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Canada Business

Canada Business: Services for entrepreneurs

Canada Business is managed through federal-provincial agreements that provide a single, seamless gateway to information for businesses. In Western Canada, these centres are part of Western Economic Diversification Canada’s (WD) business service network, and have offices in Vancouver, Edmonton, Saskatoon and Winnipeg.

Canada Business maintains an extensive database of business and trade information from federal, provincial, municipal and non-government sources in order to provide fast, accurate and comprehensive information on a wide variety of programs, services and regulations. This wealth of data can be accessed for free by telephone or through the Internet at www.canadabusiness.ca/. People interested in starting or growing a business can also call or visit a business information specialist in person. Or, they can research business information at the libraries in the various Canada Business service centres.

These centres also provide topical business seminars, on-line business products and a useful collection of business Info Guides. Services are also available in rural and northern communities, through a network of regional Canada Business service centres and Aboriginal service sites in Western Canada.

For more information contact:

British Columbia

Small Business BC 
601 West Cordova Street
Vancouver, British Columbia
V6B 1G1

Phone: (604) 775-5525
British Columbia Toll Free: 1 800-667-2272
Fax: (604) 775-5520

Small Business Victoria
Suite G-7 Sussex Place,
1001 Douglas Street,
Victoria, BC,
Canada, V8W 2C5

Phone: (250) 384-1516
Fax: (250) 384-2590
E-mail: info@businessvictoria.net

Western Economic Diversification Canada Officer
Phone: (250) 363-8078
Fax: (250) 384-2590
E-mail: john.briggs@wd-deo.gc.ca

Alberta

The Business Link Service Centre - Edmonton
#100-10237-104 Street NW
Edmonton, Alberta
T5J 1B1

Phone: (780) 422-7722
Alberta Toll Free: 1 800 272-9675
Fax: (780) 422-0055
E-mail: buslink@canadabusiness.ab.ca

The Business Link Service Centre - Calgary
250-639 5th Avenue SW
Calgary, Alberta
T2P 0M9

Phone: (403) 221-7800
Alberta Toll Free: 1 800-272-9675
Fax: (403) 221-7817
E-mail: buslink@canadabusiness.ab.ca

Saskatchewan

Canada-Saskatchewan Business Service Centre
#2 - 345 3rd Avenue South
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
S7K 1M6

Saskatchewan Toll Free: 1 800-667-4374
Phone: (306) 956-2323
E-mail: saskatchewan@canadabusiness.sk.ca

Manitoba

Canada/Manitoba Business Service Centre
Room 250-240 Graham Avenue
Winnipeg, Manitoba
R3C 0J7

Manitoba Toll Free: 1 800-665-2019
Phone: (204) 984-2272
Fax: (204) 983-3852
E-mail: manitoba@canadabusiness.mb.ca

Aboriginal Business Development Network

Toll Free Phone: 1 888-576-4444 or, contact Canada Business for a referral to the nearest Aboriginal resource office.