Canada Business Startup Assistant

Filed in archive Canadian Business Resources on April 3, 2007

This list will provide you with links to both Federal and Provincial startup business resources available online. So don't be surprised when you click a link and it asks you to choose a province before forwarding you to the right page.

I thought it was about time to put together a list of links to Federal and Provincial Government Business Startup Resources. Here you go, these links will lead you to 100's of online Canadian specific business resources.

I thought about going and harvesting the links so you could get to all the links directly but it was just too much work as there would be 100's of links and if they change I could be constantly updating links everyday. These links represent the top level links provided by the Federal government.

It appears that this has to do with a split in Federal and Provincial responsibilities. For example, when I clicked Home-Based Business and chose British Columbia the links took me to a page from the Ministry of Economic Development in B.C. which linked to resources and PDF's documents.

In Alberta, I was sent to the dedicated CBSC Alberta specific page. It could take you up to three or four clicks to get to the information you want but the information is there. You just have to be willing to be persistent.

• Being an Entrepreneur


• Basic Steps for Starting a Business
  
  • How to Start
  
  
  • Home-Based Business
  
  
  
  


• Market Research


• Preparing a Business Plan


• Choosing a Business Structure
  
  • Sole Proprietorship
  
  
  • Partnership
  
  
  • Incorporation
  
  
  • Cooperatives
  
  
  • Not-for-Profit
  
  
  • Franchising
  
  
  
  


• Selecting Your Business Name


• Registering Your Business
  
  • Business Registration
  
  
  • Business Number
  
  
  • Registration Forms
  
  
  
  


• Financing

• Taxation and Business Number
  
  • General Information on Taxation
  
  
  • Business Number
  
  
  • Federal Taxes
  
  
  • Provincial Taxes
  
  
  
  


• Hiring Employees or Contractors
  
  • General Information on Hiring
  
  
  • Finding and Funding Employees
  
  
  • Pay and Benefits
  
  
  • Pension
  
  
  • Labour Standards
  
  
  • Occupational Health and Safety
  
  
  
  


• Regulations


• Importing and Exporting


• Copyright, Patents, Trade-Marks


• Doing Business on the Internet


• Managing Your Business


• Promoting Your Business


• Starting a Specific Business


• Municipalities

If you have trouble finding what you need, just let me know and I will help you out.