Associations
Better Business Bureau -- www.bbb.org/canada/ Canadian Standards Association -- www.csa-international.org Ontario Chamber of Commerce -- www.occ.on.ca
Business Plans & Research
Angus Reid Group -- www.angus-reid.com/ Canada News Wire -- www.newswire.ca Canadiana -- The Canadian Resource Page -- www.cs.cmu.edu/afs/cs.cmu.edu/Web/Unofficial/Canadiana/ GDSourcing -- www.gdsourcing.com Interactive Business Planner -- www.cybf.ca/entrepreneurs/interactivebusinessplanner.php Sample Business & Marketing Plans -- www.bplans.com Small Business Guides -- www.canadabusiness.ca
Databases & Directories
Canada Post -- www.canadapost.ca Canadian Trade Index -- www.ctidirectory.com Canada Toll Free Directory -- www.canadatollfree.ca Canada Yellow Pages -- www.yellowpages.ca Fraser’s Canadian Trade Directory -- www.frasers.com On-Line Directory Assistance -- www.canada411.comOntario Business Guide -- http://www.ontario.ca/smallbusinessguideMap Quest On-line Maps -- www.mapquest.com Reverse Phone Directory -- www.reversephonedirectory.com ThomasNet Register -- www.thomasregister.com World Pages -- www.worldpages.com
Federal Government Sites
Canada Business - www.canadabusiness.ca/eng Canada Customs & Revenue Agency - www.cra-arc.gc.ca Government of Canada - www.canada.gc.ca Human Resources and Skills Development Canada - www.hrsdc.gc.ca Industry Canada’s Strategis - www.strategis.ic.gc.ca Statistics Canada - www.statcan.gc.ca
Financing
Business Development Bank of Canada -- www.bdc.ca Canada’s Venture Capital & Private Association -- www.cvca.ca Canadian Youth Business Foundation -- www.cybf.ca Sources of Financing -- www.canadabusiness.ca/eng/
Franchising
Be the Boss -- www.betheboss.ca Canadian Franchises -- http://canada.franchiseopportunities.com/ Canadian Franchise Association -- www.cfa.ca Canadian Franchise Directory -- www.canadianfranchisedirectory.ca/franchiseguide.aspx
Importing & Exporting
Export Development Canada -- www.edc.ca Export Source -- www.canadabusiness.caForeign Affairs & International Trade Canada -- www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca Forum for International Trade Training (FITT) -- www.fitt.ca Industry Canada Trade Data Online -- www.strategis.ic.gc.ca/tdo Ontario International Trade Branch -- www.ontarioexports.com/ Stat USA -- http://www.usa.gov/Topics/ReferenceCanadian Trade Commissioner Service -- www.infoexport.gc.ca US Business Advisor -- www.business.gov US Customs and Border Protection -- www.cbp.gov Western Economic Diversification Canada -- www.wd.gc.ca
Intellectual Property
Canadian Innovation Centre, Waterloo -- www.innovationcentre.caCanadian Intellectual Property -- Office www.cipo.gc.ca Canadian Technology Network -- www.rcti-ticn.ca/en/ Research Council -- www.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca United States Patent & Trademark Office -- www.uspto.gov World Intellectual Property Organization Search -– www.wipo.int/patentscope/search/en/structuredSearch.jsf
Marketing
Guerrilla Marketing -- www.gmarketing.com Marketing Tips.com -- www.marketingtips.com PRWeb Press Releases -- www.prweb.com Web Marketing Today -- www.wilsonweb.com/
Provincial Government Sites
Canada Business Ontario -- www.canadabusiness.ca/ontario Government of Ontario -- www.ontario.ca Ministry of Economic Development and Trade -- www. ontario.ca/economyMinistry of Government Services -- www.mgs.gov.on.ca/ Service Ontario Publications -- www.publications.serviceontario.ca/ecom/ Workplace Safety & Insurance Board (WSIB) -- www.wsib.on.ca
Tradeshows
Expo Guide – Trade Shows -- www.expo-guide.com/
Other
Canadian Commercial Corporation - www.ccc.ca On-line Seminars - www.bizlaunch.ca The Business Link Business Service Centre - www.canadabusiness.ab.ca The Business Place - www.thebusinessplace.com World Wide Legal Information Association - www.wwlia.org