

ESC Corporate Services

Are you trying to validate your corporate client's existence or confirm their company details (legal name, place of business, officers and directors, and active status)?

Are you trying to validate if a potential lessee has any past or current judgments, declared bankruptcy, in litigation or have liens registered against them?

ESC Corporate Services has the tools to support your obligations to perform effective entity verification and due diligence. All of the ESC services provide the ability to validate the name of a company in real-time, ensuring you are using the registered company name, eliminating issues caused by transcription errors or inaccurate customer-supplied information.

Below are just some of the ways that ESC can help you get the information you need in minutes. To find out more about how to order services, please review the ESC User Guide

For assistance with placing your order, please contact an ESC representative at: 416.595.7177 / 1.800.668.8208 - select option 1, and advise our representative you are a TREB Member.


Available Services


Corporate Profile Report


Business Name Search


PPSA Search


Litigation Search


Federal Bankruptcy Search


Writ of Execution Search


Property Title Search

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Corporate Profile Report

Corporate Profile Reports provide all current public record information for a corporation. Unlike Articles of Incorporation, a corporate profile report is considered the Registry's current reported information about a company. Although corporate profile information varies by jurisdiction, generally the information provided allows confirmation of details such as:

  • Current and former name(s) of the corporation
  • Legal status
  • Registered office and mailing address
  • Director, Officer and/or Shareholder's names and addresses
  • Last document filed
  • Corporations involved in Amalgamation, if any
  • Extra provincial registration information, if any

Turnaround: Minutes


Business Name Search

The Business Name Report provides all current public record information for the Business name searched. Although business name profile information varies by Jurisdiction, generally the information provided allows confirmation of details such as:

  • Type of registration (Sole Proprietorship, Partnership, Corporation, Limited Partnership, etc.)
  • Business owner information, office address and mailing address
  • Current and former names of business, and trade names
  • Status, date of registration and expiry, description of business activity
  • Business Registration Number

Turnaround: Minutes


PPSA Search

Depending on search criteria, a PPSA Search Report will show any liens registered against a corporation, business, individual, or motor vehicle. Results provide PPSA registration details including information such as: debtor name (borrower), secured party (lender), length of agreement and possibly the specific goods/collateral and amount secured. PPSA Search Reports allow you to:

  • Determine if any existing securities are registered against a company or individual
  • Obtain details about liens registered against the party searched
  • Obtain PPSA registration details such as Borrower, Lender, length of agreement and goods/collateral secured

Turnaround: Minutes


Litigation Search

Litigation is an 'action' search conducted to uncover pending litigation. Litigation searches may be conducted at Small Claims Court, Provincial Court, Court of Appeal, Supreme Court, Tax Court of Canada and Federal Court of Canada levels. Searches can be conducted on a 5 and 10 year basis. Litigation copies can be obtained for specific court filings (ie. Statement of Claim, Statement of Defence, Orders, etc.), and retrieved from the appropriate level of court. Depending on the year the action commenced and file storage location, turn around times to obtain copies will vary. Litigation searches provide you with:

  • Details about current or past judgments made against a company or individual
  • Litigation details about civil cases involving real property, liens, or collection of liquidated debt and many other case types

Turnaround:

  • Turnaround time for Toronto court office searches is 1–2 hrs; you will be contacted if results will take longer.
  • Turnaround is 24-48 hours for court offices outside of Toronto.


Federal Bankruptcy Search (Insolvency)

Also known as an Insolvency Search, this search is conducted with the Office of the Superintendent of Bankruptcy Canada to determine all bankruptcies and proposals registered since 1978, all receiverships registered since 1993 and all recorded petitions. Federal Bankruptcy searches enable you to:

  • Identify if an individual or company has filed for (and protected) under bankruptcy
  • Determine if a bankruptcy proposal or petition has been registered with the Office of the Superintendent of Bankruptcy

Turnaround: 1-2 hours


Writ of Execution Search

A search conducted to determine if a writ of execution was filed in a given County/Province. A Sheriff's certificate against the name searched is obtained covering registrations within the specified time period for the particular County/Province.

  • Determine if a writ of execution was filed against a party.

  • Conduct this search against an individual or a company based on the party's residential/registered property address or other Company office addresses.

Turnaround: 1-2 hours


Property Title Search

A title search, or real property search, summarizes the history of a particular parcel of real estate and provides details such as Property Identification Number (PIN), legal description, current owner(s) name, and current and historical instruments registered on title. You can request copies of transfers, mortgages or any other document registered. Search by owner, address or legal description to:

  • Confirm current ownership information
  • Identify existing loans and/or liens registered on title

Turnaround: Dependent on search inputs (name, address, etc.)


How the ESC service works:

  1. Start your order with ESC by clicking on one of the ‘Order Now’ links above for the search you need
  2. You'll need to enter your first and last name, the email address where you'd like to receive your results, and a password - then select the OK button
  3. Enter the search criteria (ie. Company name) - we've defaulted the jurisdiction to Ontario, but you can change that if you'd like to
  4. Once you've got your order ready, you just need to enter your billing address and then your credit card information to make your payment
  5. Then simply submit your order and then you'll receive your results and receipt via email from "notification@eservicecorp.ca"

Please note that our processing times are based on Government service availability: Monday through Friday, 8:00am – 6:00pm