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Business in the Streets (BITS)688 Richmond St W Suite 304, Toronto, ON M6J 1C5A non-profit organization based in Toronto, providing youth facing barriers, access to business training, peer mentorship, micro-financing, and ongoing business supports. BITS was created to support youth that are disadvantaged, Marginalized, and under-discovered by providing them top tier entrepreneurial programs as well as mentorship and networking opportunities. BITS works directly with youth to support them in creating and sustaining economic opportunities that work for them.
Youthhttps://businessinthestreets.com/about-us/what-we-do/
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 City of Toronto- Toronto Small Business Enterprise Centre (Toronto Enterprise)Toronto City Hall (100 Queen St. W.) Monday-Friday from 8:30am-4:30 pm (currently closed).
North York Civic Centre (5100 Yonge. St) Monday-Friday from 8:30am-4:30 pm (currently closed).
Scarborough Civic Centre ( 150 Borough Dr.) Monday-Friday from 8:30am-4:30 pm (currently closed).
The Toronto small business Enterprise centre offers guidance, information, and tools that entrepreneurs need to grow their business. The provide:
One-on-one consultation
Business registration assistance
Business plan review
Information on small business funding, business permits and licences, importing and exporting
Business seminars, youth entrepreneurship programs, mentoring and networking opportunities

There are also:
Online training that offers to improve business knowledge and skills online
Seminars that are in person (not available atm)
Small business support
Entrepreneur support
Youthhttps://www.toronto.ca/business-economy/business-start-ups/training-support-for-business-start-ups/
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 Access Community Capital Fund401 Richmond St. W, Suite 375
Toronto, ON, M5V 3A8		Women’s Business Accelerator: The Women’s Business Accelerator is a free, online workshop series that will equip you with the tools you need to build a profitable business.
Eligibility:
You are a permanent resident, convention refugee or live-in caregiver with a legal right to work in Canada
You have a business idea or be interested in starting a business in Canada
https://accessccf.com/womens-business-accelerator/

Small Business Accelerator: The Small Business Accelerator (SBA) is a workshop series that will equip you with the tools you need to build a profitable business.
In the SBA program, you’ll:
Develop your idea and craft a business plan
Receive coaching support to enhance your learning
Network with other entrepreneurs and industry professionals
Practice and refine your pitching skills
https://accessccf.com/smallbusinessaccelerator/
WomenWomen's Business Accelerator: https://accessccf.com/womens-business-accelerator/

Small Business Accelerator: https://accessccf.com/smallbusinessaccelerator/
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York Entrepreneur Development Institute (YEDI)907 Alness Street
Toronto, Ontario
M3J 2J1		York Entrepreneurship Development Institute is a charitable organization (no. 81209 5735 RR0001) whose mission is to provide top-tier business education and mentorship to innovative entrepreneurs from any sector or industry in order to build and accelerate successful businesses and efficient not-for-profit organizations.
Upon graduation the entrepreneurs receive formal certification from The Schulich School of Business (York University) and/or YEDI, and the opportunity to pitch to potential investors, including our own Venture Fund.
Serving Toronto, York Region and internationally based ventures, YEDI presents programs and guided processes for its participants, including lecture-based learning, seminar training, deliverable milestones, peer workshops, and mentorship by subject matter experts. YEDI offers an array of programs to serve Canadian & International for-profit and not-for-profit innovators from a diversity of sectors.
Youthhttps://www.yedinstitute.org/about-us/
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Futurpreneur133 Richmond Street West, Suite 700
Toronto ON, M5H 2L3		Futurpreneur Canada has been fueling the entrepreneurial passions of Canada’s young enterprise for two decades. We are the only national, non-profit organization that provides financing, mentoring and support tools to aspiring business owners aged 18-39. Our internationally recognized mentoring program hand matches young entrepreneurs with a business expert from a network of more than 3,000 volunteer mentors. https://www.futurpreneur.ca/en/
Youthhttps://www.futurpreneur.ca/en/
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ACCES EmploymentACCES Employment North York is located at the intersection of Sheppard Avenue East and Yorkland Road in North York, Ontario.

2001 Sheppard Avenue East, Suite 201
North York, ON, M2J 4Z8

Tel: 416-443-9008
Fax: 416-443-0464		Entrepreneurship Connections is a free, intensive training program offered in Toronto, Ontario. The program includes in-class training for up to 4 weeks, plus one year of mentorship and networking opportunities.Newcomers https://accesemployment.ca/programs/starting-a-business/entrepreneurship-connections#1608173696148-b97b6d2d-de83
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NYCH700 Lawrence Ave. W., Suite 226 | Toronto, ON M6A 3B4Are you a newcomer to Canada looking to start your own online business?

The Self-Employment Support Program at North York Community House provides support to eligible Newcomer Canadians during the initial phase (planning and start-up) of their business.		https://www.nych.ca/program-board-1/2021/self-employment-program
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Scadding Court- Women's Entrepreneurship Hub & Business out of the Box707 Dundas St W, Toronto, ON M5T 2W6The Women’s Entrepreneurship Hub (WE-Hub) is an entrepreneurship hub program for low-income, self-identifying women who want to learn about the foundations of entrepreneurship, the local entrepreneurship eco-system, and how to start a business on their own terms.

Business out of the Box:Business out of the Box provides a platform for both communities and entrepreneurs to transform underutilized spaces in a neighbourhood into vibrant, lucrative and inclusive markets. In addition to this, it showcases local businesses and talent to bring people together to celebrate a community.
Womenhttps://scaddingcourt.org/special-projects/womens-entrepreneurship-hub/https://scaddingcourt.org/business-out-of-the-box/
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PAROHeadquarters in Thunder Bay with office locations in Oshawa and Vanier. Catchment area is all of Ontario!A not-for-profit social enterprise, Paro collaborates to empower women, strengthen small business, and promote community economic development across Ontario.
PARO assists women to:
Seed start-up
Be poised for growth
Nurture peer lending circles
Provide access to loans with non-repayment portion
Connect with mentors and other connectors

Accessing New Growth Opportunities
We help women’s companies to:
Strengthening linkages with Federal and Provincial programs
Supporting Innovation and Technology Adoption to Scale-up
Using PARO’s Hubs, infrastructure, and supportive program including CIT’s to expand and integrate their activity in existing and emerging business sectors
Providing Growth Grants


Expanding Access to Export Markets
Expanding women’s companies by:
Identify the challenges and supports they need to Export
Increase women’s knowledge of how to build their capacity and readiness to Export
Leverage connections through events such as PDAC and the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair
Provide education and events that support women’s learning and progress towards exporting
Participate in PARO’s Regional Cluster Innovation Tables to seek services and funding in support of Exporting 		Womenhttps://paro.ca/
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JobSkillsLocations in Newmarket, Brampron, Keswick, Mississauga, Markham - services delivered online and available to clients in North YorkThe Youth Entrepreneurship program gives promising young entrepreneurs access to resources and skills providing the best chance for the success of their new businesses. You will have the opportunity to start your own business during this 24-week program that serves youth in York Region & Peel Region. Self-Employment Pathways for Newcomers is an innovative three-phase program currently delivered online. Individuals will have the opportunity to investigate self-employment and access resources and tools to support their decision on this career pathway. Newcomers often face additional barriers when starting a business and involvement in the program will provide knowledge of Canadian business culture, help develop social and professional networks, and provide information on accessing financing. The program currently serves Newcomers in York Region & the GTA, contact us for more information.Newcomers, Youthhttps://www.jobskills.org/
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Seneca CollegeHELIXHELIX, Seneca's innovation and entrepreneurship incubator, invites Seneca students, graduates, faculty and staff, along with members of the community, to explore and develop their entrepreneurial mindset.

HELIX provides the tools needed to design and launch a scalable startup or to innovate from within an existing organization as an intrapreneur.

Innovative employees or intrapreneurs, can positively impact all sectors of the economy. Intrapreneurs are agile and quickly adapt to new situations. HELIX supports individuals in building their intrapreneurial assets so that they may in turn develop innovative solutions to existing problems within their sector.

Building on this established innovation design framework, HELIX provides additional resources to assist those dedicated to developing, launching and scaling their own ventures. Supports for entrepreneurs include coaching/mentorship, co-working space, networking introductions and events, guest speaker presentations, funding application assistance, enhanced experiential learning opportunities and ecosystem engagement.		Seneca students, graduates, faculty and staff, along with members of the communityhttps://www.senecacollege.ca/innovation/helix.html
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New CirclesMake It! Entrepreneurshipa social entrepreneurship program open to immigrant women with the capacity to converse and understand English. This program will provide you with the ability to earn money for yourself and your family! New Circles will provide the materials, training partners, and community connections to set you up for successWomenhttps://newcircles.ca/make-it-entrepreneurship/
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