Best for
Best for applicants and practitioners who want to search the Canadian trademarks register themselves before filing with CIPO.
Trademark Search & Monitoring Comparison
Canadian Trademarks Database vs. Trademarkia
At a glance
At a glance
Best for
Best for anyone who wants to check a US brand name or logo for free before filing it, and may want a law firm to file it afterwards.
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Full Comparison
| Criterion | Canadian Trademarks Database | Trademarkia |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price | Not stated | Free search; reports from $199 Comprehensive search reports are $199 (Federal), $299 (Federal and Common Law) and $1,599 (Global). Brand monitoring is $99 a quarter after the month or year included in a filing package; standalone monitoring is quoted on request with monthly, quarterly or annual billing. |
| Free trial | Not stated | Free trademark search |
| Output | Result lists of up to 5,000 trademarks in list or grid view, a CSV export of up to 5,000 rows, and trademark details pages that print or save as PDF | Not stated |
| API | Not stated | Bulk data on request by email, which the vendor states it provides at no cost |
| Hosting | Web app on ised-isde.canada.ca | Not stated |
| Made in | Canada | Not stated |
| Registers and countries covered | All active and many inactive marks applied for or registered under the current Trademarks Act or former trademark legislation, including all marks cancelled, expunged, abandoned or refused after 1979 and some before; national and international (Madrid Protocol) filings can be shown separately. The database also holds section 9 prohibited and official marks, certification marks, geographical indications and plant breeders' rights denominations | Free search over 12 million+ US trademarks. The paid Global Comprehensive Search adds Canada, the United Kingdom, the European Community and WIPO, and filing is offered in 180+ countries. |
| Word, phonetic and image search | Basic and advanced searches over 21 fields, with up to 5 criteria combined by AND, OR and NOT, wildcards for one or several characters and quotation marks for exact sequences; filters by category, by type of mark (word, design, sound, colour, 3D, scent, motion and other non-traditional types) and by status group, and figurative searches by Vienna code. The search ignores case and accents | Free word search with wildcards, owner search and an image search that takes an uploaded logo or a URL; comprehensive searches look for similar names, logos and slogans, including phonetic similarities |
| Goods, services and Nice classes | Nice classification is a search field, with the 45 classes plus class 0 for goods or services not classed, and goods and services can also be searched as text | Image search results can be filtered by class, status and filing date, and the site lists trademarks by class |
| Clearance and conflict screening | A search of the register and not a clearance opinion: CIPO recommends also searching phonetic equivalents, synonyms and translations into English or French, and consulting a trademark agent or an experienced trademark searcher when a thorough search or an interpretation of the results is required | Comprehensive search reports in three packages (Federal, Federal and Common Law, Global), covering registered, unregistered and dead marks, with common law results from Google, Yahoo, Facebook, Wikipedia and Instagram and domain results; the page describes an attorney's opinion on the results and a video consultation |
| Watch and alerts | Not stated | Brand Monitoring scans trademark databases for new applications similar or identical to a monitored mark and sends a report naming the applicant, class and filing jurisdiction. Multiple marks can be monitored. |
| Reports and exports | Results export as a CSV file of up to 5,000 rows and print from the browser; each trademark's details page can be printed, saved as PDF or shared, and links to its Trademarks Office and Trademarks Opposition Board documents in the Trademarks Document Retrieval Service | Comprehensive search reports by email in PDF, RTF, Word, HTML or Excel |
| Integrations and API | CIPO publishes trademarks researcher datasets as CSV and TXT tables with quarterly updates, trademark records as individual XML files paired with their images, and bulk data that can be ordered. The search itself is not intended for bulk downloads, and CIPO says clients generating 1,000 or more daily accesses may be denied access | Bulk data on request by email; the vendor asks requesters to email rather than scrape the site |
| AI features | No | stated Yes |
| Deployment | Browser-based | Cloud (SaaS) |
| Support | Not stated | Email helpdesk, Phone |
| Onboarding | Documentation and knowledge base | Not stated |
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The short version
Key Differences
- Deployment Canadian Trademarks Database Browser-based Trademarkia Cloud (SaaS)
- AI features Canadian Trademarks Database No Trademarkia Yes
- Registers and countries covered Canadian Trademarks Database All active and many inactive marks applied for or registered under the current Trademarks Act or former trademark legislation, including all marks cancelled, expunged, abandoned or refused after 1979 and some before; national and international (Madrid Protocol) filings can be shown separately. The database also holds section 9 prohibited and official marks, certification marks, geographical indications and plant breeders' rights denominations Trademarkia Free search over 12 million+ US trademarks. The paid Global Comprehensive Search adds Canada, the United Kingdom, the European Community and WIPO, and filing is offered in 180+ countries.
- Word, phonetic and image search Canadian Trademarks Database Basic and advanced searches over 21 fields, with up to 5 criteria combined by AND, OR and NOT, wildcards for one or several characters and quotation marks for exact sequences; filters by category, by type of mark (word, design, sound, colour, 3D, scent, motion and other non-traditional types) and by status group, and figurative searches by Vienna code. The search ignores case and accents Trademarkia Free word search with wildcards, owner search and an image search that takes an uploaded logo or a URL; comprehensive searches look for similar names, logos and slogans, including phonetic similarities
- Goods, services and Nice classes Canadian Trademarks Database Nice classification is a search field, with the 45 classes plus class 0 for goods or services not classed, and goods and services can also be searched as text Trademarkia Image search results can be filtered by class, status and filing date, and the site lists trademarks by class
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The trade-offs
Strengths and Limitations
Canadian Trademarks Database
Strengths
- Run by CIPO, with the database updated every Wednesday
- Includes non-traditional marks such as sound, scent, hologram and motion since June 2019
- Result sets of up to 5,000 rows export as CSV
- Researcher datasets and XML records for analysis outside the search
Limitations
- Covers the Canadian register only; other countries need other databases
- The help pages describe no phonetic or similarity search mode, so variants have to be entered one by one
- The official pages describe no watch or email alerts for new filings
- CIPO does not warrant the accuracy of the data, and recent changes may not be included
Trademarkia
Strengths
- Free search over 12 million+ US trademarks, including logo search by image upload or URL
- Owner search and a daily lookup of newly filed trademarks
- Search reports, filing and monitoring from the same law firm
- Search reports in PDF, RTF, Word, HTML or Excel
Limitations
- The free search covers US trademarks; Canada, the UK, the EU and WIPO come only with the $1,599 Global search
- Standalone brand monitoring prices are quoted on request
- The vendor states its site is for information only and not legal advice; advice comes with the paid services
Plans
Pricing
Canadian Trademarks Database
Price on Request
Visit siteTrademarkia
- Free Trademark Search Free US trademarks, word, owner and logo search.
- Federal Search $199 Per report. USPTO database, similar names, logos and slogans.
- Federal and Common Law Search $299 Per report. Adds common law use on the internet and domain results.
- Global Comprehensive Search $1,599 Per report. Adds Canada, the United Kingdom, the European Community and WIPO.
- Trademark filing $599 Entry package plus government fees, with one month of monitoring, then $99 a quarter. Standard is $699 and Premium $879, Premium with a comprehensive federal and common law search and one year of monitoring.
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Where this comes from
Where this comes from
Canadian Trademarks Database https://ised-isde.canada.ca/site/canadian-intellectual-property-office/en/trademarks/introduction-canadian-trademarks-database · checked against the official source on 2026-11-10
Trademarkia https://www.trademarkia.com/ · checked against the official source on 2026-11-05
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