Business Resources
Below are links to business web sites that will provide useful information for starting and running a business.
Local Business Information Sites
www.rrfdc.on.ca –– Rainy River Future Development Corporation provides demographic and market information, identifies market opportunities, can help you find fair and equitable business partnerships, help your business communicate with a larger market and provide community learning for businesses and entrepreneurs.
www.fort-frances.com –– Information on town services & departments.
Provincial Business Information Sites
www.ontario-canada.com –– Ontario Ministry of Economic Development and Trade web site with links to help small businesses start up and grow.
www.cbs.gov.on.ca –– Ministry of Consumer and Business Services web site offers an array of services to help small business.
www.tourism.gov.on.ca –– Offers information on small business development in the tourism, culture and recreational industries.
www.oce-ontario.org –– Ontario Centres of Excellence established by the Government of Ontario to strengthen links between academia and industry.
www.mndm.gov.on.ca –– Ministry of Northern Development and Mines, Regional Economic Development Branch. With expertise in key economic sector, including tourism, mining, forest products, agriculture, business/industry and aboriginal economic development, as well as community development and health/social, area teams support the development of a healthy, competitive and sustainable northern economy.
Federal Business Information Sites
www.strategis.gc.ca –– Canada’s Business and Consumer web site, provided by Industry Canada, supplying business and consumer information online.
www.bsa.cbsc.org –– Government of Canada site with Business Start-up Assistance tools provided by Canada Business Service Centres.
www.cra-arc.gc.ca/tax/business–– Canada Customs and Revenue Agency small business page.
http://www.fednor.ic.gc.ca/ - FedNor invests more than $45 million a year directly into programs and services which bring economic benefit to northern communities. An additional $18 million is flowed through the provincial network of Community Futures Development Corporations, strategically located throughout Northern and rural southern Ontario.
Bank Web Sites
www.cibc.com/ca/small-business.html –– Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce Small Business Banking.
www.royalbank.com/busindex.html- RBC Business Banking.
www.tdcanadatrust.com/smallbusiness/index.jsp–– TD Bank Canada Trust Small Business Banking.
www.nlcu.on.ca - Northern Lights Credit Union is a full-service financial institution operating throughout Northwestern Ontario.
www.cba.ca - Canadian Bankers Association web site provides information, statistics and publications to help individual and small business consumers manage their financial affairs.
www.bdc.ca - The Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC) provides small and medium-sized businesses with flexible financing, affordable consulting services and venture capital. BDC supports the needs of entrepreneurs at every stage of growth.
Other Business Information Sites
www.profitguide.com –– Profit Magazine’s business resources for entrepreneurs.
www.mywebca.com –– Practical information and articles on small business start-up.
www.businesstown.com –– A site for small business information ranging from accounting to valuing your business.
www.canadaone.com –– A small business site with resources, a business directory tools, and articles.
www.yea.ca –– Young Entrepreneurs Association of Canada web site provides tools and resources that young entrepreneurs need most to help ensure their businesses succeed.
