Business Resources

Business Planning

Airdrie Business Insight http://airdrie.ecdev.org/

The Business Link, call 1-800-272-9675, or visit http://businesslink.ca/getting-started

Community Futures, call 1-877-603-2329 or visit http://centrewest.albertacf.com/

Canada Business Network, visit https://www.canada.ca/en/services/business.html

Starting a Business

Starting a business in Airdrie - Visit http://www.airdrie.ca/index.cfm?serviceID=468

City Resources, visit https://www.airdrie.ca/index.cfm?serviceID=468

Business Financing and Services, visit https://www.airdrie.ca/index.cfm?serviceID=107

Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC), visit https://www.bdc.ca/en

 

Business Permits/Licenses/Registration

City of Airdrie: call 403-948-8800 or visit http://www.airdrie.ca/index.cfm?serviceID=1201

Rocky View County: call 403-230-1401 or visit http://www.rockyview.ca/Business/StartingaBusiness.aspx

Registration Airdrie Registries, call 403-948-6018 or visit http://www.airdrieregistry.com/

BizPaL (Streamlining your business permit and licensing experience) http://bizpal.ca/en/

Corporate Registries, visit https://www.alberta.ca/service-alberta.aspx

 

 

Economic Development

Airdrie Economic Development call 403-948-8844, 1-888-247-3743 or visit https://www.airdrie.ca/index.cfm?serviceID=468

Rocky View Economic Development call 403-520-8195 or visit http://www.rockyview.ca/Business/InvestinRockyView/TheRockyViewAdvantage.aspx

Economic Development—The World's largest economic development news/commentary website http://economicdevelopment.org/

 

Education

RVS Adult Learning, visit https://adultlearning.rockyview.ab.ca/

Bow Valley College, visit https://bowvalleycollege.ca/schools/regional-stewardship/campuses/airdrie

Academy of Learning, visit https://www.academyoflearning.com/locations/alberta/airdrie/

Alberta Learning Information Service, visit https://alis.alberta.ca/

 

Resources

Local Tools and Resources

Airdrie Public Library - Visit https://www.airdriepubliclibrary.ca/

Career Leap Employment Services - Visit https://manpowerab.com/career-leap/

Rockyview and Wheatland Employment Services - Visit https://www.prospectnow.ca/rwes/

Local Business Associations - Visit https://www.airdrie.ca/index.cfm?serviceID=103

Community Events Calendar - Visit https://www.airdrie.ca/index.cfm?serviceID=667

Airdrie Entrepreneur Common - Visit https://airdriecommon.ca/

Provincial Resources

AlbertaCanada.com http://www.albertacanada.com/

Alberta Labour  - Visit http://work.alberta.ca/

Small Business Resources - Visit http://smallbusiness.alberta.ca/

Alberta Works - Visit http://www.humanservices.alberta.ca/financial-support/3171.html

Alberta Employment Standards - Visit https://work.alberta.ca/employment-standards.html

Alberta Purchasing Connection - Visit http://vendor.purchasingconnection.ca/helpdocumentation.aspx

Alberta Occupational Health and Safety - Visit https://www.alberta.ca/occupational-health-safety.aspx

Alberta Agriculture, Forestry, and Rural Economic Development - Visit https://www.alberta.ca/agriculture-forestry-and-rural-economic-development.aspx

Alberta Women Entrepreneurs - Visit https://www.awebusiness.com/

Alberta Health Services Environmental Public Health - Visit https://www.albertahealthservices.ca/eph/eph.aspx

Alberta Jobs, Economy and Innovation - Visit https://www.alberta.ca/jobs-economy-and-innovation.aspx

Agriculture Financial Services Corporation (AFSC) - Visit https://afsc.ca/

Federal Resources

Office of Small and Medium Enterprises - Visit http://www.tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca/app-acq/pme-sme/index-eng.html

Information on tender opportunities, how to do business with the feds, data on previous contracts, etc) Visit https://buyandsell.gc.ca/

Office of the Procurement Ombudsman - Visit http://opo-boa.gc.ca/index-eng.html 

Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada - Visit http://www.ic.gc.ca/Intro.html

Statistics Canada - Visit http://www.statcan.gc.ca/eng/start

Canada Revenue Agency - Visit https://www.canada.ca/en/revenue-agency.html

Export Development Canada - Visit https://www.edc.ca/

Futurpreneur Canada - Visit https://www.futurpreneur.ca/en/

GO Productivity - Visit https://goproductivity.ca/