Resources:
Tools:
- Buying A Business Checklist
- Useful Business Internet Websites
- Interactive Business Plan with Cash Flow
- Business Start Up Guide
- Staff Affordability Calculator
Workforce Development Opportunities
- Apprenticeship Incentive Grant for Women – To further support women in entering, progressing, and completing their training in Red Seal trades where women are underrepresented. The Apprenticeship Incentive Grant for Women (AIG-W) is a taxable cash grant of $3,000 per year/level (or equivalent) up to a maximum amount of $6,000 per person. Additional Apprenticeship Grants include:
Market Research
- Economic Development Lethbridge
- The Business Link
- NAICS – North American Industry Classification System
- SIC – Standard Industrial Classifications
Resources for local businesses:
Newly introduced financial relief measures for affected Albertans:
Government of Canada updates:
Useful Links:
General Business
- SME Direct – Gain access to a wealth of small business information available through Industry Canada.
- com Small Business Planning Centre – In-depth site of how to start a business.
- ENTERWeb – Quality source of information on small business, finance, community development, international trade, entrepreneurship, enterprise development, and the economy.
- GoForth Institute – If you’re looking to bolster your understanding of how to start, run or grow a successful and profitable business, learn GoForth Institute’s 100 Essential Small Business Skills™ in only 10 hours conveniently delivered to your computer through streaming video and an option 400+ page resource curriculum book.
- Workink – An online career development AND employment portal for Canadians with disabilities.
Employment
- Alberta Works – offers employment and career resources, training supports, Alberta job & career fairs, income support, and health benefits
- Alberta/Canada Job Grant – Train the workers you need. The Alberta-Canada job grant can help fund training for your new or current employees
- Citizenship and Immigration Canada – Express Entry Information for Employers – You can fill labour market shortages permanently with skilled foreign nationals.
Youth Entrepreneurship
- BDC Entrepreneurs First – Business Development Bank of Canada’s entrepreneurship opportunities.
- Futurpreneur – Assisting young entrepreneurs to get their ideas off the ground, Youth Business offers programs and services that allow them to achieve economic independence, develop self-confidence, and fulfill their goals of self-employment.
- The Youth Entrepreneur’s Network – An online community that supports the needs of young entrepreneurs from around the world as they attempt to build and thrive in their own businesses
Indigenous Resources
- Aboriginal Youth Business Council
- Business Link Indigenous Services
- BDC Indigenous Entrepreneur
- Indigenous Services Canada
- Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada
Business
- Agriculture Financial Services Corporation
- BizPal
- Business Development Bank
- Business Link Business Service Centre
- Canadian Cattlemen’s Association
- CanadaOne – Guide to Start a Small Business
- The Canadian Innovation Centre
Youth Entrepreneurship
Community Economic Development
- Economic Developers Association of Alberta (EDAA)
- Economic Developers Association of Canada (EDAC)
- SouthGrow Regional Initiative
Alberta Innovates Tech Business Assistance
- Alberta Digital Traction
- Product Demonstration Program
- Micro Voucher – Grants to hire service providers
- Voucher – Grants to support business and technology development
- r&D Associates
- Commercialization Associates
- Accelerating Innovations into CarE (AICE)
Government of Alberta
- Government of Alberta
- Alberta Job Grant
- Alberta Grants & Funding
- Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development
- Alberta Investor Tax Credit (AITC)
- Alberta Small Business Resources
- Business and Economy
- Community (Local) Economic Development
- Agriculture & Forestry
- Economic Development & Trade
- Alberta Canada
- BizPal Alberta
- Business in Alberta
- Corporate Registries
- Advanced Education
- Service Alberta
- Community and Regional Economic Development Funding Opportunities
Government of Canada
- The Government of Canada
- Agriculture & Agrifood Canada
- Apprenticeship Grant for Women
- Canada Border Services Agency
- Canada Business Network – General Links
- Canada Business Service Centre
- Canadian Business Productivity Benchmarking Tool
- CRA Business Topics
- Stats Canada – Household Counts and Maps
- Market Data – Profiles of Consumers
- National Household Survey
- Canadian Industry Statistics
- CANISM – Employment Earnings by Industry
- Environment and Climate Change Canada – Climate Action Fund (CAF)
- The Western Canada Business Service Network (WCBSN)
- Canada Revenue Agency
- Global Affairs Canada
- Employment & Social Development Canada
- Innovation, Science & Economic Development Canada
- Service Canada
- Statistics Canada
- Stats Canada – The Daily
- Western Canada Economic Diversification
Entrepreneurs with Disabilities
Francophone Economic Development Organization
Business Education & Other Resources
- Agriculture Financial Services
- Alberta Innovates
- Alberta Women Entrepreneurs
- Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC)
- Business Link
- Canadian Commercial Corporation
- Dun and Bradstreet Business Information Services
- Entrepreneur’s Organization
- Farm Credit Canada
- Mentor Works Ltd – Qualifying for Non-Profit Funding Grants: Canadian Agricultural Adaptation Program (CAAP)
- The Go Forth Institute For Entrepreneurial Skills Development
- The World Bank
- Women’s Enterprise Centre
- Succession Planning
Community
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