- Business Start-Up Assistant
- Your Information Site for Starting a Business in Canada
Ontario – How to Start
This page provides general information and resources including checklists and guides for starting a business in Ontario.
General Information and Guides
Legal Aspects
Setting Up an Office
Buying a Business
Electronic Magazines and Portals
Organizations/Networks/Programs
General Information and Guides
- Checklists for Going Into Business – Canada-Ontario Business Service Centre
- Feasibility Checklist for Starting a Small Business – Canada-Ontario Business Service Centre
- Points to Consider When Starting Your Own Business – Canada-Ontario Business Service Centre
- Online Small Business Workshop – Canada Business Service Centres
- Business Start-Up Info-Guide – Canada-Ontario Business Service Centre
- Information on Starting a Business – Canada-Ontario Business Service Centre
- Starting a Business – Ministry of Economic Development and Trade, Government of Ontario
- Guide for Canadian Small Businesses – Canada Revenue Agency
- Business Information Services – Canada-Ontario Business Service Centre
- 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 – Canada-Ontario Business Service Centre
- Protection of Personal Information - Your Responsibilities – Canada-Ontario Business Service Centre
- Questions to Ask Before You Sign a Lease – Canada/Ontario Business Service Centre
- Bonding – Canada/Ontario Business Service Centre
Setting Up an Office
- How Will You Operate? – Canadian Bankers Association
- Signs and Your Business – Canada-Ontario Business Service Centre
- Store Location - "Little Things" Mean a Lot – Canada-Ontario Business Service Centre
- Making Your Organization Bilingual - Guide and Practical Tools – Canadian Heritage
Buying a Business
- Buying a Business – Canada-Ontario Business Service Centre
- 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-Ontario Business Service Centre
- Regional Access Program Location Index – Canada-Ontario Business Service Centre
- Canadian Innovation Centre - CIC – Canada-Ontario Business Service Centre
- Ministry of Economic Development and Trade – Government of Ontario
- Ontario Business Connects – Ministry of Government Services, Government of Ontario
- Federal Economic Development Initiative for Northern Ontario – Industry Canada
- OBC Service Locations – Ministry of Government Services, Government of Ontario
- Ontario Association of Community Futures Development Corporations
- Women and Rural Economic Development
- The Canadian Technology Network – National Research Council Canada
- Canadian Federation of Independent Business
- Canadian Council for Small Business & Entrepreneurship
- Export Development Canada
- Aboriginal Business Services Network
- Entrepreneurship Institute of Canada
- HITE - An association for hi-tech startups