This site will look much better in a browser that supports web standards, but it is accessible to any browser or Internet device.

WorkSafeBC

banner image

Organizations for Small Business

Starting A New Business | Small Business Associations | Industry Associations | Other Useful Organizations |

Starting A New Business

Canada/British Columbia Business Centre
http://www.smallbusinessbc.ca/
User-friendly means to make business information easily accessible to the small business community in British Columbia.

Community Futures Development Association of BC
http://www.communityfutures.ca/provincial/bc/index.html
Represents 33 individual Community Future Development Corporations (CFDCs) located throughout rural British Columbia. The CFDCs foster local entrepreneurship, promote, coordinate and implement a variety of community development initiatives within their respective communities. The CFDCs offer a variety of entrepreneurial programs, business counseling, loan programs and business information to community members interested in expanding or starting their own businesses.

BCIT Venture Development Centre
http://www.bcit.ca/business/venture/
The BCIT Venture Development Centre has provided "hands on" entrepreneurial skills training to BC residents since 1989 - helping individuals turn their dreams into reality.

British Columbia OneStop Business Registry
http://www.bcbusinessregistry.ca/introduction/index.htm
The OneStop Business Registry is a public sector partnership offering integrated Business Registration and Business Address Change services based on the Business Number.

Junior Achievement British Columbia
http://www.jabc.org/
To inspire and educate young Canadians to value free enterprise, understand business and economics, and develop entrepreneurial and leadership skills.

Ministry of Community, Aboriginal and Women's Services, Government of BC
http://www.growingyourbusiness.bc.ca/
Growing Your Business (A Guide to Resources for BC Women)
British Columbia has almost 360,000 small businesses, and women own or operate almost 36 percent of them -- the highest rate in Canada. From drafting a business plan to finding the start-up money, this new guide helps explain what you need to know and where you can find the information.



You can return to the Top of this page