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TFAB provides practical tools, training and networks to help you grow your business. You will find templates, worksheets and guides as well as CCAB members committed to Aboriginal entrepreneurship.”
Empower, Inform and Connect!
BDC offers the Indigenous Entrepreneur Loan with financing of up to $350,000 to grow or scale your business.
In 2022, the Indigenous Women’s Entrepreneurship (IWE) Program launched across 32 AFIs in Canada. Through the program, Indigenous women have access to dedicated Business Support Officers, routine workshops and training, and micro-loans to help kick start and grow their businesses.
Aboriginal Financial Institutions (AFIs) are autonomous, Indigenous-controlled, community-based financial organizations. AFIs provide developmental lending, business financing and support services to First Nations, Métis, and Inuit businesses in all provinces and territories. Support includes business loans, non-repayable contributions, financial and management consulting, and business start-up and aftercare services.
Vancity Partnership Funding Programs
When you do business with us, your community profits, too
At Vancity we make you good money by putting money to good. Our vision of redefining wealth incorporates personal and community well-being. Since 1994 Vancity has distributed $406 million to members through dividends and to communities through grants and community investment initiatives. Here are some of the granting programs your organization may be eligible for.
Indigenous financial workshops
Wealth Mindset: Indigenous Financial Resilience.
Host workshops and give members of your community the tools to make financial confident decisions through an Indigenous lens.
The Scotiabank Women Initiative® (SWI) today announced it has increased its commitment to deploy capital to women-owned and women-led businesses in Canada to $10 Billion by 2025. Building on its initial $3 Billion deployment, which was fulfilled ahead of schedule last year, the program has further enhanced its contribution which today is over $4 Billion in capital deployment.
Numbers not your strong suit? Use our cash flow template to get your numbers in line to apply for start up capital!
Never written a business plan before? Heard horror stories of 100-page business plans? Fear not! With this crash course you’ll be provided with an overview of the different components that make up a business plan.
If you want to grow and scale your business, you’re likely going to need to pitch your idea at some point. Whether you’re looking for investments, working to bring on a new account or hoping to join a program like the Futurpreneur Growth Accelerator, it’s important to perfect the art of the pitch!
The Aboriginal Entrepreneurship Program provides access to capital and business opportunities to Indigenous entrepreneurs and business owners in Canada.
Indigenous business and federal procurement
The Procurement Strategy for Indigenous Business (PSIB) is the Government of Canada’s policy to support Indigenous businesses with procurement opportunities.
CanExport funding for exporters, innovators, associations and communities
Startup Canada provides the infrastructure to connect communities across the country to peer-support, advisors, funders and other important resources to strengthen the environment for entrepreneurship from the bottom-up.
Your comprehensive, interactive guide to starting a business. Are you ready?
First Nations and municipalities all across Canada have access to numerous funding resources — at both the provincial and the national level— when it comes to getting support for their economic development projects.
The Canada Council for the Arts is committed to reaffirming and revitalizing its relationship with First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples in Canada. The Canada Council believes that an approach that respects First Nations, Inuit and Métis artistic expression, cultural protocols, Indigenous rights and Indigenous worldviews will stimulate First Nations, Inuit and Métis artists, artistic practices, and communities.
The TELUS Indigenous Communities Fund offers grants up to $50,000 for Indigenous-led social, health and community programs. Together, we can make the future friendly by supporting Indigenous leaders and community groups who know their communities best.
Founded by TD Bank Group in 1990, the TD Friends of the Environment Foundation (TD FEF) is a national charity that funds environmental projects across Canada.
TD launched the TD Ready Commitment to help open doors for a more inclusive and sustainable tomorrow by focusing our community giving on four drivers of change. Read our informational sheet for each of these drivers here: Financial Security, Vibrant Planet, Connected Communities and Better Health.
31 Incentive Programs for Indigenous Entrepreneurs