Canadian Aboriginal Venture Group

Business Start-Up Assistant
CanadaOne – Canada’s small business hub
Royal Bank – Information for New and Existing Entrepreneurs
Royal Bank – Information for Women Entrepreneurs
Business Plan samples
Federal Incorporation – Corporation Directorate
Alberta First
AlbertaFirst.Com is a Provincial, Municipal and Industry Partnership created to provide valuable information to businesses and individuals interested in starting a business or locating to Alberta.

United States

Canada

Online Definite Guide to Small Business Financing – Royal Bank
Bank of Canada
Bank of Montreal
Bank of Nova Scotia
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce
Canadian Western Bank
Royal Bank of Canada
TD Canada Trust
TD Waterhouse
Broad range of brokerage, mutual fund, banking and consumer financial products and services on an integrated basis.
AFSC Commercial
Provides financing for viable Alberta small businesses, which are unable to find the financing they need through conventional financial institutions.
Business Development Bank of Canada
Financial institution wholly owned by the government of Canada. BDC delivers financial and consulting services to Canadian small business, with a particular focus on the technology and export sectors of the economy.
Alberta Treasury Branch
Capital City Savings
Canadian Venture Capital Association
Venture Alberta
On-line service designed to bring investors and entrepreneurs together.
VFinance.com
For investors, entrepreneurs and inventors. Look here to these sites for alternative financial resources.

United States

Inter-American Development Bank

Other

Canada :Operations”

United States

General

Alberta Courts:
This site explains the role of the different courts of Alberta, allows you to browse the material available from their web sites and offers useful resources such as a fully searchable judgment database, Alberta courts’ locations and calendars and links to other legal web sites.
Alberta Justice and Attorney General:
This web site offers links to legal resources, an overview of the justice system in Alberta and a user’s guide to legislation.
Environmental Law Centre:
The Environmental Law Centre (Alberta) Society offers environmental law services and environmental law expertise and skills to governments, industry, environmental organizations and members of the public.
Justice Canada:
This site provides quick access to primary federal legal information (Statutes and associated Regulations), including Constitutional documents.
Law Society of Alberta :
This site offers on-line web resources and some legal information.
Access to justice network:
Canadian law and justice resource materials: directories, legislative materials (federal and provincial), search engine.
Canada Legal:
A great search engine (search by keyword, area of law or category of document)
Find Law for business:
US law only but contains some information on Canada and other countries’ legal systems (see foreign & international section). The self-help legal guides provide articles written by lawyers on numerous subjects.
Hieros Gamos Law Portal:
Extensive legal resources for businesses, lawyers, consumers and students (focus on the US). Information available in English,French and other languages.

Find a lawyer

Canadian Law List
Complete lawyer directory. Search by name, city, province or area of practice.

Contract information

On-line contracts:
Information on how to create valid contracts on the Internet.

Sample contracts

WARNING: The following web sites provide sample contracts and agreements for informational purposes only and are merely starting points for the preparation of such documents. Due to the variances of many local, provincial and federal laws, we recommend that you seek professional legal counseling before using any of these documents or entering into any contract or agreement. Legal advice of any nature should be sought from competent, independent, legal counsel in the relevant jurisdiction. To find a lawyer near you, phone the Alberta Lawyer Referral service at:1-800-661-1095. The information contained within these web sites is designed to provide an outline that you can follow when formulating business or personal contracts. Absolutely no warranties are made regarding the suitability of any documentation contained within these web sites.

Canadian Sample

LawDepot.com – Canadian Contract Centre
Legal contracts to meet the needs of various consumers and businesses in their day-to-day activities. Free contracts are usually available in both “fill-in-the blank” and interactive formats. Premium legal contracts are provided for a fee.

US Samples

All about forms:
Search by categories or by keyword (be as specific as possible)
Find forms:
Use keywords to find what you are looking for. Note: The search engine is more efficient if you use quotation marks (” “) with your keywords (i.e. “Partnership agreement”).
FindLaw:
Sample agreements for the high tech industry.
Legal forms archive:
Sample forms for nine different subjects: Basic Agreements, Buying and Selling, Credit and Collection, Employment, Leases and Tenancies, Loans and Borrowing, Personal and Family, Transfers and Assignments,Other Legal Forms
Procopio:
Five sample contracts provided by a law firm: Promissory note, Independent contractor’s agreement, Agreement with respect to the exchange of proprietary, Proprietary information and inventions agreement for independant contractors, Stock restriction agreement.
Web site design contract:
Lawsmart:
This web site provides free, simple legal solutions for US consumers and small businesses. The sample forms and contracts listed under “Business & Corporations” are particularly useful

Payment required

Jurifax:
The interest of this web site is that it provides sample contracts drafted by Canadian lawyers in both official languages. Cost varies a lot depending on the document.
MoreBusiness.com:
This web site offers a few free sample contracts and sells CD-ROMs with more samples on various subjects for $25 (US) each.

Tax Departments

Canada Customs and Revenue Agency
Our long-standing mission is to promote compliance with Canada’s tax, trade, and border legislation, and regulations through communication, quality service, and responsible enforcement, thereby contributing to the economic and social well-being of Canadians.
Business Registration On-line
This Business Registration On-line (/liO) service is designed so that businesses can conveniently register themselves for Canada Customs and Revenue Agency (Business Number and CCRA Programs).

Accountants Associations

Accounting Firms

KPMG Canada
KPMG is the accounting, tax and financial advisory firm that understands the needs of business in the global economy.

Canada

United States

Copyright Office
Delphion
MicroPatent
United States Patent and Trademark Office
Sample non-disclosure agreement
This web site provides a sample non-disclosure agreement for informational purposes only and is merely a starting point for the preparation of such a document. Due to the variances of many local, provincial and federal laws, we recommend that you seek professional legal counselling before using this document or entering into any contract or agreement.
Inventors Digest

Export Basics

Infoexport – The Canadian Trade Commissionner Service
Businesswomen in Trade
This site features news, tips, links and advance notice of trade missions and programs specifically for businesswomen in trade.
Online Definite Guide to Exporting for Small Businesses – Royal Bank

Export Market Research

General

These sites contain detailed market reports, trade statistics and export information on several different countries.

Infoexport
Agriculture, Food and Rural Development
Strategis – Trade and Investment
The Economist Country Briefings
U.S. Central intelligence Agency – World Fact Book
Foreign Governments on the World Wide Web
UNCTAD/WTO Country Information
Global Edge
HSBC’s Country Profiles
GeographyIQ
Executive Planet
Essential business culture knowledge for the business traveller.

USA

Interactive Tariff and Trade DataWeb
U.S.Tariff Database, direct access to trade data, lookup for HTS/SIC/SITC/NAICS/End-Use descriptions, translation between HTS codes and those for SIC, SITC and NAICS classifications, and more.
U.S. Vehicle Import Regulations
Doing Business in the Nafta Region
Cross Border Movement of Business Persons and the NAFTA
Information for Business People seeking to do business in the U.S. and Mexico or travelling for trade shows and missions
U.S. Department of State
U.S. Food and Drug Administration

The Americas

Europe

European Committee For Standardization
On-line Catalogue of European Standards
U.K. HM Customs and Excise

Asia-Pacific

Africa

Sub-Saharan Africa – DFAIT
This site provides information on the Sub-Saharan African countries, Canada-Africa relationship and direct access to the Web Sites of Canada’s Embassies and Offices in Africa.

Export Financing

The following links are government, crown corporation and private companies that specialize in loans, lines of credit and other services for exporters. More private sources of financing may be found through the Canadian banks.

AFSC Commercial
Business Development Bank of Canada
Canadian Commercial Corporation (CCC)
Export Development Canada (EDC)
Provides insurance and financing for Canadian exporters as well as detailed country reports
Program for Export Market Development (PEMD)
A financial incentive for existing Canadian companies looking to expand to new markets

Banks
All of the following sites connect to information on financing, letters of credit and documentary collections, methods of transferring payment and reducing risks, and foreign exchange. By exploring what each bank has to offer, an exporter/importer can determine which services are offered by the international business or trade divisions of various Canadian banks.

Export Service Providers and Other Resources

Importing

Tariff Wizard- Canada Customs and Revenue Agency (select “Client Services”)
The Tariff Wizard has been created as a convenient reference only and has no official sanction. It has been designed to help you determine the proper classification of the goods you import, to help you determine how much duties you will have to pay when the goods enter Canada.

Resource Links