- Business Start-Up Assistant
- Your Information Site for Starting a Business in Canada
Alberta – How to Start
This page provides general information and resources including checklists and guides for starting a business in Alberta.
General Information and Guides
Legal Aspects
Setting Up an Office
Buying a Business
Electronic Magazines and Portals
Organizations/Networks/Programs
General Information and Guides
- Operating a Small Service Business in Alberta – The Business Link
- Online Small Business Workshop – Canada Business Service Centres
- Business Start-up (Alberta) Info-Guide – The Business Link
- Small Business Seminars – The Business Link
- Guide for New Alberta Businesses – The Business Link Printable Version – PDF (Adobe Acrobat Reader required)
- Checklists for Going Into Business – The Business Link
- Feasibility Checklist for Starting a Small Business – The Business Link
- Points to Consider When Starting Your Own Business – The Business Link
- Start-Up – The Business Link
- Small Business Guides – AlbertaFirst.Com
- Guide for Canadian Small Businesses – Canada Revenue Agency
- Getting Started in Small Business – Canadian Bankers Association
- Your Guide to Government of Canada Services and Support for Small Business – Government of Canada
- Aboriginal Business Services Network
- Aboriginal Resource Guide – Canadian Bankers Association
Legal Aspects
- Legal Issues in Starting a Business – The Business Link
- Contracts – The Business Link
- Protection of Personal Information - Your Responsibilities – The Business Link
- Questions to Ask Before You Sign a Lease – The Business Link
- Bonding – The Business Link
Setting Up an Office
- Municipal Business Licensing – The Business Link
- Provincial Business Licences and Registrations – The Business Link
- How Will You Operate? – Canadian Bankers Association
- Signs and Your Business – The Business Link
- Store Location - "Little Things" Mean a Lot – The Business Link
- Small Business Insurance: What You Need and Why You Need It – The Business Link
- Making Your Organization Bilingual - Guide and Practical Tools – Canadian Heritage
Buying a Business
- Buying a Business – The Business Link
- Forty Concepts for a Small Business – Canada Business Service Centres
- How to Buy a Business Checklist – The Business Link
Electronic Magazines and Portals
- Canadian Business Online
- Small Business Canada Magazine
- CanadaOne Magazine
- Réseau de développement économique et d’employabilité (Available in French only)
- BizSTARTUPS – Entrepreneur.com
- Entrepreneur.com
- StartupJournal – Dow Jones & Company, Inc.
- The Bell Business Centre – Bell Canada
Organizations/Networks/Programs
- The Business Link
- Canadian Innovation Centre - CIC – The Business Link
- Department of Alberta Economic Development – Government of Alberta
- Business Start-Up, Programs and Services – Service Alberta, Government of Alberta
- Western Economic Diversification Canada – Government of Canada
- The Community Futures Network Society of Alberta
- AlbertaFirst.Com
- Aboriginal Business Services Network
- Canadian Council for Small Business & Entrepreneurship
- The Canadian Technology Network – National Research Council Canada
- Canadian Federation of Independent Business
- Export Development Canada
- Entrepreneurship Institute of Canada
- HITE - An association for hi-tech startups