NIEFS - North Island Employment Foundations Society

Self-Employment Section

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.

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.