LibGuides UFV: BUS 227, New Business Development: Financing Your Business

Financing Your Small Business

Find information about opportunities for funding, areas of development to consider and more.

Financing
Information on business loans. From the Business Development Bank of Canada.
Financing Your New Business
Discusses sources for both government and private-sector funding. From the Canada Business Network.
Money and Finance
Manage cash flow, secure loans to finance upcoming projects, and prepare for longer-term investments to fuel growth. From the Business Development Bank.
Financial Performance Data
Benchmark data, including financial ratios, for small- to medium ($30,000-$5 million) and large ($5 million-$20 million) enterprises in Canada. Provided by Industry Canada.
10 Mistakes to Avoid When Seeking Investment
From Small Business BC.

Canadian Bankers Association
Publications on banking and financial topics, banking statistics; links to banking sites in Canada.

Small Business Access to Financing by Daniel Seens Results from the Survey on Financing of Small and Medium Enterprises and the Credit Conditions Survey to showcase information on small business financing activities between 2000 and 2010.
Call Number: E-book
Publication Date: 2013
Entrepreneurial Finance by Steven Rogers Provides the essential tools and know-how you need to build a sturdy foundation that will support it for many years to come.
Call Number: HG 4026 R65 2009
Publication Date: 2009
Financing Reports by Industry Canada SME Research and Statistics Various statistics on the financing of Canadian small and medium-sized enterprises including credit request and approval rates, average value of loan requests and intended use of financing. Some statistics are presented by demographic characteristics of owners (e.g., women, visible minorities), province, industry and firm size.
Venture Capital Monitor Quarterly publication on the venture capital (VC) industry in Canada; provides current information about this key enabling industry: tracks trends in investment activity; reports on topical VC-related research; and looks at key technology clusters where VC investment is taking place.
Publication Date: 2006-2014