Knowledge Links
| I | Government |
| II | Business Support |
| III | Financial Resources |
| IV | Databases |
Government |
BusinessGateway.ca
Provides a single access point
to all the government services and information needed to start, run
and grow a business.
www.businessgateway.ca
Industry Canada
Trends, statistics, reports, surveys
on Canadian business sectors. Also company information, technology,
licensing and laws.
www.strategis.gc.ca
Canada Business Service Centres
Provide businesses
with information on federal, provincial and territorial programs and
services. It offers some interactive tools to start or manage SMEs.
www.cbsc.org
Sources of Financing
A useful on-line resource for
locating traditional and alternative sources of small business financing.
www.strategis.gc.ca/sources
Steps to Growth Capital
The Canadian Entrepreneurs
guide to securing risk capital.
www.growth.ic.gc.ca
Contact! Business
Advice and support services from
the Canadian Management Network.
www.strategis.gc.ca/contact
Performance Plus
An on-line interactive tool to assist
you in making the best operational decisions.
www.sme.ic.gc.ca
Statistics Canada
www.statcan.ca
Conference Board of Canada
Information for Canadian
business, government and public sector organizations, about organizational
practices, economic and social trends, public policy issues.
www.conferenceboard.ca
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.
www.cfib.ca
Revenue Canada
Comprehensive coverage of tax rules.
www.rc.gc.ca
World Bank
Social and economic data, World Bank
projects and publications.
www.worldbank.org/cgi-bin/global.search
Canadian Department of Justice
Search laws.
www.laws.justice.gc.ca/en/index.html
U.S. Bureau of Census
Economic Data, Economic indicators,
statistics in large numbers of subjects.
www.census.gov/ftp/pub/econ/www
Website of team Canada.
Brings together all federal,
provincial and some private sector export services under one roof.
www.fedstats.gov
Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA)
Regional Economic Agency (RDA) for the Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, PEI,
Newfoundland and Labrador. It offers export development services.
www.acoa.ca
Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions Program
Regional Economic Agency (RDA) for Quebec. It offers export development
services.
www.dec-ced.gc.ca
Federal Economic Development Initiative for Northern Ontario (FedNor)
Regional Economic Agency (RDA) for the Northern
Ontario
www.fednor.ic.gc.ca
Western Diversification (WD)
Regional Economic
Agency (RDA) for Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta and British Columbia.
www.wd.gc.ca
Aboriginal Business Canada (IC)
Helps aboriginal-owned
companies grow their businesses and build export sales.
www.abc.gc.ca
Agri-Food Trade Canada (ATS)
International business
development service for Canadian agri-food exporters.
www.atn-riae.agr.ca
Service of the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade
Providing with information on opportunities in different
business sectors for markets around the world.
www.inforexport.gc.ca
Export Development Corporation (EDC)
Helps Canadian
exporters of all sizes minimize risk and export with confidence in up
to 200 worlds markets.
www.edc.ca
Business Support |
The Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC)
Provides
small and medium-sized businesses with flexible financing, affordable
consulting services and venture capital. BDC supports the needs of entrepreneurs
at every stage of growth
www.bdc.ca
Royal Bank
Publishes documentation and adresses issues
related to different topics : Starting a Business, Expanding a Business,
Business Succession & Transfer, Women Entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneurs,Agriculture
& AgriBusiness, Knowledge-Based Industries, International Trade,
Public Sectors, Aboriginal Banking, & Franchise.
www.royalbank.com
Paloalto
This company offers software, books, and
interactive tools for business planning, marketing planning, and business
growth.
www.paloalto.com
Financial Resources |
Alberta Treasury Branch
www.atb.com
Bank of Canada
www.bank-banque-canada.ca
Bank of Montreal
www.bmo.com
Canada Trust
www.canadatrust.com
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce
www.cibc.com/index.html
Hong Kong Bank of Canada
www.hkbc.com
Royal Bank of Canada
www.royalbank.com/index.html
Scotia Bank
www.scotiabank.com
Toronto Dominion Bank
www.tdbank.ca
American Stock Exchange
www.amex.com
Exchanges by country around the world.
www.finance.watch
International Federation of Stock Exchanges
www.fibv.com
Montreal Stock Exchanges
www.me.org
NASDAQ
www.nasdaq.com
New York Stock Exchange
www.nyse.com
Toronto Stock Exchange
www.tse.com
Databases |
SEDAR (System for Electronic Document Analysis and Retrieval)
Electronic filings for Canadian public companies
www.sedar.com
US Securities Commission (Edgar)
Electronic files
for American public companies.
www.sec.gov
15,000 research reports on publicly trading companies
20,000 company profiles, stock information, industrial overviews.
One
BIG META search engine.
www.corporateinformation.com
15,000 US and Canadian companies
www.hoovers.com
Thomas Register
US manufacturers
www.thomasregister.com
Kelly's Directory
Directory information from the
U.K.
www.kellys.co.uk
European Business Directory
Company Catalogues,
yellow pages
www.europages.com
Company information from the Federal Government
strategis.ic.gc.ca
Performance 2000
Canadian Business Magazine - A
searchable database of Canada's largest companies by revenue. Also includes
information on growth, profits, assets, ratios, ownership and employees.
www.canbus.com/CB500/p500.htm
Profiles the top 100 fast growing companies in Canada.
www.profit100.com/home.html
Top 1000 Globe and Mail
The top 1000 companies in
Canada by profits. The site also provides information on the top 3000
private companies, to Crown corporations, top revenues, to employers,
top CEO's, top exporters, top R&D.
www.robmagazine.com
Western Economic Diversification
Offers sites to
assist with business planning and development, export and trade information,
government program information, accessing capital.
www.wd.gc.ca
