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 http://canadabusiness.ca/business-planning/
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/
Starting a business in Airdrie - Visit http://www.airdrie.ca/index.cfm?serviceID=468
Small Business Utilities - Visit the Utilities Consumer Advocate website to compare electricity and gas prices in your area, view historical rates, or get help resolving utility-related issues.
Economic Development
Airdrie Economic Development call 403-948-8844, 1-888-247-3743 or visit www.airdrienow.ca
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/
Resources
Provincial Government Links
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
Federal Government Links
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
