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EDC Surety bonds

EDC provides access to contract or performance bonds with surety bonds.

Encourage your surety company to provide you with the bonding capacity you need to grow your business. We can reinsure them against losses if a customer demands payment against your surety bond.

Offered by Export Development Canada

Amount

No fixed amount

Quick eligibility check

Years in business
No minimum stated
Employees
No limit stated
Revenue
No limit stated
Legal structure
No requirement stated
Location

Who can apply

Applicants must be

Applicants must be active exporters. Eligibility is determined by EDC based on:

  1. the managerial, technical and financial capabilities of your company
  2. review of the bond
  3. contract terms
  4. conditions and economic outlook in your customer’s country, and the customer’s profile

About the funding

We share risk with a surety company in the case of your inability to deliver on your:

contractual obligations

financial obligations

regulatory obligations

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