In order to successfully operate a business, sufficient financing must be in place. Financing may include term loans, lines of credit, venture capital, credit from suppliers, friends, family or investors, etc. It is important to do your research and see what sources of financing are the best fit for you and your business.

Here are some resources to help you:

• Canada Business Development Corporations (CBDCs): CBDCs provide small to medium-sized businesses access to flexible financing, training and support services.
• Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC): BDC offers many tips and guides, expert consulting services and financing to support you in your projects.
• 3+ Economic Development Corporation: 3+ is an economic development corporation for Dieppe, Moncton and Riverview, leveraging regional assets to foster new job creation, enhance prosperity, and improve overall competitiveness.
• Impact: The Impact loan helps foster small and medium-sized businesses in urban Atlantic Canada. Entrepreneurs of all ages can apply for a business start-up loan to take their business to the next level.
• Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA): ACOA creates economic growth opportunities in Atlantic Canada and provides programs and initiatives to support entrepreneurs' innovation, development and internationalization.
• Opportunities New Brunswick (ONB): ONB helps New Brunswick businesses to diversify and grow by finding new export markets within Canada and internationally.
• Joint Economic Development Initiative (JEDI): JEDI Aboriginal Development Fund (JADF) is a tool that enables JEDI to promote economic development in New Brunswick First Nation communities.