Training Dates: September 9 - October 4, 2024 || November 11 - December 6, 2024 || January 6 - 31, 2025 || March 3 - 28, 2025
Registration Deadline: Not indicated
Cost to Participate: Free to participate
Program Delivery: Online
About the Program:
Entrepreneurship Connections® is designed for newcomers who plan to start a business in Canada. If you have owned or operated a business outside Canada, this innovative and informative program will help you use that experience in the Canadian market. You will receive individual coaching to start a business, which includes developing a business plan, receiving legal consultation and benefiting from the support of an established mentor.
Eligibility:
Permanent Resident (or Individuals who have been selected for PR status pending completion of certain requirements), Protected Persons, CUAET Work Permit Holders
Interest in starting your own business
Applicants must have a viable business idea
Language requirement: CLB 5+ or equivalent
Program Benefits:
Experiential and hands-on learning
Customized one-to-one coaching to create your business plan and launch your business
Coaching and support after you’ve started your business
Gain knowledge and resources to successfully start your business
Learn how to create a business plan and access funding resources
Referrals to Speed Mentoring®
Access to successful entrepreneurs, mentors, and guests who are experts in entrepreneurship topics
Prepare a “business pitch” and acquire workplace communication skills to prepare for Canadian business culture
Orientation to entrepreneurship in Canada
Registration Deadline: Not indicated
Cost to Participate: Free to participate
Program Delivery: Online self-directed
About the Program:
ACCES Employment’s Entrepreneurship Connections® Pre-Arrival (ECP) program supports newcomers approved to move to Canada. Whether you are already an experienced entrepreneur, or want to explore how entrepreneurship, including self-employment, can provide exciting opportunities to transfer your experience/ideas into starting a successful business in Canada, this program is for you! ECP provides you with the very latest information, support, and resources to confidently take your first steps – all before coming to Canada.
Eligibility:
Plan to arrive in Canada within the next 1 to 6 months
Have been approved for Canadian Permanent Residency and are currently living outside of Canada
Interest in starting your own business
Proficient computer skills and comfortable with online learning
Program Benefits:
One-on-one business advising and support in developing a personalized action plan
Orientation to entrepreneurship in Canada
Obtain self-employment readiness assessments
Receive entrepreneurship training and supports before your arrival in Canada
Gain knowledge and resources to successfully start your business
Learn how to create a business plan and access funding resources
Access to successful entrepreneurs, mentors, and guests who are experts in entrepreneurship topics
Build connections with entrepreneurs and entrepreneurship support networks across Canada
Acquire workplace communication skills and prepare for Canadian business culture
Receive targeted referrals to post-arrival entrepreneurship services
Training Dates: Not indicated
Registration Deadline: Not indicated
Cost to Participate: Free to participate
Program Delivery: Not indicated
About the Program:
Introduction to Entrepreneurship and Self Employment in Canada for Ukrainians is a free program that answers basic questions about what it is like to start a business or engage in freelance and contract work in Canada. Introducing participants to the legal, financial, and cultural aspects of business in Canada, this short term bootcamp will help you decide if self-employment is the right option for you.
Eligibility:
Permanent Resident (or Individuals who have been selected for PR status pending completion of certain requirements), Protected Persons, CUAET Work Permit Holders
Interest in starting your own business
Applicants must have a viable business idea
Language requirement: CLB 5+ or equivalent
Program Benefits:
Customized one-to-one coaching to start your business
Orientation to entrepreneurship in Canada
Gain knowledge and resources to successfully start your business
Learn how to create a business plan and access funding resources
Access to successful entrepreneurs, mentors, and guests who are experts in entrepreneurship topics
Referrals to Speed Mentoring®
Prepare a “business pitch” and access support to navigate Canadian business culture
Training Dates: Not indicated
Registration Deadline: Not indicated
Cost to Participate: Not indicated
Program Delivery: Virtual and in-person
About the Program:
TBDC’s Soft Landing Program (SLP) is a 9-month virtual and in-person startup incubation program that helps immigrant entrepreneurs start businesses in Ontario. Our program acclimatizes business owners to the Canadian market and equips them with the knowledge and tools they need to hit the ground running in Canada.
The SLP is powered by the Canadian StartUp Visa (SUV) Program. The Government of Canada SUV Program offers Permanent Residency to immigrant entrepreneurs who want to start, build, and grow innovative businesses and use Canada as a gateway to world markets while creating jobs and adding value to the Canadian economy.
Entrepreneurs accepted into TBDC’s SLP will receive a Letter of Support (LoS) that makes them eligible to apply for and receive a Work Permit and Canadian PR.
Eligibility:
Interested applicants can fill out the program eligibility form to submit to the TBDC team
Program Benefits:
Prepare: Pre-Arrival Incubation
3 months virtual
Acclimatizes international entrepreneurs to the cultural nuances of Canada
Identifies the right resources for research on the Canadian market
Guide: Soft-Landing Incubation
3 months in-person with office access
TBDC mentors entrepreneurs about tactical business needs and gives them advice about business strategy
Results in a solid foundation upon which the entrepreneur can build pilot projects and attract business development opportunities
Connect: Extended Support
3 months in person with office access
Connects entrepreneur with municipalities, research centers, funding organizations, academic institutions, incubators / accelerators, investors, talent networks, and business support services as required
Training Dates: Ongoing
Cost to Participate: Free to participate
Program Delivery: In-person and virtual based on client preferences
About the Program:
The Newcomer Women Entrepreneurship Program (NWEP) is a free training and counselling program for newcomer women who are interested in learning and developing entrepreneurial skills to start a business. The program equips participants with basic business start-up skills and knowledge related to launching and growing a small business in Toronto. The program will also connect newcomer women with a community of small business owners, as well as guiding the entrepreneurs to available resources for Startup and small businesses.
Eligibility:
Identify as a woman
18 years of age and older
Permanent Residents, Convention Refugees or live-in caregivers
Program Benefits:
One-on-one self-employment counselling sessions
Referrals to other community and settlement services
A PowerPoint Template for your pitch deck
A step-by-step video guide to Registering Your Business Name as a Sole-Proprietor
Self-employment resources and more
Some Workshop Topics Include:
Creating a personalized action plan to launch a business
Developing your idea and business plan
Learn how to register a business in Ontario
Create and practice your business pitch
Contact them for more information and how you can register.
About the Program:
New Circles is pleased to launch an entrepreneurship program open to immigrant women who have the capacity to converse in and understand English. This program will teach you how to earn money for yourself and your family! New Circles will provide the materials, training partners, and community connections to set you up for success.
New Circles understands the barriers that newcomer women face, including a lack of knowledge of small business and entrepreneurship structure in Canada. We will help you build social networks and build your business plan.
Eligibility:
Immigrant women who have the capacity to converse in and understand English
Program Benefits:
Learn how to make money for yourself and your family
Build social networks and your business plan
Contact them for more information and how you can register.
About the Program:
Whether you are starting a business, struggling to balance business and work, juggling family and school, or just trying to reset a few things in your life, Style Suite can help you get back on track! Each week we meet for 90 minutes to set a clear path forward starting with goal setting, addressing accountability to self, making a plan, implementing the plan, getting your money right, and helping you look and feel like the boss you are with personal style coaching!
Program Benefits:
Each session will be facilitated by a subject-matter expert and feature demonstrations, tools, and resources
1:1 consultation with one of the experts
Weekly surprises and special draws to win a power outfit of your choice
Contact them for more information and how you can register.
About the Program:
This program provides the foundation necessary for women to make thoughtful and responsible decisions about spending, saving, borrowing, and investing. Like reading or writing, economic literacy is an essential life skill. Whether young, old, or older, wealthy, or barely making it, married or not – every woman and girl will be faced at some point in their life with the responsibility of managing their financial welfare.