Guide for Canadian Small Businesses, Canada Revenue Agency
This guide provides guides and information on registration, GST and HST, payroll deductions and remittances, income tax, and audits.
Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada
This site offers a privacy guide for small business which teaches people about protecting information and building policies.
Canada Business Ontario – Business Start-Up Guide
This guide assists entrepreneurs from creating a business plan to how managing and operating their own business.
Canada Business Network
This government service for entrepreneurs provides a business start-up checklist to assist Canadians in setting up a business along with other useful information.
Ontario Ministry of Labour
This site provides a guide for businesses and employers on employment standards regulation.
Women in Business Guide
This guide aims to help women start a business by understanding and navigating regulations, financing, taxation, training and mentorship.
Business Planning
Learn how to write a business plan and find templates, sample plans as well as market research information and statistics.
How to Build a Start-Up – Lean LaunchPad Online Course
Take 11 free lectures to learn about how to build a start-up.
Lean LaunchPad for Life Sciences
Watch videos to be advised on important modifications to Lean LaunchPad for Life Sciences.
Municipal Licensing and Standards Division
Visit this site to learn about the division that deals with issues surrounding business licenses.
Ontario Ministry of Finance – Credits, Benefits, and Incentives
This site provides information on tax credits available to businesses for entrepreneurs in Ontario.
Ontario Workinfonet (OnWIN)
OnWIN is a site that provides links to work and career related websites in Ontario. It also provides information on financing a start-up business.
CanExport Program
This program offers funding to help entrepreneurs develop new export markets.
Women’s Program
This program offered by the Government of Canada provides funding for projects in order to achieve the full participation of women in the economic, social and democratic life of Canada.
Canada Business Network- Grants and Financing
This site offers resources to learn about the different types of available financing.
Aboriginal Business and Entrepreneurship Development
This program provides financing support for the start-up and expansion of small businesses by Aboriginal entrepreneurs operating on or off reserves in Canada.
Canada Business Network
This site teaches entrepreneurs about the legal issues small businesses face such as choosing a business structure, leasing commercial space, contracts, and more.
Legal Aid Ontario
This site assists people in accessing different legal services for their legal needs.
The Law Society of Upper Canada
This site refers citizens to legal professionals to assist in setting up their own business.
Enterprise Toronto
An innovative public and private sector alliance created to provide one-stop sourcing of services and programs tailored to meet the needs of Toronto entrepreneurs and small businesses.
Ontario Immigration
This site provides information to immigrant entrepreneurs on registering or incorporating a business, business laws and regulations, how to get government advice, and business financing.
Small Business Enterprise Centres
This site has multiple centres across Ontario which provide entrepreneurs with assistance to start and grow their businesses.
Canadian Intellectual Property Office
A database that allows individuals to access more than 2 million patented documents.
Ontario Network of Excellence (ONE)
This site help innovators, entrepreneurs and researchers connect with services and programs to help them innovate and gain a competitive advantage.