Our objective is to bring together all the information you need to get your business started or to take your existing business to the next level. You will find hundreds of up-to-date pamphlets, booklets, and reference materials on subjects including business planning, marketing, internet, hiring, taxes, registrations, financing, invention protection, young entrepreneur programs Summer Company and Business Plan Competition.

The Business Advisory Centre stocks many up-to-date pamphlets, booklets and reference materials on a variety of start-up and general business related subjects. Browse through available materials in our quiet research area or select the information you need to take with you - most of which are FREE! Our knowledgeable staff will be pleased to assist you!

Material subjects include:

• Business registration
  
• PST/Vendors Permit registration
  
• Business Number (BN) registration
  
• Business planning
  
• Marketing
  
• Internet/E-Commerce
  
• Hiring employees
  
• Taxation
  
• Financing (new & existing businesses)
  
• Government programs (federal & provincial)
  
• Aboriginal Business Canada
  
• Inventions
  
• Youth Programs (Summer Company & Business Plan Competition)
  

We also offer, AT NO CHARGE, a complete business start-up package containing information on:

• "Thinking" about and "Starting" a new business handouts
  
• Business registration
  
• PST/Vendor Permit registration
• GST registration
• BN registraion
• Business start-up checklist
• Websites for entrepreneurs
  

Click here to request your FREE start-up package

Our public computer workstations are equipped with:

• MS Office - Small Business
  
• MS Publisher
  
• MS Excel
  
• Internet Access (for business research only)
  
  

Top Business Hotlinks:

Strategis
Statistics Canada
Canada-Ontario Business Service Centre (COBSC)
Ministry of Economic Development & Trade
The Small Business Policy Branch