Grants in Parry Sound District

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).
• 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).
• 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.
• Parry Sound Area Community Business & Development Centre CFDC
  CFDC providing repayable business loans, information counselling/referrals and community economic development in the Parry Sound area.
  Western Parry Sound District ('Parry Sound Area'); the site does not enumerate communities, list inferred from district geography (unconfirmed). Eastern Parry Sound District (Almaguin) is served by NECO per NECO's 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.