The Business Start-up Assistant (BSA) is a one-stop site to useful and authoritative information for launching a business in Canada. It combines start-up information from the federal, provincial and territorial governments, the community and many other sources. Information is organized by topics such as market research, financing, taxation, business planning, and many others - all critical to starting a new business. This easy to navigate site also provides links to federal, provincial and territorial forms for registering your business.

All links in the BSA have been carefully selected for the quality, currency and accuracy of the information they contain.

The BSA is a product developed and managed by the Canada Business Service Centres and can be found on the Web at: http://www.cbsc.org/bsa. It is also accessible from the http://www.businessgateway.ca site , a comprehensive site of government information, electronic forms, tools and services for Canadian business.