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Starting a Small Business

Have you considered turning your skills, abilities, and passion into self employment? Take a look at what PEI has to offer.

  • Afro-Caribbean Business Network (ACBN)
  • Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency
  • Banking Services for Small Businesses
  • Better Business Bureau® (BBB) – The red flags of employment scams
  • BioFoodTech
  • Black Entrepreneurship Knowledge Hub – Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada
  • Black Entrepreneurship Program – Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada
  • Canada’s IP Marketplace: for businesses licensing and opportunities with public sector patent holders
  • Canada’s Smartest Kitchen
  • Canadian Federation for Independent Business (CFIB)
  • City of Summerside Data Analysis Centre – demographics, households, development, industries, labour, community facilities, and more
  • Community Business Development Corporation (CBDC)
  • Federal and provincial funding available for employers to hiring and training workers
  • Food Island Partnership
  • Futurpreneur Canada
  • Innovation Canada
  • Innovation PEI
  • Innovation PEI – Business Resources
  • LaunchPad PEI 
  • PARO Prosper Peer Lending Circles
  • PEI Business Women’s Association
  • PEI Centre for Craft
  • PEI Chambers of Commerce
  • PEI Connectors
  • RDÉE PEI
  • Rotary International
  • Rural Action Centres
  • SkillsPEI
  • Small Business Assistance – Government of PEI
  • What makes a good business deal?
  • Where to find names of PEI employers
  • Workers Compensation Board

Take a look below at more local and national resources and stories to help you start your businesses

  • Ignition Fund Success stories
  • Web Translation Program – RDÉE PEI
  • Workforce Ready Resources – Challenge Factory
  • Canada Digital Adoption Program (CDAP) Boost Your Business Technology

Resources

  • Many workers are turning to jobs like freelancing, running a small business, or online sales – checkout this link and learn  what it means to be self-employed,  when to register for a GST/HST account, and how to report income and expenses
  • Sustainable Canadian Agricultural Partnership and new website to strengthening the competitiveness, innovation, and resiliency of Canada’s agriculture, agri-food, and agri-based products sector
  • Remote freelance job boards
  • Mind the gap: Workforce challenges holding back Canada’s small businesses
  • Navigators assist newcomers to settle well in their communities
  • Financial help for PEI residents & organizations
  • Working from home: opportunities and what you need to know
  • PEI Employment Standards
  • Human Resources info
  • Self-employed business profiles
  • The latest employment outlook news locally and across Canada
  • Rise- help to empower more entrepreneurs with mental health and addictions challenges.

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