The Canadian Trade-marks Office now is accepting applications for sound marks.

The application for a sound mark can be submitted only as a “paper” filing at the moment and should consist of the following:

a.   state that the application is for the registration of a sound mark;

b.   contain a drawing that graphically represents the sound;

c.    contain a description of the sound; and

d.   contain an electronic recording of the sound.

A link to the March 28, 2012 Practice Notice is provided here.