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Bank of Montreal - Economic Research & Analysis
This site houses many reports covering Canadian, U.S. and international issues. Included are daily, weekly and monthly reviews, economic indicators and exchange rates.
Banking for Startups
Welcome to the financial centre for new entrepreneurs! No matter what size your business is, if you have launched your company within the last two years - or are contemplating a start-up in the near future - CIBC has the financial services and resources to get you on your way.
BBM Canada - Bureau of Measurements
BBM Bureau of Measurement - Radio and television statistics (programs, audience, etc.)
BC Bid
Welcome to BC Bid - Every day, new bid opportunities are posted to BC Bid? by the B.C. Public Sector
BC Business Online
BC Business Online has the latest news for entrepreneurs.
BC Business Registry
Starting, expanding, or moving a business? Link to the OneStop Business Registry where you can complete the most commonly required business registrations and transactions.
BC Chamber of Commerce
Directory of BC Chambers of Commerce
BC Check-up
The first BC Check-Up report, released in 1999, offered a comprehensive profile of British Columbia as a place in which to live, work, and invest. In order to provide a context in which to analyze BC's performance, the report was subsequently expanded to include comparisons with the provinces of Alberta and Ontario, and with the national average.
BC Company Act
The Company Act governs how corporations must be run within the province of British Columbia. An online version of the Act is available at this site.
BC Corporate Registry
The Corporate Registry provides the legal framework and files documents for the incorporation, registration, maintenance and dissolution of companies, societies and cooperatives doing business or active in British Columbia.
BC Electronic Library
This website provides the residents of British Columbia with access to general legal information.
BC Film - Production Fund
The Feature Film Production Fund provides financing for the production of fictional, animated or documentary feature-length film projects. There is an annual call for applications.
BC Government Balanced Budget 2008
BC Government Current Budget
BC Government Directory
The program and employee listings in this directory are provided for the purpose of enabling communication with individual provincial government programs and employees.
BC government Media Room
The government of British Columbia maintains a database of print, electronic and online media outlets. This Web page can be used to obtain the most recent data from the database.
BC Log and Timber Builsing Industry
The BC Log and Timber Building Industry (LTBI) was created to develop and provide member services in support of industry growth.
BC Manufacturers's Directory
The BC Manufacturers's; Directory provides information about manufacturing establishments in British Columbia. For the purposes of the directory, "manufacturing" is defined as production generally destined for the wholesale market, or for interplant transfer, rather than for direct sale to final consumers. The directory does not contain information regarding leasing, distribution, or service companies; it does, however, include software publishers.
BC Ministries and Organizations - Contact List
Here is a comprehensive list of B.C. Government organizations.
BC Ministry of Aboriginal Relations and Reconciliation
This Ministry is leading the way to build new relationships with Aboriginal people, founded on reconciliation, recognition and respect.
BC Ministry of Community Development
The Ministry of Community Services envisions British Columbia’s communities as great places in which to live. The Ministry pursues this vision by promoting liveable, sustainable communities that provide healthy and safe places for British Columbians.
BC Ministry of Finance
BC Ministry of Finance
BC Ministry of Forests and Range
Building a strong and diverse forest sector through revitalization, while maintaining high environmental standards, will help ensure long-term jobs and economic benefits.
BC Ministry of Technology, Trade and Economic Development
The Ministry of Technology, Trade and Economic Development is the primary provincial agency for creating a strong, prosperous and diverse economy.
BC Partnership Act
The Partnership Act establishes the rights and responsibilities of two or more people joining in a relationship for the purpose of profit.
BC Procurement and Supply Services
WProcurement and Supply Services is comprised of closely related programs that together offer procurement and supply solutions, using a combination of internal and private sector resources. Best of all, services can be customized to suit your organization’s needs.
BC Regional Socio-Economic Profiles & Indices
The profiles consist of charts and tables for the 26 Regional Districts, 78 Local Health Areas*, 16 Health Service Delivery Areas, 5 Health Authorities, and 15 College Regions within the Province of British Columbia. The socio-economic indices summarize social and economic conditions over a wide variety of indicators into a single composite index for each region within the province.
BC Society Act
Are you starting a nonprofit enterprise? This Act governs societies in BC.
BC Stats
BC Stats is the central statistical agency of the Province of British Columbia. We have the provincial government's largest concentration of statistical products, services and expertise.
BC Technology Industries Association (BCTIA)
As the largest and most influential association representing BC's technology industries, BC TIA is dedicated to fostering growth and development in the province's technology industries and member companies. BC TIA programs and services are designed to meet the needs of the industry in the areas of networking, education, public awareness, marketing and government relations.
BC Wood Association
Welcome to BC Wood, a not-for-profit association dedicated to growing British Columbia's value-added wood-products industry.
BCIT - Technology Centre
BCIT provides business with R & D solutions. If you need a prototype developed, a system designed, a technical problem solved, or help launching a new product or business venture BCIT Technology Centre can help.
BDO Dunwoody - Tax Tips
Tax tips for personal and business income taxes.
Be Your Own Boss
This website is your entryway into the world of self-employment in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Beland Organic Food Distributor
We are an organic food brokerage and marketing firm established on the Sunshine Coast, British Columbia, Canada in 1992 and now in Laval, Quebec. We specialise in Canadian Certified Organic healthy products and, with our distributors, we currently supply hotels, restaurants, health food stores, supermarkets and processors across Canada.
Bell Business-to-Business Trade Directory
Welcome to the Bell Business-to-Business Trade Directory featuring the Internet's most advanced indexing system for the precise matching of Buyers and Sellers in every industry throughout Canada and The World.
Better Business Bureau of BC
The Better Business Bureau website. The BBB promotes ethical business practices and helps solve marketplace problems. Serves all of BC except Vancouver Island, Peace River and the Columbia Valley. Find other BBB's here.
Biz B.C.
Biz B.C. is a resource centre for business people in B.C., and around the world. Here you can see various businesses in British Columbia and many selected resources found here and around the Net to help make your business more profitable. We also feature the B.C. site of the month.
Biz Stats
BizStats - The information in this site is based on US company data, but it has been included as there is very good information for the construction industry, retailing & distribution and services sector. Much of this information (such as payroll and operating expenses as percentages of revenue) would be similar for Canadian businesses.
Biz Stop, The - Business Magazine
TheBizSTOP.com is an interactive, Canadian business community. We've searched the Internet for the best information and resources we could find for businesses in this country. In addition, theBizSTOP.com is a place where business owners, entrepreneurs, and managers can effectively interact with each other as well as with mentors and subject matter experts. All information and basic services at theBizSTOP.com are provided to you free of charge.
Biz Women - Business Magazine
Whether you wear blue jeans and tennis shoes or corporate business suits, our networking women in business community is for you.
Boston Consulting Group
The Boston Consulting Group is an international strategy and general management consulting firm whose mission is to help leading corporations create and sustain competitive advantage. As a truly international firm, our strong global presence offers clients and employees a wealth of cross-cultural experience.
Bplans.com - Business Planning
Bplans.com, created by Palo Alto Software, offers thousands of pages of free sample plans, planning tools, and expert advice to help you start and run your business.
British Columbia Innovation Council (BCIC)
The British Columbia Innovation Council's (BCIC)mission is to promote economic development and enhance the quality of life in BC through innovative applications of science and technology.
Build A Website
How to build a website power point presentation. It is an American company - but the material is good.
Business Associations Serving BC
Business Associations Serving BC
Business Development Bank of Canada, BDC
The Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC) is Canada's small business bank. BDC plays a leadership role in delivering timely and relevant financial and management services, with a particular focus on the emerging and exporting sectors of the economy.
Business Development Concepts
This document is packed with advice for starting, improving or expanding a small business. It provides you with invaluable information for finding or generating opportunities and learning how to analyze your business environment to make it work to your advantage.
Business Guidelines for Emerging Artists
Although this not a Technical How-To, it is, nonetheless, a good introduction to how artists -- especially emerging ones --can start thinking about the business side of art. This was written primarily for traditional artists, and while I may not completely share the somewhat-gloomy prospects of digitally created and produced art, there is a lot of very sane and practical advice here.(Harald Johnson)
Business Info by Industrial Category
Business Information by Industrial Category
Business Information by Sector
By Industrial Sector. This section provides in-depth, industry-specific analysis, statistics, contacts, news, events, financing and regulatory information for Canadian business.
Business Information Specific to Aboriginal Peoples
Your guide to services for business for Aboriginal Entrepreneurs
business Know-How
The National Small Business Network has been created to give home offices and small businesses an efficient way to find products, services and supplies, locate possible teaming partners, and make information about their own products and services readily available to potential customers.
Business Plan Advisory Services
In researching and putting together your business plan, you’ll discover key information about the market potential of your product or service. Let us help you through the process of creating a plan that will be the basis for a successful business.
Business Practices and Consumer Protection Authority, or BPCPA
The Business Practices and Consumer Protection Authority (BPCPA) promotes a fair marketplace for BC consumers and businesses. We were established in 2004 as a not-for-profit corporation to strengthen consumer protection in BC. We operate using a cost recovery model.
Business Registration On-line (BRO)
Business Registration Online is a one stop, online, self serve application that allows you to register for a Business Number, as well as for four major CRA programs (Corporation Income Tax, Goods and Services / Harmonized Sales Tax, Payroll Deductions, and Import-Export accounts).
Business Start up Assistant - links to all Provincial guidelines
Your information site for starting a small business in Canada. The Business Start-up Assistant where you will find essential business start-up information from the federal and provincial governments, as well as many other sources.
Business Start-up (Alberta) Info-Guide
This Info-Guide will help you navigate through the government programs and services available to individuals starting a business in Alberta.
Business Start-Up Info-Guide
The Business Start-Up Info-Guide is designed to help you navigate through the federal and provincial government programs, services and regulations that may apply to individuals starting a business in Ontario.
Business Startup Assistant (BSA)
Sources of Financing for businesses in each province.
Business Survey Methods
Much of the balanced scorecard depends on data collected by surveys. Below are excerpts from authorities on survey design and survey methods, providing some of the basic principles and considerations that should be understood by anyone who needs to develop a survey for supporting the balanced scorecard, for example for customer satisfaction or employee satisfaction data.
Businesswomen in International Trade
Welcome to the Businesswomen in Trade Web site, developed by the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT). We have created this site to meet the special information and assistance needs of women entrepreneurs who lead small- and medium-sized enterprises. The site is tailored to enterprises that want to begin exporting or improve their current export performance.