- Business Start-Up Assistant
- Your Information Site for Starting a Business in Canada
British Columbia – How to Start
This page provides general information and resources including checklists and guides for starting a business in British Columbia.
General Information and Guides
Legal Aspects
Setting Up an Office
Buying a Business
Electronic Magazines and Portals
Organizations/Networks/Programs
General Information and Guides
- Starting Up – Small Business BC
- BC Business Resource Guide, Guidelines and Requirements for Business – Small Business BC Printable Version – PDF (Adobe Acrobat Reader required)
- Business Development Concepts – Small Business BC Printable Version – PDF (Adobe Acrobat Reader required)
- Starting a Small Business in British Columbia – Ministry of Small Business and Revenue, Government of British Columbia Printable Version – PDF (Adobe Acrobat Reader required)
- Information Guides – Ministry of Competition, Science and Enterprise, Government of British Columbia
- Reports & Publications – Ministry of Competition, Science and Enterprise, Government of British Columbia
- 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
Setting Up an Office
- How Will You Operate? – Canadian Bankers Association
- Making Your Organization Bilingual - Guide and Practical Tools – Canadian Heritage
Buying a Business
- 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
- Small Business BC
- Ministry of Economic Development – Government of British Columbia
- Ministry of Labour and Citizens' Services – Government of British Columbia
- Government Agents – Ministry of Labour and Citizens' Services, Government of British Columbia
- British Columbia Chambers of Commerce
- Western Economic Diversification Canada – Government of Canada
- Canadian Council for Small Business & Entrepreneurship
- The Canadian Technology Network – National Research Council Canada
- Canadian Federation of Independent Business
- Export Development Canada
- Aboriginal Business Services Network
- Entrepreneurship Institute of Canada
- HITE - An association for hi-tech startups