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Acadia Centre for Small Business
38 Crowell Drive
Acadia University, Willet House
Wolfville, Nova Scotia B4P 2R6
Tel.: (902) 585-1180
Fax: (902) 585-1057
E-mail: acsbe@acadiau.ca
Internet: http://acsbe.acadiau.ca

• New Brunswick: 1-800-561-4030
• Newfoundland: 1-800-668-1010
• Nova Scotia: 1-800-565-1228
• Prince Edward Island: 1-800-871-2596

Black Business Initiative
1575 Brunswick Street
Halifax, Nova Scotia B3J 2G1
Tel.: 1-800-668-1010
Fax: (902) 426-6530
Internet: http://www.bbi.ns.ca

Business Development Bank of Canada - BDC
BDC Building
5 Place Ville Marie, Suite 400
Montreal, Quebec H3B 5E7
Tel.: 1-877-232-2269
Fax: 1-877-329-9232
E-mail: info@bdc.ca
Internet: http://www.bdc.ca/en/home.htm

• Alberta: (800) 272-9675
• British Columbia: (800) 667-2272
• Manitoba: (800) 665-2019
• New Brunswick: (800) 668-1010
• Newfoundland and Labrador: (800) 668-1010
• Northwest Territories: (800) 661-0599
• Nova Scotia: (800) 668-1010
• Nunavut: (877) 499-5199
• Ontario: (800) 567-2345
• Quebec: (800) 322-4636
• Prince Edward Island: (800) 668-1010
• Saskatchewan: (800) 667-4374
• Yukon: (800) 661-0543

Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions - CED
Head Office, Tour de la Bourse
800 Victoria Square
Suite 3800
Montréal, Quebec H4Z 1E8
Tel.: (514) 283-6412
Fax: (514) 283-3302
E-mail: montreal@dec-ced.gc.ca
Internet: http://www.dec-ced.gc.ca/asp/General/main.asp?LANG=EN

Canadian Farm Business Management Council
75 Albert St., Suite 903
Ottawa, Ontario K1P 5E7
Tel.: 1-888-232-3262
E-mail: council@cfbmc.com
Internet: http://www.farmcentre.com/english/index.htm

Centre for Women in Business
Mount Saint Vincent University
Seton Academic Centre, Room 313
166 Bedford Highway
Halifax, Nova Scotia B3M 2J6
Tel.: (902) 457-6449
Fax: (902) 457-6455
E-mail: cwb@msvu.ca
Internet: http://www.msvu.ca/cwb/

Centre Jodrey : Centre de développement d'entreprise
Université Sainte-Anne
Church Point, Nova Scotia B0W 1M0
Tel. (902) 769-3265 or 1-888-575-0550
Fax: (902) 769-0163
E-mail: jodrey@jodrey.com
Internet: http://www.jodrey.com/en/site/index.html

• New Brunswick
  New Brunswick Association of CBDCs
  Tel: (506) 548-2406
  Internet: http://d5233066.u42.theprint.ca/net/main.aspx
  ?session=200400011§ion;=200400015⟨=en
• Newfoundland and Labrador
  Newfoundland and Labrador Assocation of CBDCs
  Tel: 1-888-303-2232
  Internet: http://www.cbdc.nf.ca/

• Alberta:
  Community Futures Network Society of Alberta
  Tel: 1-877-482-3672
  Internet: http://www.cfnsa.ca/



• British Columbia:
  Community Futures Development Association of British Columbia
  Tel.: (604) 685-2332
  Internet: http://www.communityfutures.ca/provincial/bc/



• Manitoba:
  Community Futures Partners of Manitoba
  Tel: (204) 943-2905
  E-mail: info@cfpm.mb.ca
  Internet: http://www.cfpm.mb.ca/



• Saskatchewan:
  Community Futures Partners of Saskatchewan
  Tel.: (306) 751-1922
  Internet: http://www.cfsask.ca/

StFX Enterprise Development Centre - XEDC
P.O. Box 5000
65 West Street
Antigonish, Nova Scotia B2G 2W5
Tel.: (902) 867-5543
Fax: (902) 867-2244
E-mail: xedc@stfx.ca
Internet: http://www.xedc.ca/

Western Economic Diversification - WD
Tel.: 1-888-338-9378
E-mail: web.comments@wd-deo.gc.ca
Internet: http://www.wd.gc.ca/default_e.asp

Small business links

Financing:

• Sources of Financing- Industry Canada
  Extensive directory of Canadian financial providers.
  Internet: http://strategis.ic.gc.ca/epic/internet/
  insof-sdf.nsf/en/h_so00000e.html
• Your Guide to Government of Canada Services and Support for Small Business - Industry Canada
  Internet: http://www.ic.gc.ca/cmb/welcomeic.nsf/
  f4ac20f45980b8e685256fc800678feb/85256779007b
  82f3852564a4006e557f!OpenDocument

General:

• Aboriginal Resource Guide
  Internet: http://www.aboriginalresourcenet.com/Eng/index.htm
• Business Start-up Assistant - Canada Business
  Internet: http://bsa.cbsc.org/gol/bsa/site.nsf/
  en/index.html
• eBusiness Connection - BC Business Service Centre
  Internet: http://www.e-bc.ca/pages/home.php
• eBusiness News Blog - BC Business Service Centre
  Internet: http://www.ebizblog.ca/
• ENTERWeb
  Information on small business, finance, international trade, entrepreneurship, enterprise development and the economy.
  Internet: http://www.enterweb.org/
• ExportSource - Team Canada Inc.
  Internet: http://www.exportsource.ca/gol/exportsource/
  site.nsf/en/index.html
• Creating a co-operative - an information guide - Co-operatives Secretariat
  Information kit for entrepreneurs.
  Internet: http://coop.gc.ca/index_e.php?s1=
  guides&s2;=kit&page;=intro
• Guide for Canadian Small Businesses Canada Customs and Revenue Agency
  Internet: http://www.cra-arc.gc.ca/tax/business/sme/menu-e.html
• Kauffman eVenturing - Kauffman Foundation
  Internet: http://www.eventuring.org/eShip/appmanager/eVenturing/
  eVenturingDesktop
• Strategis Industry Canada
  Canada's business and consumer site.
  Internet: http://strategis.ic.gc.ca/engdoc/main.html
• Student Connections Government of Canada
  Internet and e-commerce training.
  Internet: http://www.scp-ebb.com/english/index.cfm

Management:

• HR for Employers - Government of Canada
  Internet: http://hrmanagement.gc.ca/gol/hrmanagement/site.nsf
  /en/index.html
• Managing for Business Success - Industry Canada
  Internet: http://strategis.ic.gc.ca/epic/internet/inmfbs-gprea.nsf
  /en/Home

Networking:

• Canadian Association of Family Enterprise
  Internet: http://www.cafemembers.org/
• Canadian Technology Network - National Research Council Canada
  Technology and related business assistance.
  Internet: http://ctn-rct.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/home_e.shtml

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