Aboriginal Business Service Network (ABSN)
Canada Business
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2005-08-12
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Aboriginal entrepreneurs need information and resources to improve their access to capital and to establish or develop their businesses. The Aboriginal Business Services Network (ABSN) is being established, using information and Internet technologies, where possible, to provide a range of business products and services.
The ABSN will build on the structure of existing Canada Business service centres located across the country which provide free-of-charge access to government information on business programs, services and regulations. These resources will be tailored to meet unique requirements of Aboriginal clients and will be accessible by phone, fax, e-mail, the World Wide Web and walk-in sites.
Eligibility Criteria
Aboriginal entrepreneurs.
Summary
The ABSN is one element of the Aboriginal Business Development Initiative.
What is the Aboriginal Business Development Initiative?
The Aboriginal Business Development Initiative is a partnership among Aboriginal financial and business organizations (including Aboriginal Capital Corporations, Aboriginal Community Futures Development Corporations, and the National Aboriginal Capital Corporation Association), and federal organizations including: Industry Canada through Aboriginal Business Canada, the Canada Business service centres and FedNor; the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency, Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions and Western Economic Diversification Canada; and Indian and Northern Affairs Canada. The Aboriginal Business Development Initiative with its three tier approach will improve access to capital, create an Aboriginal Business Services Network and enhance the delivery of existing business support programs to Aboriginal entrepreneurs and organizations.
Services
The Aboriginal Business Service Network is committed to providing the Aboriginal business community with a wide range of information on government services, programs and regulations that are relevant, up-to-date and accurate. This service is supported through Canada Business service centres which provide free-of-charge access to this information.
For further details on, or locations of, the Canada Business service centres in your province please visit the Canada Business Web site.
Alberta Contact(s):
Mr.
Shannon
Armitage
ABSN Coordinator
The Business Link Business Service Centre
Suite 100
10237 - 104 Street N.W.
Edmonton, Alberta
T5J 1B1
Telephone: (780) 422-1260
Fax: 780-422-0055
Toll-free (information): 1-800-272-9675
TTY Toll-free (hearing impaired): 1-800-457-8466
E-mail: buslink@cbsc.ic.gc.ca
Web site:
http://www.cbsc.org/alberta
Hours of operation: Monday - Wednesday, Friday: 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Thursday: 9:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m.
British Columbia Contact(s):
Small Business BC
601 West Cordova Street
Vancouver, British Columbia
V6B 2G1
Telephone: (604) 775-5525
Fax: (604) 775-5520
Toll-free (information): 1-800-667-2272 (B.C. Region only)
TTY Toll-free (hearing impaired): 711 (long distance charges accepted)
E-mail: comments@cbsc.ic.gc.ca
Web site:
http://www.smallbusinessbc.ca/
Manitoba Contact(s):
Canada/Manitoba Business Service Centre
250 - 240 Graham Ave
P.O. Box 2609
Winnipeg, Manitoba
R3C 4B3
Canada
Telephone: 204-984-2272
Fax: 204-983-3852
Toll-free (information): 1-800-665-2019
TTY Toll-free (hearing impaired): 1-800-457-8466
TTY (hearing impaired): 1-800-457-8466
E-mail: manitoba@cbsc.ic.gc.ca
Web site:
http://www.cbsc.org/manitoba
Hours of operation: 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday to Friday
New Brunswick Contact(s):
Bouctouche First Nation
9 Reserve Road
Bouctouche, New Brunswick
E4S 4G2
Telephone: (506) 743-2520 or (506) 743-2178
Burnt Church First Nation
621 Bayview Drive
Burnt Church, New Brunswick
E9G 2A8
Telephone: (506) 776-1201
Canada/New Brunswick Business Service Centre
Ground Floor, Barker House
570 Queen Street
Fredericton, New Brunswick
E3B 6Z6
Telephone: 506-444-6140
Fax: 506-444-6172
Toll-free (information): 1-800-668-1010 (Atlantic region only)
TTY Toll-free (hearing impaired): 1-800-457-8466
E-mail: cbscnb@cbsc.ic.gc.ca
Web site:
http://www.cbsc.org/nb
Hours of operation: 8:30 am to 5:00 pm
Monday thru Friday - except Government holidays
Eel Ground First Nation
Room 215
Band Administration Building
47 Church Rd
Eel Ground, New Brunswick
E1V 4E6
Telephone: (506) 627-4622
Eel River Bar First Nation
Unit 201
11 Main Street
Eel River Bar FN, New Brunswick
E8C 1A1
Telephone: (506) 684-6280
Fax: (506) 684-6333
Elsipogtog Economic Development
Elsipogtog First Nation
29 Big Cove Road
Elsipogtog, New Brunswick
E4W 2S1
Telephone: (506) 523-4733
Fort Folly First Nation
P.O. Box 1007
Dorchester, New Brunswick
E4K 3V5
Telephone: (506) 379-3400
Indian Island First Nation
61 Island Drive
Rexton, New Brunswick
E4W 1S9
Telephone: (506) 523-4875
Kingsclear First Nation
77 French Village Road
Kingsclear, New Brunswick
E3E 1K3
Telephone: (506) 363-3028
Madawaska Maliseet First Nation
1771 Main Street
Madawaska Maliseet FN, New Brunswick
E7C 1W9
Telephone: (506) 739-9765
Maliseet Nation at Tobique
13100 Route 105
Tobique First Nation, New Brunswick
E7H 3Y2
Telephone: (506) 273-5590
Metepenagiag First Nation
1926 MicMac Road
P. O. Box 293
Metepenagiag, New Brunswick
E9E 2P2
Telephone: (506) 836-6114
NB Aboriginal Peoples Council
320 St. Mary's Street
Fredericton, New Brunswick
E3A 2S4
Telephone: (506) 458-8422
Oromocto First Nation
4 Hiawatha Court
P.O. Box 417
Oromocto, New Brunswick
E2V 2J2
Telephone: (506) 357-2083
Pabineau First Nation
1290 Pabineau Falls Road
Pabineau FN, New Brunswick
E2A 7M3
Telephone: (506) 548-9211
St. Mary's First Nation
3rd Floor
Kchikhusis Complex
150 Cliffe Street
Fredericton, New Brunswick
E3A 0A1
Telephone: (506) 458-9511
Woodstock First Nation
3 Woolastook Court
Woodstock, New Brunswick
E7M 4K6
Telephone: (506) 328-3303
Newfoundland & Labrador Contact(s):
Canada/Newfoundland and Labrador Business Service Centre
90 O'Leary Avenue
P.O. Box 8687
St. John's, Newfoundland & Labrador
A1B 3T1
Telephone: (709) 772-6022
Fax: (709) 772-6090
Toll-free (information): 1-800-668-1010 (in the Atlantic region only)
TTY Toll-free (hearing impaired): 1-800-457-8466
E-mail: info@cbsc.ic.gc.ca
Web site:
http://www.cbsc.org/nl
Hours of operation: 8:30 am to 5:00 pm Monday to Friday
Northwest Territories Contact(s):
Canada/NWT Business Service Centre
8th Floor
701, 5201 - 50th Avenue
P.O. Box 1320
Yellowknife, Northwest Territories
X1A 3S9
Telephone: 867-873-7960
Fax: 867-873-0573
Toll-free (information): 1-800-661-0599
TTY Toll-free (hearing impaired): 1-800-457-8466
E-mail: yel@cbsc.ic.gc.ca
Web site:
http://www.cbsc.org/nwt
Nova Scotia Contact(s):
Canada/Nova Scotia Business Service Centre
1575 Brunswick Street
Halifax, Nova Scotia
B3J 2G1
Telephone: 902-426-8604
Fax: 902-426-6530
Toll-free (information): 1-800-668-1010 (in Atlantic region only)
TTY Toll-free (hearing impaired): 1-800-457-8466
E-mail: halifax@cbsc.ic.gc.ca
Web site:
http://www.cbsc.org/ns
Nunavut Contact(s):
Canada-Nunavut Business Service Centre
Hamlet Office
P.O. Box 16
Cambridge Bay, Nunavut
X0B 0C0
Telephone: (867) 983-2337
Fax: (867) 983-2193
Toll-free (information): 1-877-499-5199
TTY Toll-free (hearing impaired): 1-800-457-8466
E-mail: cnbsc@gov.nu.ca
Web site:
http://www.cbsc.org/nunavut
Canada-Nunavut Business Service Centre
Siniktarvik Building
Bag 002
Rankin Inlet, Nunavut
X0C 0G0
Telephone: (867) 645-5067
Fax: (867) 645-2346
Toll-free (information): 1-877-499-5199
TTY Toll-free (hearing impaired): 1-800-457-8466
E-mail: cnbsc@gov.nu.ca
Web site:
http://www.cbsc.org/nunavut
Canada-Nunavut Business Service Centre
Inuksugait Plaza
P.O. Box 1000, Station 1198
Iqaluit, Nunavut
X0A 0H0
Telephone: (867) 975-7860
Fax: (867) 975-7885 Toll Free (in Nunavut only) / Sans frais 1-877-499-5299 (au Nunavut seulement)
Toll-free (information): 1-877-499-5199
TTY Toll-free (hearing impaired): 1-800-457-8466
E-mail: cnbsc@gov.nu.ca
Web site:
http://www.cbsc.org/nunavut
Ontario Contact(s):
Aboriginal Business Service Network
Canada-Ontario Business Service Centre (COBSC)
Toronto, Ontario
M5C 2W7
Telephone: (416) 775-3456
Fax: (416) 954-8597
Toll-free (information): 1-877-699-5559
TTY Toll-free (hearing impaired): 1-800-457-8466
E-mail: absnontario@cbsc.ic.gc.ca
Web site:
http://www.cobsc.org/en
Prince Edward Island Contact(s):
Canada / PEI Business Service Centre
75 Fitzroy Street
P.O. Box 40
Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
C1A 7K2
Telephone: (902) 368-0771
Fax: (902) 566-7377
Toll-free (information): 1-800-668-1010 (in the Atlantic region only)
TTY Toll-free (hearing impaired): 1-800-457-8466
E-mail: pei@cbsc.ic.gc.ca
Web site:
http://www.cbsc.org/pe
Hours of operation: 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Quebec Contact(s):
Info entrepreneurs
380 St-Antoine Street West, local 6000
Montréal, Quebec
H2Y 3X7
Telephone: 514 496-4636
Fax: 514 496-5934 Toll Free / Sans frais 1 888 417-0442
Toll-free (information): 1-800-322-4636
TTY Toll-free (hearing impaired): 1-800-457-8466
E-mail: infoentrepreneurs@cbsc.ic.gc.ca
Web site:
http://www.infoentrepreneurs.org
Hours of operation: Regulars Hours: 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday to Friday. Summer Hours: (from June 25 to Labour Day) 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday to Friday. Documentation Centre (Library) Hours for On-Site Research: 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., Monday to Friday
Saskatchewan Contact(s):
business infosource
Canada-Saskatchewan Business Service Centre
#2 - 345 Third Avenue South
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
S7K 1M6
Telephone: (306) 956-2323
Fax: (306) 956-2328
Toll-free (information): 1-800-667-4374 (Anywhere in Canada)
TTY Toll-free (hearing impaired): 1-800-457-8466 (Anywhere in Canada)
E-mail: saskatchewan@cbsc.ic.gc.ca
Web site:
http://www.cbsc.org/sask
Yukon Contact(s):
Canada-Yukon Business Service Centre
Suite 101
307 Jarvis Street
Whitehorse, Yukon
Y1A 2H3
Telephone: (867) 633-6257
Fax: (867) 667-2001
Toll-free (information): 1-800-661-0543
TTY (hearing impaired): 1-800-457-8466
E-mail: yukon@cbsc.ic.gc.ca
Web site:
http://www.cbsc.org/yukon
National Contact(s):
See regional contact(s).
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