Below is a listing of programs and partners that provide programs, services and supports that can help in starting your business venture.

• Agriculture Loan Guarantee Program

• Agri-Innovation Program  

• Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA)

• BDC Venture Capital

• Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC)

• Canada Agricultural Loans Act Program

• Canada Small Business Financing Program

• Canadian Worker Co-op Federation

• Community Business Development Corporations 

• Community Food Action Program

• Community Inclusion Networks

• Co-opérative de développement régionale – Acadie 

• Co-operatives and Mutuals Canada 

• Co-op Zone 

• Farm Credit Canada 

• Fisheries and Aquaculture Loan Guarantee Program

• Futurpreneur

• Learnsphere Canada

• NB Angel Investors

• NB Innovation Foundation

• NB Small Business Investor Tax Credit

• NB Tourism, Culture and Heritage grants

• Planet Hatch

• Pond-Deshpande Center

• Propel ICT

• *NEW* Resource Guide for New Brunswick Co-operatives and Social Enterprises

• Saint John Community Loan Fund

• Student Employment and Experience Development Program (SEED)

• Tenacity Works Investment Fund 

• Youth Innovation Capital Fund

Other organizations with helpful resources:

• Canadian Community Economic Development Network

• Canadian Worker Co-op Federation

• Co-operatives First

• Co-operatives and Mutuals Canada

• Co-op Housing Federation of Canada

• Finimpact: How to Empower and Support Young Entrepreneurs

• Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada – Cooperatives

• Learnsphere Canada 

• NB Co-op Act 

• NB Economic and Social Inclusion Corporation

• Pond-Deshpande Centre, UNB

• Saint Mary’s University, Masters and Graduate Diploma in Co-op Management

• University of Saskatchewan Centre for Co-operative Studies