Information for Success

Additional Useful Sites

Sources of Assistance
This section features federal and provincial sources of financing as well as support programs and private sources of venture capital for e-business.

News
Stay in touch with the latest trends and issues regarding small business with these news Web sites and blogs.

Trends and Issues
e-Commerce for SMEs. Get the big picture. e-Commerce studies and statistics.

Educational Programs
Find links to Canadian college, university and professional level programs related to electronic business and electronic commerce.

Resources for Different Industries

e-Business activity is growing across the global economy — although growth rates do vary from industry to industry. The following list links to the e-business sections of Industry Canada's sectoral pages.

• Advanced Manufacturing Technologies and Nanotechnology
• Advertising Services
• Apparel
• Automotive Aftermarket [PDF Format, 383Kb]
• Education and Training
• Forest Industries
• Giftware and Crafts
• Legal Services
• Logistics
• Management Consulting
• Marketing Services
• Primary Metals
• Recreational Boats
• Retail Trade
• Service Industries
• Sporting Goods
• Tourism
• Trucking Services

Additional Useful Sites

Canadian Company Capabilities
Industry Canada's searchable online directory of Canadian companies, profiling over 50 000 businesses and more than 700 000 products, services, technologies and markets.

Business Start-up Assistant
A one-stop site for information on starting a business in Canada.

Online Small Business Workshop
This Web-based workshop provides you with techniques for developing your business ideas, starting new ventures and improving your existing business.

Small Business Research and Policy
Designed to encourage small business researchers and policy analysts across Canada to share information on small business research and policy.

Sustainability Reporting Toolkit
This Toolkit will assist you in learning more about sustainability reporting, a document used to communicate a company's economic, environmental and social management performance to its stakeholders.

Statistics on the Digital Economy
Look at this collection on The Digital Economy in Canada Web site of e-business research reports, studies, charts and analyses. You'll find evidence of how e-business is transforming firms, economies and the nature of business within a regional, national and international environment.