AgPal Program and Service Finder

A web-based discovery tool to help producers and others in the agriculture and agri-business sector.

Agri-Food and Bioindustrial Innovation Program

This program supports the development and advancement of technologies that increase productivity, enhance competitiveness, boost the value of agriculture and forestry commodities, and lower greenhouse gas emissions. Applicants are not required...

AgriCompetitiveness Program

This program will: encourage projects that aim to increase sector development of environmental information and benchmarking assist industry-led efforts to provide information needed to build capacity and enhance the sector’s...

AgriInnovate Program

This program aims to incent targeted commercialization, demonstration and/or adoption of innovative technologies and processes that increase agricultural and agri-food sector competitiveness and sustainability benefits.

Alberta Agriculture and Irrigation Resources

Check out Alberta Agriculture and Irrigation YouTube channel for information and resources on all things Agriculture.

Alternative Market Channels Webinar

Many Alberta food entrepreneurs are familiar with the traditional market options available for them to sell their products – from farmers’ markets to food service to retail. But there are...

Canadian Agricultural Partnership

The Canadian Agricultural Partnership is a five-year, $3 billion federal-provincial-territorial initiative aimed at generating economic growth in the agricultural sector and delivering the greatest benefits for farmers, food processors and...

Dentons Agribusiness Podcast Series

A podcast series looking at a key pillar to the Canada’s economic system, the agriculture and agri-food sector.  From farming to distribution, advancements in ag-tech, food producers and manufacturers, this...

Food Tourism 101 & the Lethbridge Foodscape

An industry exploration of the food tourism industry, where food and drink meet travel and hospitality. Find out how your business can get involved in the food tourism chain.

Getting into Retail Webinar

An overview of the retail food market including: key market drivers, market trends and the benefits and challenges of selling in this market channel. In this first virtual workshop you...

How to Work with Us

The first step for working with Integrated Agriculture Technology Centre is to complete a client profile form that includes details on your company, the problem or issue that needs to...

Introduction to Working with a Co-Packer Webinar

This webinar will focus on the practical steps and tips from industry experiences in co-packing. You will hear from a panel of company speakers who have worked with a co-packer...

Marketing & Merchandizing Strategies for Local Business Start-Ups Webinar

This webinar explores marketing strategies including image, display, curb appeal, merchandising techniques and other tools to attract customers to your business and secure sales. VIEW HERE: Marketing & Merchandizing Strategies...

Metabolomics & Agri Food Webinar

Find out how metabolomics is being used in many areas of agriculture, from analyzing crops, to assessing soils, to quantifying beef cattle performance traits, to detecting disease. Learn how it...

Pricing 101 Webinar Series

This webinar will explore the importance of knowing your actual cost of production and provide insight on how to determine your breakeven point. Join Marissa Brewer, new venture specialist with...

Pricing Your Food Product Infographic

The pricing infographic provides you a visual for setting an accurate price for selling your products and a brief overview of selling into retail and margins. On the second page...

Selling Local Food in Alberta Webinar

Learn about the opportunity of selling your food product locally, the different market channels available to you and the pros and cons of each. VIEW HERE: Selling Local Food in...

Indigenous Entrepreneur Awards

Alberta Social Entrepreneurial Support System

Alberta Social Entrepreneurship Support System (A.S.E.S.S.) helps Social Enterprises move their ideas forward with these online workbooks and 9 modules/video series.

An Immigrant’s Guide to Business Planning for Small Business in Alberta

Learn the basic steps of business planning in Alberta, including completing a business and marketing plan. Each business has unique characteristics, so you will get to adapt what you learn...

An Immigrant’s Guide to Starting a Business in Alberta

This guidebook will walk you through the process of starting your own business and provide you with resources to learn more. It will help you understand the business culture in...

BDC SWOT Analysis Template

This free SWOT analysis template will help you identify your company’s strengths and weaknesses as well as the opportunities and threats you are facing.

Certified B Corporation

Certifying as a B Corporation goes beyond product- or service-level certification. B Corp Certification is the only certification that measures a company’s entire social and environmental performance. The B Impact...

Checklist for Starting a Business – on Reserve

Getting Started: Choose your form of business Band Council Resolution Location/Zoning and the Land Designation Process Naming your business and registering your name Get your Business Number (BN) Taxation: Taxation...

How to Become an Independent Contractor

An independent contractor is a person, business, or corporation that provides goods or services to a hiring company under the terms of a contract. Independent contractors supply a broad range...

Incorporation Resource Guide

Incorporation, a form of business ownership that creates a distinct legal entity separate from its owners or shareholders, is often an important consideration for women entrepreneurs who may want to...

BIPOC Foundation

Our programs provide actionable insights, tangible resources, and substantial connections for Black, Indigenous, and People of Color – starting with Black-owned businesses in Western Canada.

Black Business and Professional Association

Black Business Ventures Association

At Black Business Ventures Association (BBVA), we are supporting an ecosystem that stimulates tech entrepreneurship and fosters economic growth for Black business owners. We develop programs that equip Black entrepreneurs,...

Black Canadian Business In Action

Offers business information and orientation sessions aimed at equipping Black entrepreneurs with critical knowledge and skills. The knowledge, skills and insights acquired will support entrepreneurs to hone their creativity and...

Black Canadian Women In Action

BCW In Action is an bilingual, non-profit organization committed to making a difference in the lives of families in Black Canadian communities living in Western Canada. BCW in Action’s vision is...

Black Entrepreneurship Program

The Black Entrepreneurship Program (BEP) is a partnership between the Government of Canada, Black-led business organizations, and financial institutions. With an investment of up to $350.8 million over four years,...

Black Mentorship Inc.

Black Mentorship Inc. (BMI) strengthens leadership opportunities for ALL people by connecting Black youths, professionals and entrepreneurs at different stages of personal and professional growth with experienced mentors through a...

The Canadian Black Chamber of Commerce

The Canadian Black Chamber of Commerce (CBCC) is committed to connecting Black Businesses in Canada to the Global Black diaspora and the mainstream global markets. We promote local and bilateral...

4 Seasons of Reconciliation

4 Seasons of Reconciliation provides the foundational knowledge on the relationship between Canada, Indigenous Peoples, and the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada (TRC). It promotes a renewed relationship between...

9 Terms to Avoid in Communications with Indigenous Peoples

Language has the power to respect and honour, or, hurt and offend and that is particularly true when working across cultures. Within that frame of reference, we respectfully recommend that...

ABC: A Brief Curated Guide to LGBTQ2+ Terminology

Quick learning for inclusive language to create safe and inclusive spaces. How we speak and interact with each other in daily conversations (and in conversations with customers) plays a big role...

Alberta LGBTQ+ Chamber of Commerce

By bringing together businesses, communities, and government, our mission is to build a thriving business community that promotes the equality and inclusion of gender and sexually diverse individuals in commerce...

Alberta Women Entrepreneurs

Since 1995, Alberta Women Entrepreneurs (AWE) has provided tools and resources to women across the province to help them achieve their entrepreneurial goals to start or grow their businesses. For...

BIPOC Foundation

Our programs provide actionable insights, tangible resources, and substantial connections for Black, Indigenous, and People of Color – starting with Black-owned businesses in Western Canada.

Black Canadian Business In Action

Offers business information and orientation sessions aimed at equipping Black entrepreneurs with critical knowledge and skills. The knowledge, skills and insights acquired will support entrepreneurs to hone their creativity and...

Black Canadian Women In Action

BCW In Action is an bilingual, non-profit organization committed to making a difference in the lives of families in Black Canadian communities living in Western Canada. BCW in Action’s vision is...

Black Entrepreneurship Program

The Black Entrepreneurship Program (BEP) is a partnership between the Government of Canada, Black-led business organizations, and financial institutions. With an investment of up to $350.8 million over four years,...

Canadian Centre for Diversity and Inclusion

Here you’ll find inclusion guides and education guides covering some of the most topical conversations and initiatives happening around diversity and inclusion in the Canadian workplace. An inclusion guide is...

Canadian Council for Aboriginal Business

At Canadian Council for Aboriginal Business, our mission is to promote, strengthen and enhance a prosperous Indigenous economy through the fostering of business relationships, opportunities and awareness for all of...

Canadian Women’s Chamber of Commerce

Join a community of women and non-binary entrepreneurs fighting for change now – not in 100 years. We’re the first – and only – Chamber of Commerce for women-identified and...

Entrepreneurs with Disabilities Program

Get the support you need to build your dream business. We know that 1 in 4 people in Canada is working with some form of health condition and, quite often,...

Gender-based Analysis Plus Course

This course is designed as a basic introduction to GBA+. You will learn to define the key concepts of GBA+ and recognize how various identity factors can influence the experience...

Inclusive Writing

The guidelines for inclusive writing are designed to help the federal public service and any other organization produce writing that is free of discrimination based on gender, race, ethnicity, ability...

Indigenous Canada

Indigenous Canada is a 12-lesson Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) from the Faculty of Native Studies that explores Indigenous histories and contemporary issues in Canada. Topics for the 12 lessons...

The Canadian Black Chamber of Commerce

The Canadian Black Chamber of Commerce (CBCC) is committed to connecting Black Businesses in Canada to the Global Black diaspora and the mainstream global markets. We promote local and bilateral...

Unsettled: Journeys in Truth and Conciliation

Unsettled: Journeys in Truth and Conciliation builds upon the 94 calls to action of Canada’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission, from the perspectives of Indigenous cohost Jessica Vandenberghe, settler cohost George...

Alberta Catalyzer

If you have a business idea and want to see if it has potential, Alberta Catalyzer connects you to experts, resources and like-minded people to help catalyze your idea. Overview...

ATB x Accelerator Program

Looking for expert advice to grow your business? Want to connect with other business founders and achieve your goals? We help you grow – With ATB X experts, coaching and...

Conversation with a Consultant

In this episode, our host Ron Bettin, Co-Founder of ReSourceYYC, CMC & Entrepreneur, talked with Pauline Patenaude, Sr Business Advisor/International Award-winning Certified Management Consultant. Their discussion includes CMC, experiences as...

Launchpad Live

Non-profit Learning Centre

Cash Flow

Cash is the lifeblood of any business. Managing it well is vital if your company is going to survive and thrive. This course will help you understand how and when...

Financial Fundamentals I

Many entrepreneurs sabotage their company’s success because they are unaware of how to properly manage their finances. This game will equip you with the basic financial knowledge and skills you...

Financial Statements

Understanding your financial statements and how they relate to one another gives you a full picture of your business’s health. This course will help you monitor your business’s financial progress....

The Finance Cafe Podcast

AgriCompetitiveness Program

This program will: encourage projects that aim to increase sector development of environmental information and benchmarking assist industry-led efforts to provide information needed to build capacity and enhance the sector’s...

AgriInnovate Program

This program aims to incent targeted commercialization, demonstration and/or adoption of innovative technologies and processes that increase agricultural and agri-food sector competitiveness and sustainability benefits.

Alberta Biz Connect

Alberta Biz Connect provided tailored up-to-date information to help small businesses comply with public health requirements, access supports, and find answers to questions during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Alberta Petrochemicals Incentive Program

The Alberta Petrochemicals Incentive Program provides financial incentives in the form of grants to encourage private sector investment in new or expanded Alberta-based petrochemical manufacturing facilities, including those producing value-added,...

Black Entrepreneurship Program

The Black Entrepreneurship Program (BEP) is a partnership between the Government of Canada, Black-led business organizations, and financial institutions. With an investment of up to $350.8 million over four years,...

Boost Your Business Technology

The Boost Your Business Technology grant offers support to Canadian-owned small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) who want to adopt new digital technologies. Eligible businesses will have access to a...

Business Benefits Finder

Find the right programs and services, whether you’re starting out or scaling up.

CanExport – For Innovators

Innovators from Canadian organizations may access up to $75,000 in funding to assist with research and development (R&D) for a single technology. We cover up to 75% of costs to...

CanExport – SMEs

Small and medium sized companies may access up to $50,000 in funding to assist with international market development activities. We cover up to 50% of costs for export marketing of...

Film and Television Tax Credit (FTTC)

A total budget of $50 million has been committed to this program in 2021-22, and the $10 million per project cap on the existing FTTC program has been removed, to...

Indigenous Business Directory

The Indigenous Business Directory is designed to assist and support Indigenous businesses in the pursuit of business opportunities, including federal procurement. This directory is a resource available to all levels...

Indigenous Business Navigator

The navigator can help connect you with programs and services across different Government of Canada departments and agencies. Whether you are looking to access capital, or looking for help with...

Innovation Advisors

If you’re incorporated, ready to grow or scale, looking to create a new product, service or process — or just looking for advice — you might be eligible to connect...

Innovation Catalyst Grant

The Innovation Catalyst Grant (ICG) is an entrepreneurial fellowship designed to support recent graduates (Master’s or PhD) in STEM disciplines. This grant provides a 2-year runway for applicants to develop...

IP Academy

IP Toolbox

Modern Treaties Business Lists

Indigenous businesses in modern treaty areas are encouraged to register with their respective modern treaty business list.

Non-profit Learning Centre

Scientific Research and Experimental Development Tax Incentive Program

The Scientific Research and Experimental Development (SR&ED) Program uses tax incentives to encourage Canadian businesses of all sizes and in all sectors to conduct research and development (R&D) in Canada....

Step-by-Step Guide to Exporting

Canada has always been a trading nation. Exports and imports consistently account for about two thirds of the country’s GDP. As the liberalization of global commerce continues, more and more...

Alberta Export Expansion Program

Funding to help export-ready companies and non-profit organizations enhance access to international markets and attract global buyers.

Alberta Innovates Vouchers

Vouchers help Alberta’s high potential, high growth, technology and knowledge-based small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) with technologies in the mid-to-late developmental stages but may include some early developmental stages. Eligible...

Alberta Petrochemicals Incentive Program

The Alberta Petrochemicals Incentive Program provides financial incentives in the form of grants to encourage private sector investment in new or expanded Alberta-based petrochemical manufacturing facilities, including those producing value-added,...

Boost Your Business Technology

The Boost Your Business Technology grant offers support to Canadian-owned small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) who want to adopt new digital technologies. Eligible businesses will have access to a...

Canada-Alberta Job Grant

Eligible employers can get government funding to help employees and unemployed Albertans access training opportunities. Eligible employers are required to contribute a minimum of one-third of the total training costs...

Commercialization Associate Program

Alberta’s high potential, high growth, technology and knowledge-based small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) may be eligible for funding to enable them to employ a highly trained resource with the goal...

DELIA Microloan

ECO Canada

We provide 50% of a wage to eligible employers who hire the brightest minds in Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, Math (STEAM) and Business. Students gain valuable on-the-job experience and employers...

First Industry Research Science Technology (FIRST) Jobs

Fifty Alberta tech SME companies will be provided a stipend to engage an Alberta resident/student/new graduate in a part-time work placement.

Grant Scan 2022

Innovation Canada

Innovation Catalyst Grant

The Innovation Catalyst Grant (ICG) is an entrepreneurial fellowship designed to support recent graduates (Master’s or PhD) in STEM disciplines. This grant provides a 2-year runway for applicants to develop...

Innovation Employment Grant

Internet for Good

Provides thousands of low-income families in British Columbia, and Alberta and some areas of Quebec with the tools and connectivity they need to succeed. Recipients must have children under the...

Micro Vouchers

The Micro Voucher Program is designed to de-risk novel technological solutions. This is done by providing qualified high potential, high growth, technology or knowledge-based Alberta small and medium enterprise (SME)...

National Research Council of Canada Industrial Research Assistance Program (NRC IRAP)

R&D Associates

Alberta’s high potential, high growth, technology and knowledge-based small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) may be eligible for up to $67,500 per year for one year to enable them to employ...

Startup Global Pitch Competition

The TELUS Pollinator Fund for Good is a $100-million social-impact fund that invests in for-profit companies and founders committed to driving innovation and transformative solutions that help make the world...

Tourism Investment Program

Alberta Advantage Immigration Program

Eligible individuals can apply to be nominated to work and live in Alberta permanently. Nominees must have skills to fill job shortages or be planning to buy or start a business...

An Immigrant’s Guide to Business Planning for Small Business in Alberta

Learn the basic steps of business planning in Alberta, including completing a business and marketing plan. Each business has unique characteristics, so you will get to adapt what you learn...

An Immigrant’s Guide to Starting a Business in Alberta

This guidebook will walk you through the process of starting your own business and provide you with resources to learn more. It will help you understand the business culture in...

BDC Newcomer Entrepreneur Loan

Experienced as a business owner or not, BDC helps immigrants handle the typical challenges of building a company in Canada.

Futurpreneur Newcomer Loan

If you’re new to Canada and don’t have a credit history, Futurpreneur Canada wants to help you launch your business. We provide tailored support and eligibility criteria to reflect your...

HER Startup

HER Startup is the first of its kind entrepreneurial training and funding opportunity for refugee women. It aims to unlock their potential by providing them with the skills and training...

Immigrant Women Business Circles

The project equips immigrant women with the necessary tools to start, manage, and grow a business. Participants will undergo business development training that includes but is not limited to creating...

Marketing Effectively in Alberta for Immigrant Entrepreneurs

This is one of a series of Guidebooks created by Business Link to assist immigrant entrepreneurs with understanding what works for starting a successful business in Alberta. In this Guidebook,...

Alberta Indian Investment Corporation

The Alberta Indian Investment Corporation is a First Nation-owned investment company providing lending and business resources for First Nation people in the province of Alberta. The entrepreneurial support we provide...

Apeetogosan (Métis) Development Inc. & Pinnacle Business Services Ltd.

Loan size can range up to $325,000 or as small as $5,000. We know that no two businesses are the same and so the risk and term of the loan...

Canadian Council for Aboriginal Business

At Canadian Council for Aboriginal Business, our mission is to promote, strengthen and enhance a prosperous Indigenous economy through the fostering of business relationships, opportunities and awareness for all of...

Checklist for Starting a Business – on Reserve

Getting Started: Choose your form of business Band Council Resolution Location/Zoning and the Land Designation Process Naming your business and registering your name Get your Business Number (BN) Taxation: Taxation...

Community Futures Treaty 7

In the area of Entrepreneurship, CFT7 respects Treaty Seven cultural diversity autonomy while building the Treaty Seven Economy through community economic development and entrepreneur capacity building in order to assist...

Indigenous Business Directory

The Indigenous Business Directory is designed to assist and support Indigenous businesses in the pursuit of business opportunities, including federal procurement. This directory is a resource available to all levels...

Indigenous Business Navigator

The navigator can help connect you with programs and services across different Government of Canada departments and agencies. Whether you are looking to access capital, or looking for help with...

Indigenous Business Planning Workbook

This Business Planning Workbook is designed to help Indigenous entrepreneurs create a business plan. Business plans are very important tools for people starting a business. A business plan is like a road...

Indigenous Entrepreneur Awards

Indigenous Made

The Indigenous Made campaign will help Indigenous businesses showcase their products and services to the general public, with the goal of increasing awareness. We’re proud to support incredible Indigenous entrepreneurs...

Information on Tax Exemption – Indian Act

Throughout the following text, for purposes of the tax exemption under section 87 of the Indian Act, the CRA uses the term “Indian” because it has a legal meaning in...

Modern Treaties Business Lists

Indigenous businesses in modern treaty areas are encouraged to register with their respective modern treaty business list.

Opening the Door to Opportunity

Opening the Door to Opportunity seeks to highlight the economic contributions of Indigenous Peoples stemming from the spending by Indigenous governments, Indigenous-owned businesses and Indigenous households. It seeks to counter...

Pathways to Procurement for Indigenous Women Entrepreneurs

The federal government recently committed to a new target that would see at least five percent of federal contracts awarded to businesses managed and led by Indigenous Peoples—which translates to...

Piikani Nation Grant Equity Program

Pow Wow Pitch Podcast

Welcome to the Pow Wow Pitch Podcast, a show empowering Indigenous entrepreneurs.  On this Podcast, Host Sunshine Quem Tenasco, a Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg entrepreneur, author and creator of Pow Wow...

Unsettled: Journeys in Truth and Conciliation

Unsettled: Journeys in Truth and Conciliation builds upon the 94 calls to action of Canada’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission, from the perspectives of Indigenous cohost Jessica Vandenberghe, settler cohost George...

Women In Business Start Up Program

Are you an Indigenous woman beginning to explore owning a business and being your own boss? Would you like to manage your own time and work around your family’s schedule? Welcome...

Canadian IP Resources for Small Businesses

IP Academy

IP Toolbox

Launchpad Live: Startup Law and Intellectual Property Webinar

Launchpad Live is a public speaker series presented by the Hunter Hub for Entrepreneurial Thinking at the University of Calgary.

Indigenous Entrepreneur Awards

Startup Global Pitch Competition

The TELUS Pollinator Fund for Good is a $100-million social-impact fund that invests in for-profit companies and founders committed to driving innovation and transformative solutions that help make the world...

CARIE Bridge Process

Innovation Employment Grant

Jump Ball Initiatives

Rapidly connecting innovators to business innovation assets. The Jump Ball Initiative (JBI) taps into the innovative capacity and capabilities of the network of Canada’s 30 Technology Access Centres, including over...

Mitacs

Opening the Door to Opportunity

Opening the Door to Opportunity seeks to highlight the economic contributions of Indigenous Peoples stemming from the spending by Indigenous governments, Indigenous-owned businesses and Indigenous households. It seeks to counter...

Research Facilities Navigator

Tech Industry Outlook

Alberta Catalyzer

If you have a business idea and want to see if it has potential, Alberta Catalyzer connects you to experts, resources and like-minded people to help catalyze your idea. Overview...

ATB x Accelerator Program

Looking for expert advice to grow your business? Want to connect with other business founders and achieve your goals? We help you grow – With ATB X experts, coaching and...

Chamber Market

Innovation Advisors

If you’re incorporated, ready to grow or scale, looking to create a new product, service or process — or just looking for advice — you might be eligible to connect...

Plug and Play Alberta

Plug and Play catalyzes technological advancement by connecting blue chip corporations with the brightest startups across the globe. They are building a world-class innovation platform in Alberta to attract top...

Step-by-Step Guide to Exporting

Canada has always been a trading nation. Exports and imports consistently account for about two thirds of the country’s GDP. As the liberalization of global commerce continues, more and more...

Alberta Catalyzer

If you have a business idea and want to see if it has potential, Alberta Catalyzer connects you to experts, resources and like-minded people to help catalyze your idea. Overview...

First Industry Research Science Technology (FIRST) Jobs

Fifty Alberta tech SME companies will be provided a stipend to engage an Alberta resident/student/new graduate in a part-time work placement.

Innovation Advisors

If you’re incorporated, ready to grow or scale, looking to create a new product, service or process — or just looking for advice — you might be eligible to connect...

Innovation Catalyst Grant

The Innovation Catalyst Grant (ICG) is an entrepreneurial fellowship designed to support recent graduates (Master’s or PhD) in STEM disciplines. This grant provides a 2-year runway for applicants to develop...

Plug and Play Alberta

Plug and Play catalyzes technological advancement by connecting blue chip corporations with the brightest startups across the globe. They are building a world-class innovation platform in Alberta to attract top...