You must pay different fees for services in connection with geographical indications and official marks.
fee adjustment: On , certain fees related to trademark applications and registrations, geographical indications, official marks, as well as industrial design applications and registrations will increase by 4.4%, in accordance with the Service Fees Act. Please note that not all fees are subject to an annual adjustment.
As a result, the amounts shown in the Tariff of Fees of the Trademarks Regulations and the Industrial Design Regulations, both made available to the public by the Department of Justice Canada, may not be up-to-date. However, the Canadian Intellectual Property Office's website and all relevant correspondence issued by the Office will be updated.
Fee adjustments – what fee do I pay?
The fee amount that you must pay for services that are subject to an adjustment will depend on the date on which the fee is received by the Office, not the date on which the service was originally requested.
How to determine what fee to pay
For all fees subject to an adjustment:
- If payment is received before January 1 of next year, you will need to pay the prescribed fee for the current year.
- If payment is received on or after January 1 of next year, you will need to pay the adjusted prescribed fee for next year.
For example, if you request the protection of a geographical indication before January 1 but pay the prescribed fee after that date, you will need to pay the adjusted fee for the new year.
List of fees
Below are the up-to-date fee amounts. All amounts are in Canadian dollars (CAD).
Request for protection of a geographical indication
Fee for processing a request that a geographical indication be entered on Canada's list of geographical indications
- 2024 fee: $638.00
- 2025 fee: $666.07
Statement of objection to a geographical indication
Fee for the filing of a statement of objection under subsection 11.13(1) of the Trademarks Act
- 2024 fee: $1,387.00
- 2025 fee: $1,448.03
Official marks: request for giving public notice of a badge, crest, emblem, mark or armorial bearing
Fee for a request for the giving of a public notice under paragraph 9(1)(n) or (n.1) of the Trademarks Act, for each badge, crest, emblem, mark or armorial bearing
- 2024 fee: $694.00
- 2025 fee: $724.54