Partners in the Canada-Ontario Business Service Centre

Partners from the Government of Canada

Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)
Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA)
Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC)
Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA)
Canada Council for the Arts
Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions
Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC)
Canada Revenue Agency (CRA)
Canadian Commercial Corporation (CCC)
Canadian Dairy Commission (CDC)
Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA)
Canadian Grain Commission (CGC)
Canadian Heritage (CH)
Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA)
Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC)
Canadian Space Agency (CSA)
Canadian Tourism Commission (CTC)
Canadian Transportation Agency (CTA) 
Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC)
Environment Canada (EC)
Export Development Canada (EDC)
Farm Credit Canada (FCC)
Federal Economic Development Initiative in Northern Ontario (FedNor)
Fisheries and Oceans (DFO)
Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada (DFAIT)
Health Canada (HCan)
Human Resources and Skills Development Canada (HRSDC)
Indian and Northern Affairs Canada (INAC)
Industry Canada (IC)
National Farm Products Council (NFPC)
National Research Council Canada (NRC)
Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
Office of Critical Infrastructure Protection and Emergency Preparedness (OCIPEP)
Public Works and Government Services Canada (PWGSC)
Social Development Canada (SDC)
Standards Council of Canada (SCC)
Statistics Canada (SC)
Telefilm Canada
Transport Canada (TC)
Western Economic Diversification Canada (WD)

Partners from the Government of Ontario

Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario (AGCO)
Ministry of Government Services (MGS)
Ministry of Culture
Ministry of Economic Development and Trade (MEDT)
Ministry of Environment (MOE)
Ministry of Finance (MOF)
Ministry of Labour (MOL)
Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing
Ministry of Northern Development and Mines (MNDM)
Ministry of Small Business and Entrepreneurship (MSBE)
Ministry of Tourism and Recreation
Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities (MTCU)
Office of the Employer Adviser (OEA)
Ontario Exports Inc. (OEI)
Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (OMAFRA)
Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB)

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Some of the organizations listed below are not subject to the federal Official Languages Act or the French Language Services Act of Ontario.  Their services may not be available in both official languages.

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Partners from the Non-governmental Sector

BIOTECanada
C-CORE
Canadian Association of Importers and Exporters
Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB)
Canadian Innovation Centre (CIC)
Canadian Manufacturers and Exporters (CME)
Canadian Plastics Industry Association (CPIA)
Canadian Television Fund (CTF)
Canadian Youth Business Foundation (CYBF)
CANARIE
Centre for Textile and Geosynthetic Technologies (CTT)
Centre for the Study of Commercial Activity (CSCA)
Consulting Engineers of Ontario - CEO
CRIM
Electrical Safety Authority (ESA)
Electronic Commerce Council of Canada (ECCC)
Environmental Law Centre (ELC)
Foundation to Assist Canadian Talent on Records (FACTOR)
Forum for International Trade Training Inc. (FITT Inc.)
Industrial Research and Development Institute (IRDI)
International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD)
Inventors' Alliance of Canada (IAC)
MUSICACTION
National Quality Institute (NQI)
Natural Gas Technologies Centre (NGTC)
Ontario Motor Vehicle Industry Council (OMVIC)
PARO: A Northwestern Ontario Women's Community Loan Fund
Radiation Safety Institute of Canada
Real Estate Council of Ontario (RECO)
Retail Council of Canada (RCC)
Technical Standards and Safety Authority (TSSA)
Transportation Health and Safety Association of Ontario (THSAO)
Travel Industry Council of Ontario (TICO)
Trade Facilitation Office Canada (TFOC)
Two Rivers Community Development Centre (TRCDC)
Vitesse (Re-Skilling) Canada Inc.
Women Entrepreneurs of Canada (WEC)
Young Entrepreneurs Association (YEA)

The COBSC is also developing integrated services and extending its partnerships to include more local and specialized providers of business information and services through the following initiatives:

• the Regional Access Program (please refer to the  Regional Access Program Location Index)
• the  Aboriginal Business Service Network (ABSN)
• its participation in the Canada-Ontario Export Forum (part of Team Canada Inc)

For more information on the services provided by the COBSC, please consult the document About Us .