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Nova Scotia – Financing
This page provides information and resources on financing your business in Nova Scotia, including guides on different forms of financing and sources of funding.
Specialized Web Site
General Information and Guides
Funding Sources and Programs
Organizations
Banks
Specialized Web Site
General Information and Guides
- Financing Your Business – Canada Business Service Centres
- Dealing With Your Banker & Other Lenders – Canada/Nova Scotia Business Service Centre
- Lending - The Basic Criteria – Canada/Nova Scotia Business Service Centre
- Venture Capital Questionnaire – Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency
- Steps to Competitiveness, Financing – Industry Canada
- Steps to Growth Capital – Industry Canada
- Sources of SME Business Debt Financing in Atlantic Canada – Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency
- Your Guide to Government of Canada Services and Support for Small Business – Industry Canada
- Financial Service Charges Calculator – Industry Canada
- The Money You'll Need – Canadian Bankers Association
- Small Business Services, Products and Services – Canadian Bankers Association
- FinanceWise.com
Funding Sources and Programs
- Financing Info-Guide – Canada/Nova Scotia Business Service Centre
- Aboriginal Info-Guide – Canada/Nova Scotia Business Service Centre
- Canada Small Business Financing (CSBF) Program – Canada/Nova Scotia Business Service Centre
- Term Financing Solution – Canada/Nova Scotia Business Service Centre
- Industrial Research Assistance Program - IRAP – Canada/Nova Scotia Business Service Centre
- Capital Leasing Pilot Project – Canada/Nova Scotia Business Service Centre
- NORTHSTAR Trade Finance Inc. – Canada/Nova Scotia Business Service Centre
- Co-Vision - Start-up Financing Solution – Canada/Nova Scotia Business Service Centre
- Business Development Program – Canada/Nova Scotia Business Service Centre
- Business Development Program - Business Start-ups / Expansions and Modernizations – Canada/Nova Scotia Business Service Centre
- Seed Capital Program – Canada/Nova Scotia Business Service Centre
- Sources of Financing – Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency
- Business Development Program - Improving Your Competitiveness – Canada/Nova Scotia Business Service Centre
- Growth Capital for Aboriginal Business – Canada/Nova Scotia Business Service Centre
- Financing for Starting a Business – Business Development Bank of Canada
Organizations
- Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA) – Government of Canada
- Community Business Development Corporations (CBDC)
- Canadian Bankers Association
- Canadian Venture Capital Association
- Export Development Canada
Banks
- Bank of Montreal
- Business Development Bank of Canada
- CIBC (Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce)
- Citizens Bank of Canada
- Coast Capital Savings
- Credit Union Central of Canada
- Credit Unions of Nova Scotia
- Alterna Savings
- HSBC Bank Canada
- Laurentian Bank
- National Bank of Canada
- President's Choice Financial
- RBC Financial Group
- Scotiabank
- TD Canada Trust