Government-backed loans for small businesses and start-ups with gross annual revenues of $10M or less, made through participating banks and credit unions. Farming businesses are not eligible.
Read more →BDC lends to start-ups and growing businesses: Start-up Financing, Small Business Loan, working capital, equipment and commercial real estate loans.
Read more →Start-up financing and up to two years of 1:1 mentorship for entrepreneurs aged 18 to 39.
Read more →ISED's renewed Women Entrepreneurship Strategy includes a Women Entrepreneurship Loan Fund delivering loans to women business owners through partner organizations, plus an Ecosystem Fund for not-for-profit support organizations.
Read more →Federal program with a Black Entrepreneurship Loan Fund (administered with BDC), an Ecosystem Fund for Black-led not-for-profits and a Knowledge Hub.
Read more →NACCA's network of Indigenous Financial Institutions provides business loans to First Nation, Métis and Inuit entrepreneurs, with access to the Indigenous Growth Fund.
Read more →Direct lending, buyer financing, project finance, export guarantees, credit insurance and equity for exporters and companies expanding globally.
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