Canadian Online Resources for Small Businesses

Online website links to our partner websites and resources from across the country

Programs and Services of Industry Canada

Trends, statistics, reports, surveys on Canadian business sectors. Also company information, technology, licensing and laws.

Canada Business

Statistics Canada 

Conference Board of Canada

Information for Canadian business, government and public sector organizations, about organizational practices, economic and social trends, public policy issues.

Canadian Federation of Independent Business

Carries out regular surveys and lobbies for small- and medium-sized businesses at the federal, provincial and local levels of government.

Revenue Canada

Comprehensive coverage of tax rules.

World Bank

Social and economic data, World Bank projects and publications.

U.S. Bureau of Census

Economic Data, Economic indicators, statistics in large numbers of subjects.

Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA)

Regional Economic Agency (RDA) for the Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, PEI, Newfoundland and Labrador. It offers export development services.

Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions Program

Regional Economic Agency (RDA) for Quebec. It offers export development services.

Federal Economic Development Initiative for Northern Ontario (FedNor)

Regional Economic Agency (RDA) for the Northern Ontario

Western Diversification (WD)

Regional Economic Agency (RDA) for Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta and British Columbia.

Global Affairs Canada

Providing with information on opportunities in different business sectors for markets around the world.

Export Development Corporation (EDC)

Helps Canadian exporters of all sizes minimize risk and export with confidence in up to 200 worlds markets.

SEDAR (System for Electronic Document Analysis and Retrieval)

Electronic filings for Canadian public companies

US Securities Commission (Edgar)

Electronic files for American public companies.

Hoovers

15,000 US and Canadian companies