Grants in Nipissing District
District seat: North Bay
Program eligibility here
City hubs
Local offices
Free counselling and local lending from the delivery network serving this district.
- The Business Centre Nipissing Parry Sound
SBEC
Small Business Enterprise Centre providing free business advisory services and entrepreneurship programs including Starter Company Plus, Summer Company and the Newcomer Entrepreneurship Program.Serves the Nipissing and Parry Sound districts; based in North Bay City Hall.
- 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).
- Economic Partners Sudbury East / West Nipissing Inc.
CFDC
CFDC providing loans, loan guarantees, equity investments and business development programs for Sudbury East and West Nipissing.Serves the Sudbury East / West Nipissing area; constituent municipalities inferred from district geography, the site does not enumerate them (unconfirmed).
- 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.
- NECO Community Futures Development Corporation
CFDC
CFDC providing financial assistance, counselling, training and advisory services for small business in East Nipissing and East Parry Sound.Site states it serves the East Nipissing and East Parry Sound (Almaguin) region without enumerating municipalities; the community list here is inferred from district geography (unconfirmed).
- City of North Bay Economic Development
EDO
Municipal economic development office for North Bay, business attraction, start/grow-a-business navigation and site development support.City of North Bay.
- 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.
- Waubetek Business Development Corporation
IFI
Indigenous Financial Institution providing business loans, micro-loans, e-commerce and community economic grants, and business planning support to Indigenous entrepreneurs in Northeast Ontario.First Nations and Indigenous entrepreneurs of Northeast Ontario; its site does not enumerate member First Nations online, exact district boundary (e.g. Timiskaming/Cochrane edges) unconfirmed.