Grants in Cochrane District

City hubs

• Grants in Timmins

Local offices

Free counselling and local lending from the delivery network serving this district.

• Destination Northern Ontario RTO
  RTO13 coordinating and investing in tourism product development, marketing, workforce development, investment attraction and partnership programs for Northern Ontario tourism operators.
  Regional Tourism Organization 13, all of Northern Ontario, managed through sub-regions (13a/13b/13c).
• Kirkland & District Community Development Corporation CFDC
  CFDC providing business counselling, small-business financing and community development for the Kirkland Lake district.
  Confirmed from its service-area page; Black River-Matheson extends the catchment into Cochrane District.
• Nishnawbe Aski Development Fund (NADF) IFI
  Indigenous Financial Institution providing business loans, micro-loans, blended grant/loan financing and business advisory support to Indigenous entrepreneurs and communities across Northern Ontario.
  First Nation communities and Indigenous entrepreneurs across all of Northern Ontario, with roots in Nishnawbe Aski Nation (Treaty 9 and Ontario Treaty 5) territory.
• Nord-Aski Regional Economic Development Corporation CFDC
  CFDC providing business investment/financing and economic development consulting for the Hearst region.
  Hearst region of western Cochrane District; the site does not publish a community list, Mattice-Val Côté and Constance Lake FN inclusion inferred from regional sources (unconfirmed). Whether Hornepayne (Algoma District) falls in its catchment is unconfirmed.
• North Claybelt Community Futures Development Corporation CFDC
  CFDC providing business loans, counselling and community development along the north Claybelt Hwy 11 corridor.
  Hwy 11 corridor from Opasatika to Iroquois Falls. Community list drawn from the Northeast Community Network regional directory and board representation; the CFDC's own site names only Kapuskasing, Iroquois Falls and Smooth Rock Falls, remainder unconfirmed on its own pages.
• PARO Centre for Women's Enterprise IFI
  Not-for-profit social enterprise providing women entrepreneurs with financing (PARO Funding, WEOC Loan Fund), peer lending circles, business counselling, training and networking.
  Home service area is Northern Ontario (HQ Thunder Bay); many programs are now delivered Canada-wide per its site.
• The Business Enterprise Centre (Timmins) SBEC
  Small Business Enterprise Centre providing one-on-one consultations, business registration/licensing help, business plan review, workshops and referrals for Timmins-area entrepreneurs.
  Timmins and area; precise catchment beyond the city unconfirmed.
• Timmins Economic Development Corporation (TEDC) EDO
  Municipal economic development corporation for Timmins, investment attraction, business support and community development, and host of the Business Enterprise Centre.
  City of Timmins.
• The Venture Centre CFDC
  CFDC providing repayable business loans through its Local Investment Fund plus business counselling and community economic planning for the Timmins area.
  Catchment confirmed from its site (population ~50,000); Gogama, Foleyet, Shining Tree, Biscotasing and Mattagami FN are in Sudbury District. Iroquois Falls/Cochrane are covered by North Claybelt and Matheson by KDCDC per those organizations' sources.
• Wakenagun Community Futures Development Corporation CFDC
  CFDC providing business financing, counselling and community strategic-planning support for the Mushkegowuk communities.
  Mushkegowuk region: mainly the western James Bay coast (Cochrane District), plus Fort Severn/Peawanuck (Kenora District) and Missanabie Cree / Chapleau Cree (Algoma / Sudbury Districts). Community list confirmed from its site.