i - Sites our staff use regularly

Partner Agencies

i www.awebusiness.com – Alberta Women’s Enterprise Initiative
i www.womenentrepreneurs.sk.ca – Women Entrepreneurs of Saskatchewan
i www.cbsc.org – Canadian Business Service Centers; includes the Award Winning Interactive
Business Planner
i www.wd.gc.ca – Western Diversification, Women’s Enterprise Initiative
i strategis.ic.gc.ca – Canadian site for businesses
i www.communityfutures.ca - Community futures in Western Canada
i www.cfnsa.ca – Community Futures Network Society of Alberta

 

General Business Resources

www.bizbureau.com – Network and resources
www.microsoft.com/canada/smallbiz/default.mspx – Source of Canadian small business info, great link to other sites
i www.recd.gov.sk.ca – Government of Saskatchewan Economic Development
www.bmo.com – Bank of Montreal site
www.innovationcentre.ca – Canadian Industrial Innovation Center
www.cibc.com – CIBC Small Business Center
i sme.ic.gc.ca – Benchmark your business against Canadian business profiles based on actual business tax filer data
i www.bdc.ca – Business Development Bank of Canada
i www.statcan.ca – Statistics Canada
albertabusiness.com – Alberta Communities
i www.albertafirst.com – Alberta statistics, demographics; community profiles
www.albertahub.com – Northeast Alberta Information Hub
www.gdsourcing.com – GD Sourcing
www.edt.gov.ab.ca – Economic Development of Alberta
www.calgaryeconomicdevelopment.com – Calgary Economic Development
www.ede.org/business – Edmonton Economic Development
www.newbusinesscentre.com – Franchising information
www.albertaventure.com – information on business in Alberta
www.cfa.ca – Franchising information for Canada
www.eonetwork.org - Entrepreneurs Organization: owners under forty with annual sales of greater than $1 million

 

Youth

www.cybf.ca – Canadian Youth Business Foundation

 

Exporting & Inventing

www.infoexport.gc.ca – Canadian site based on export information, as well as having a section for women in business
i www.exportsource.gc.ca – Canadian one stop shop for exporting information

 

Aboriginal Resources

strategis.ic.gc.ca/epic/site/abc-eac.nsf/en/Home – Aboriginal Business Canada
www.nativeweb.org/resources – Aboriginal business resources

 

Women In Business

www.cdnbizwomen.com – Directory for women mentors and network support in Alberta; general business articles
www.wec.ca – Network of women entrepreneurs