Canada Business Network (CBN) (French: Réseau Entreprises Canada ) is a collaborative arrangement among Canadian federal government departments and agencies, provincial and territorial governments, and not-for-profit entities1. Its aim is to provide small and medium Canadian businesses and enterprising organizations with the resources they need to grow and prosper in a global economy, free of charge.
Governance of the CBN is outlined in a combination of inter-jurisdictional agreements and collaborative arrangements defining roles and responsibilities at the federal and regional level.
Federally, CBN is managed in the following configuration:
Innovation, Science and Economic Development (ISED)
Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency
Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions
Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency
Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario
Prairies Economic Development Canada
Pacific Economic Development Canada
CBN promotes entrepreneurship and innovation, and aims to reduce the complexity for entrepreneurs in dealing with multiple levels of government. On the Network's website http://www.canadaBusiness.ca/ entrepreneurs can learn how to register a business and get information on planning and managing their operations including doing market research and protecting their intellectual property. Business owners can also search for government financing programs as well as federal, provincial/territorial, and municipal permits and licences.
Connect with the CBN http://www.canadabusiness.ca/eng/page/contact/ through a toll-free phone number: 1-888-576-4444 or TTY: 1-800-457-8466, and receive support from regional service centres.
Services available to businesses and enterprising non-profits include (but are not limited to) seminars, business education, networking events, business advisory services, and business research services by geographic location and business sector.
CBN uses social media as an extension of its presence on the Web. In addition to weekly blogs on a variety of business topics, CBN has a presence on Twitter https://twitter.com/canadabusiness, Facebook https://www.facebook.com/CanadaBusinessNetwork, and YouTube https://www.youtube.com/user/CanadaBusinessCBN.
CBN has been mentioned in the following Canadian newspaper and magazine articles: