- Business Start-Up Assistant
- Your Information Site for Starting a Business in Canada
Northwest Territories – How to Start
This page provides general information and resources including checklists and guides for starting a business in the Northwest Territories.
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/NWT Business Service Centre
- Feasibility Checklist for Starting a Small Business – Canada/NWT Business Service Centre
- Points to Consider When Starting Your Own Business – Canada/NWT Business Service Centre
- Online Small Business Workshop – Canada Business Service Centres
- Regulatory and Licensing Agencies Info-Guide – Canada/NWT Business Service Centre
- Investment Opportunities in the Northwest Territories – Canada/NWT Business Service Centre
- 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
- Legal Issues in Starting a Business – Canada/NWT Business Service Centre
- Protection of Personal Information - Your Responsibilities – Canada/NWT Business Service Centre
- Questions to Ask Before You Sign a Lease – Canada/NWT Business Service Centre
- Bonding – Canada/NWT Business Service Centre
Setting Up an Office
- How Will You Operate? – Canadian Bankers Association
- Signs and Your Business – Canada/NWT Business Service Centre
- Store Location - "Little Things" Mean a Lot – Canada/NWT Business Service Centre
- Making Your Organization Bilingual - Guide and Practical Tools – Canadian Heritage
Buying a Business
- Buying a Business – Canada/NWT 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
- The Wall Street Journal Online – Entrepreneur – Dow Jones & Company, Inc.
Organizations/Networks/Programs
- Canada/NWT Business Service Centre
- Canada Business – Canada/NWT Business Service Centre
- Career Development, Employment and Labour – Department of Education, Culture and Employment; Government of Northwest Territories
- Canadian Innovation Centre - CIC – Canada/NWT Business Service Centre
- Community Futures Program – Canada/NWT Business Service Centre
- Business Development and Investment Corporation – Canada/NWT Business Service Centre
- Aboriginal Business Services Network
- Government of the Northwest Territories
- Business Development and Investment Corporation
- Business in the NWT – Department of Resources, Wildlife and Economic Development; Government of the Northwest Territories
- Regional Sites – Canada/NWT Business Service Centre
- Canadian Council for Small Business & Entrepreneurship
- The Canadian Technology Network – National Research Council Canada
- Canadian Federation of Independent Business
- Export Development Canada
- Entrepreneurship Institute of Canada
- HITE - An association for hi-tech startups