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Partners

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BDC offers a series of regional Resource Guides for Women Entrepreneurs. They include various initiatives of BDC partner organizations that can help women entrepreneurs grow their businesses according to their needs and stage of development. Take a look!

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National

This page lists our national partners. To view the list of our regional partners, click on the tab to the right.

Cisco Systems

Services: Technology mentoring, student internships

Exclusive to BDC clients, Cisco’s Circle of Innovation program helps women better leverage technology in their business.

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CPA Canada

Services: Financial literacy, accounting

Offers financial literacy workshops tailored to women entrepreneurs so they can better manage their business finances.

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Export Development Canada (EDC)

Services: Trade financing, foreign markets expertise

Helps Canadian companies respond to international business opportunities and is an active supporter of BDC’s WE Boot Camps.

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Futurpreneur

Services: Financing and mentoring for start-ups

Provides financing, mentoring and support tools to help aspiring entrepreneurs under 40 start and grow successful businesses.

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Global Affairs Canada (GAC)

Services: Trade mentoring, consular relations

Encourages international trade by managing Canada’s consular relations and humanitarian efforts.

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Startup Canada

Services: Start-up communities, resource sharing

A network of entrepreneurs who organize events, initiatives and create online platforms to support and encourage small businesses across Canada.

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Women Business Enterprises Canada (WBE Canada)

Services: Women’s leadership, corporate networking

Certifies Canadian firms that are at least 51% led by women and connects them to corporations seeking to diversify their suppliers.

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WEConnect International

Services: Women’s leadership, global networking

Certifies firms outside the U.S. that are at least 51% led by women and connects them to multinational corporate buyers.

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Women’s Enterprise Organizations of Canada (WEOC)

Services: Peer-to-peer networking, professional development and mentoring

Provides an array of services dedicated to women in business including skills development, access to financing and trade opportunities.

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Women on the Move

Services: Business acceleration training, networking and co-working

Helps women scale their businesses by providing them unique training, coaching, networking, mentoring and specialized industry programs.

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Regional

This page lists our regional partners. To view the list of our national partners, click on the tab to the left.

Women’s Enterprise Centre of British Columbia (WEC BC)*

Services: Business-growth mentoring, professional developmentRegion: British Columbia

Helps women realize their business potential by providing them with the financing, mentoring and training they need to start or scale their company.

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Alberta Women Entrepreneurs (AWE)*

Services: Peer-to-peer networking, professional development and mentoring Region: Alberta

Provides an array of services dedicated to women in business including skill building, network development and access to financing.

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Women Entrepreneurs of Saskatchewan (WESK)*

Services: Financing, networking, skills development Region: Saskatchewan

Offers advice, financing, training and events to empower women business owners with the opportunities and resources to grow their business.

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Women’s Enterprise Centre of Manitoba (WECM)*

Services: Business-growth mentoring, professional development Region: Manitoba

Helps women develop their business knowledge, management skills and network to successfully start or expand their business.

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PARO Centre for Women’s Enterprise (PARO)*

Services: Financing, networking, skills development Region: Ontario

Helps women who want to start and grow a business by offering development programs, networking opportunities and financing.

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Community Innovation Lab*

Services: Professional development, growth mentoring Region: Ontario

Offers unique training programs designed to help entrepreneurs take their business to the next level.

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Réseau des Femmes d’affaires du Québec (RFAQ)

Services: Professional development, networking Region: Quebec

RFAQ’s Economic Development Program (EDP) supports the growth of women-owned businesses through networking, professional development and personal enrichment.

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Femmessor*

Services: Financing, women’s leadership Region: Quebec

Offers financing and advice tailored to the needs of women entrepreneurs so they can grow profitable businesses.

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Newfoundland & Labrador Organization of Women Entrepreneurs (NLOWE)*

Services: Professional development, networking Region: Newfoundland and Labrador

Helps women realize their business potential by providing them with the financing, mentoring and training they need to start or scale their company.

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Invest Ottawa

Services: Business-growth mentoring, peer-to-peer networking, professional and skills development Region: Ontario

Provides women founders and business owners the resources and support necessary to build, launch, grow and scale commercially successful, globally oriented and sustainable companies.

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* WEOC partners

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