- Business Start-Up Assistant
- Your Information Site for Starting a Business in Canada
Manitoba – How to Start
This page provides general information and resources including checklists and guides for starting a business in Manitoba.
General Information and Guides
Legal Aspects
Setting Up an Office
Buying a Business
Electronic Magazines and Portals
Organizations/Networks/Programs
General Information and Guides
- You and Your Ideas - Taking Stock and Getting Started – Canada/Manitoba Business Service Centre
- Checklists for Going Into Business – Canada/Manitoba Business Service Centre
- Feasibility Checklist for Starting a Small Business – Canada/Manitoba Business Service Centre
- Points to Consider When Starting Your Own Business – Canada/Manitoba Business Service Centre
- Online Small Business Workshop – Canada Business Service Centres
- Quick Overview - (starting a new business) – Canada/Manitoba Business Service Centre
- What Business Should You Start? – Canada/Manitoba Business Service Centre
- Small Business Info-Guide - Non-Financial Programs – Canada/Manitoba Business Service Centre
- Your Guide to Government of Canada Services and Support for Small Business – Government of Canada
- Guide for Canadian Small Businesses – Canada Revenue Agency
- Getting Started in Small Business – Canadian Bankers Association
- Aboriginal Business Info-Guide – Canada/Manitoba Business Service Centre
- Manitoba Aboriginal Business Service Network – Canada/Manitoba Business Service Centre
- Aboriginal Resource Guide – Canadian Bankers Association
- Ota-Miska, A "Where to Find It" Resource Manual – Department of Industry, Economic Development and Mines, Government of Manitoba
- Youth Services Info-Guide – Canada/Manitoba Business Service Centre
Legal Aspects
- Legal Issues in Starting a Business – Canada/Manitoba Business Service Centre
- Legal Aspects of Operating a Business – Canada/Manitoba Business Service Centre
- Protection of Personal Information - Your Responsibilities – Canada/Manitoba Business Service Centre
- Questions to Ask Before You Sign a Lease – Canada/Manitoba Business Service Centre
- Bonding – Canada/Manitoba Business Service Centre
Setting Up an Office
- How Will You Operate? – Canadian Bankers Association
- Signs and Your Business – Canada/Manitoba Business Service Centre
- Store Location - "Little Things" Mean a Lot – Canada/Manitoba Business Service Centre
- Making Your Organization Bilingual - Guide and Practical Tools – Canadian Heritage
Buying a Business
- Buying a Business – Canada/Manitoba Business Service Centre
- Should you Start a New Business or Buy an Existing One? – Canada/Manitoba Business Service Centre Printable Version – PDF (Adobe Acrobat Reader required)
- 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
- Canada/Manitoba Business Service Centre
- Canadian Innovation Centre - CIC – Canada/Manitoba Business Service Centre
- Small Business Development – Department of Industry, Economic Development and Mines, Government of Manitoba
- Western Economic Diversification Canada – Government of Canada
- Community Futures Partners of Manitoba Inc.
- Manitoba Trade and Investment
- Conseil de développement économique des municipalités bilingues du Manitoba
- Canadian Council for Small Business & Entrepreneurship
- The Canadian Technology Network – National Research Council Canada
- Canadian Federation of Independent Business
- Export Development Canada
- Manitoba Aboriginal Business Service Network – Canada/Manitoba Business Service Centre
- Build-A-Business Programs – SEED Winnipeg Inc.
- Entrepreneurship Institute of Canada
- HITE - An association for hi-tech startups