Small Business BC
The premiere business website with all you need to start and grow your business. Look here for Business Resource guides, manuals, checklists, market research, and their famous interactive business planner and much more. A great place to start!
Community Futures Strathcona
Community Futures is a community-based organization whose primary goal is to provide loans to people with feasible business plans and to whom funding from traditional sources is unavailable for any variety of reasons.
Community Futures Mt. Waddington
is committed to creating sustainable employment in the north island and region. This mission will be achieved by creating partnerships for planning and implementing community change by building and improving our financial, physical, social and human resources infrastructure.
Women's Enterprise Centre
BC's leading resource for women entrepreneurs, offering skills development, empowerment lending, free business guidance, business resources, networking and events!
Business Development Bank of Canada
Find out who BDC are and what they can do for you.
BusinessGateway.ca
Canadian website with all you need to know for starting and expanding your business.
Small Business Development - Online Publications
Excellent information on almost every aspect of running a small business.
Market Research for Exploring Entrepreneurs
Need a guide on how to do market research? This online workshop will take through start to finish to develop a basic marketing plan for your business idea. User friendly! Follow Entrepreneur Bob through the steps!
Campbell River & District Chamber of Commerce
Local business news and member services
Strategis - Main Menu
One of the largest, most comprehensive Canadian web sites centering on all aspects of Canadian Business small or large. Some of the many web sites that are hosted within the Strategis web site include:
Aboriginal Business Canada
Small Business Loans Act
Canadian Intellectual Property Office
YouthBusiness.com
A great resource for young entrepreneurs.
Canadian Youth Business Foundation
This site provides business support to young Canadian entrepreneurs. Excellent articles and information and the site is updated often.
Working Opportunities for Women
Women centred business links.
Are You The Entrepreneurial Type?
Find out with this 50 question test (13 question version here) or this more in-depth interactive quiz.
E-commerce - the Basics
Review the following links for online selling modules.
Selling Your Wares on the Web - Part 1
Selling Your Wares on the Web - Part 2
Selling Your Wares on the Web - Part 3
Domain Names
Profit Guide
This site includes: Profit Magazine; The Magazine for Canadian Entrepreneurs, Profiteer; The Newsletter of business tips and strategy and Profit Guide; your guide to the best information on the Net.
Canada One
Canada's premiere business channel on the Internet - providing you with articles, archives, a business directory, resources and technology information.
Small Business - Canada Magazine
Designed for Canadian Small and Home Based Business.
Fast Company
A magazine for employees and entrepreneurs of the new economy!!!
Self-Employment Resources
Excellent links to self-employment resources. Primarily BC centered.
Canadian Commercial Corporation
Need information on exporting - look here.
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Export Development Corporation
Aids to competing in the World market. Links to other trade and investment web sites and more.
Canadian Technology Network
If you run a small or medium-sized technology related business in Canada, the Canadian Technology Network can give you access to a wide range of technology and related business assistance through a cross-country network of advisors. To find the your nearest advisor visit their site.
Tech Jobs Canada - Technology Job Bank in Canada
You've reached Canada's job portal for high tech jobs. Our job bank has over 5,000 jobs listed in major Canadian cities. Start viewing jobs by selecting a city above.
Statistics Canada (StatsCan)
Great for market research...stats, stats and more stats!
Canadian Import/Export Information
Check out this collection of links if you're thinking of starting an import/export business.

