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Resources

Business Development Organizations

You will find a number of sites that have financial and consulting services to Canadian small business and assist business development.

Business Operations

Valuable websites to assist you in the operations of your business.

Business Planning

Websites that contain an incredible amount of information about free business plan information, advice, articles, links and resources.

Business Tools

Websites that offer a number of different business tools, such as acronym finder, translation sites, financial calculators, etc.

Computers & Technology

Computer and other technology-based websites to assist in all of your technology needs.

Funding & Finances

Various websites that will assist you in all of your funding and financing needs.

Government

Government websites that will assist entrepreneurs and small businesses.

Legal

Websites that pertain to the legal aspect of small businesses, such as intellectual property, trademarks, patents, copywrite and contracts.

Market Research

Websites that will assist you in collecting statistical data for the market research section of your business plan.

Networking Organizations

Networking websites that are specifically geared to entrepreneurs and small business.

News/Magazines/Periodicals

Online news, magazine and periodical websites for entrepreneurs.

Online Directories

Websites of different online directories that you can register your business with or look for services/products of other businesses that you need.

Organizations

Various organizations that may be of interest to entrepreneurs.

Sales & Marketing

Websites to assist entrepreneurs in the sales and marketing aspects of their business.

Other

Other websites that may be of interest to small business entrepreneurs.



Market Research

  • BC Stats - BC Stats is the central statistical agency of the Province of British Columbia. We have the provincial government's largest concentration of statistical products, services and expertise.
  • Canadian Company Capabilities - searchable database of 50,000 Canadian businesses.
  • Canadian Importers Database - provides lists of companies importing goods into Canada, by product, by city and by country of origin.
  • Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation - contains the most extensive housing information source in Canada.
  • 2001 Community Profiles - statistical info from the 2001 census.
  • Economic Analysis and Statistics - current economic conditions in Canada. Lots of links to other sites.
  • Federal Corporations Data Online - information on hundreds of thousands of federally incorporated companies in Canada by searching this database.
  • GD Sourcing - FREE & Low Cost Canadian Statistics available on-line. It is designed to help Canadian entrepreneurs with limited research budgets assess their market potential and performance.
  • Innovation Analysis Bulletin - summarizes and highlights new results in the analysis of science, technology and the information society.
  • Ipsos Canada - One of the world's leading survey-based marketing research firms.
  • Pollara - the largest Canadian public opinion and marketing research firm that has been measuring the North American market attitudes and opinions since 1985.
  • Science, Innovation and Electronic Information Division, working papers - for those who are interested in innovation, looking for facts and figures about corporate research and development, or wanting to learn more about the impact of cutting edge technology.
  • Social Development Canada - wage information.
  • Statistics Canada - produces statistics that help Canadians better understand their country-its population, resources, economy, society and culture.
  • Strategis - provides reliable information on market research.
  • Trade Data Online - import and export statistics by commodity (product), industry and geographic location for a ten year period.
  • Vancouver Public Library - will provide research on any subject, due diligence, mailing lists, research workshops and document delivery. Large collection of periodicals, databases in-house and online for marketing research purposes.