Grants in Thunder Bay District

City hubs

• Grants in Thunder Bay

Local offices

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

• Atikokan Economic Development Corporation CFDC
  CFDC providing business development loans, advisory services, mentoring and business planning for the Atikokan area.
  Site states it serves residents of Atikokan, Upsala and local First Nations; Upsala is in Thunder Bay District, hence the two-district catchment.
• 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).
• Greenstone Economic Development Corporation CFDC
  CFDC delivering business loans, counselling and community economic development for the Greenstone region.
  Municipality of Greenstone and area (eastern Thunder Bay District); community list derived from Greenstone's constituent wards, not enumerated by GEDC directly (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.
• 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.
• Superior North CFDC CFDC
  CFDC administering a local investment fund for small-business start-up, expansion and stabilization plus one-on-one advisory services along Lake Superior's north shore.
  Site names Dorion, Terrace Bay, Schreiber and Manitouwadge 'and everywhere in between' (North of Superior corridor); the in-between communities listed here are geographic inference, not site-enumerated.
• Thunder Bay & District Entrepreneur Centre (CEDC) SBEC
  Small Business Enterprise Centre providing free confidential business counselling, workshops, and provincial grant programs including Starter Company Plus and Summer Company.
  Thunder Bay and district, with regional reach across Northwestern Ontario per its site.
• Thunder Bay Community Economic Development Commission (CEDC) EDO
  Municipal economic development organization for Thunder Bay, investment attraction, business retention and expansion, and navigation to funding and support programs.
  City of Thunder Bay's economic development agency.
• Thunder Bay Ventures CFDC
  CFDC providing repayable small-business loans and business support for start-ups and expansions in the Thunder Bay area.
  City of Thunder Bay and surrounding area; site says 'Thunder Bay and surrounding areas' without enumerating the rural municipalities (Oliver Paipoonge, Neebing, Shuniah etc. unconfirmed).