Important: Canadian trademark applications do not need to declare whether they have been used, and the protection period has been shortened from 15 years to 10 years.

The Canadian government has actively promoted the reform of its intellectual property rights in recent years, by joining five international intellectual property rights treaties, including the Industrial design and the Hague Agreement on the international registration of industrial designs, the Patent Law Treaty (PLT), As well as the Madrid Protocol, Singapore Treaty and Nice Agreement related to trademarks, it is hoped that its intellectual property rights system can be consistent with international treaties. Therefore, it is necessary to legislate to adjust existing regulations.

In the Nice International Classification of Canada, the scope of protection for a single application can only cover one class, and each additional category requires 100 Canadian dollars, which is different from the previous single application that can cover unlimited types of goods and services.