Business Links

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Pan Canadian Community Futures Group: Your gateway to a network of 268 Community Economic Development offices across Canada. For more information, click on the province of your choice. The CFDCs foster local entrepreneurship, promote, coordinate and implement a variety of community development initiatives within their respective communities. The CFDCs offer a variety of entrepreneurial programs, business counseling, loan programs and business information to community members interested in expanding or starting their own businesses.
Parks Canada: Parks Canada's Mandate: On behalf of the people of Canada, we protect and present nationally significant examples of Canada?s natural and cultural heritage and foster public understanding, appreciation and enjoyment in ways that ensure their ecological and commemorative integrity for present and future generations.
Partner Research Corporation (PRC): PRC prides itself on its focus of the information technology market, offering a broad range of market intelligence and consultative services.
Patents: Explains what is a patent, why a patent is important to business and inventors, how to find an agent and file for a patent, etc.
Patents and Trademarks for Business Services: A quick refresher on patents and trademarks for business services in Canada.
Patents Database: The Canadian Patents Database lets you access patent bibliographic data, descriptions and drawings from 1869 to the present time.
PATSCAN - Patents & Trademark Search: PATSCAN is a fee based patent search and consulting service located in the University of BC Library, which has served the research community in BC for 15 years. PATSCAN is a leader in Western Canada in provision of technology transfer information services in the intellectual property area, hosting workshops and seminars on IP management, competitive intelligence and patent searching.
Performance Plus: Performance Plus is an interactive on-line financial performance tool to help new and established firms determine how they measure up to the competition. It allows you to enter your company's financial data confidentially and compare it to industry averages. This tool will assist you in making sound operational decisions.
Pierce Law Center - The IP Mall: Training Intellectual Property, Commerce, & Technology Professionals with Skills to Meet Marketplace Needs
Prime Minister of Canada: Prime Minister of Canada - website and contact information
Profit Guide - Canada Business: Profitguide.com a business resource for Canadian Entrepreneurs.
Public Works and Government Services Canada -PWGSC: Public Works and Government Services Canada (PWGSC) has an important ally in its efforts to help Canada grow and prosper: the private sector. The department buys everything from toothbrushes and tile settings, to computers and consulting services from thousands of companies across Canada each year. In any one year, we deal with approximately 50,000 contracts totaling $8 billion, making us Canada's largest purchasing organization. We buy for approximately 100 federal departments and agencies. In this part of our site, you will find out how you can participate in the contract tendering process and learn the nuts and bolts of selling to the Government of Canada.