Grants in Sudbury District (excl. Greater Sudbury)

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).
• 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).
• LaCloche Manitoulin Business Assistance Corporation (LAMBAC) CFDC
  CFDC providing small-business loans, counselling and community economic development for the LaCloche–Manitoulin region.
  Per its site: from Walford through to Nairn on Hwy 17, from Espanola down Hwy 6 through all of Manitoulin Island, plus the Municipality of Killarney. Island First Nations within the area implied but not enumerated.
• 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.
• 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.
• Regional Business Centre (Greater Sudbury) SBEC
  Small Business Enterprise Centre providing free one-on-one consultations, registration/licensing guidance and provincial programs (Starter Company Plus, Summer Company) for the Sudbury region.
  Site describes coverage as 'Greater Sudbury, Manitoulin and region'; the Sudbury District inclusion is the 'and region' reading (unconfirmed boundary).
• Superior East Community Futures Development Corporation CFDC
  CFDC providing small-business loans and counselling for the Superior East communities.
  Site names Wawa, White River, Dubreuilville and Chapleau plus 'surrounding First Nations' (~230 km of Lake Superior's northeastern shore). Chapleau is in Sudbury District. Hornepayne coverage is NOT claimed by this or any neighbouring CFDC site checked, unconfirmed gap.
• 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.
• 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.