Getting started in business will require you to analyze several components of your business idea and complete a series of steps prior to start-up. This section will provide you with a listing of various resources that outline these steps and provide insight into the process of starting your own business. Check the Chamber of Commerce Members Directory for a listing of local Business Development Centres.
- Aboriginal Business Development Toolkit: Supporting the growth of Aboriginal business in Ontario
- Business Training Education Center For Women - Resource site listing resources for women in business
- Canada Business - Government of Canada site listing resources for starting a business
- Canadian Innovation Centre - The Canadian Innovation Centre (CIC) is Canada's leading organization dedicated to assisting Inventors and innovative companies. Their range of services includes evaluation, technology due diligence, market research, and education programs.
- Canadian Intellectual Property Office - The Canadian Intellectual Property Office offers information on patents, trademarks, industrial designs and copyright protection.
- Choosing & Setting Up a Location - Canada Business Network
- Considering a Franchise
- Employer Resource Link - Answers questions you may have regarding funding, hiring resources, regulations and other issues. Also can be reached via phone at 1-844-347-5372
- Entrepreneurial Self Assessment - Here is a tool to help better measure your entrepreneurial potential. This questionnaire includes 50 statements, and will take about 15 minutes to complete.
- Guide for Canadian Small Business - Canadian Customs and Revenue Agency's information guide on taxation and record keeping requirements for small business.
- Grow your Business with Small Innovations - BDC PowerPoint on ways to innovate your business.
- Ontario Self-Employment Benefit - The Ontario Self-Employment Benefit provides unemployed people who are or have recently been eligible for Employment Insurance with income and entrepreneurial support while they develop and start their business.
- Starting A Small Business in Ontario - Government of Ontario guide to starting a small business
- Starting a Business in Thunder Bay The Thunder Bay & District Entrepreneur Centre offers a Business Self-Help office that has all the information on the steps to starting a business in Thunder Bay & District.
- Statistics Canada - An on-line database of social and economic statistics in Canada.
- Strategis - Industry Canada's site that offers extensive resources for business start-up and management.
- YES Employment Services - Helps people find jobs and employers find employees
