This page is a directory of sources of business funding that support businesses by Indigenous Entrepreneurs across Canada. The page will be regularly updated to ensure that funding sources are current. 

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Alberta Funding Organizations

Sector	Sub-Sector	Organization
Public Sector	Regional Development Agency	Community Futures Treaty Seven
Public Sector	Ministry	Ministry of Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation
Public Sector	Crown Corporation	Alberta Indigenous Opportunities Corporation
Public Sector	Sector-Specific Organization	Indian Business Corporation
Public Sector	Sector-Specific Organization	Metis Settlements Development Corporation (MSDC)
Public Sector	Sector-Specific Organization	Indigenous Relations Office (City of Edmonton)
Private Sector	Financial Institution	Apeetogosan (Métis) Development Inc.
Private Sector	Financial Institution	Settlement Investment Corporation
Private Sector	Financial Institution	Alberta Indian Investment Corporation (AIIC)

British Columbia Funding Organizations

Sector	Sub-Sector	Organization
Public Sector	Regional Development Agency	Community Futures Central Interior First Nations, Kamloops
Public Sector	Regional Development Agency	Haida Gwaii Community Futures, Massett
Public Sector	Regional Development Agency	Stó:lō Community Futures, Chiiliwack
Public Sector	Regional Development Agency	Nuu-chah-nulth Economic Development Corporation, Tseshaht First Nation
Public Sector	Ministry	Ministry of Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation
Public Sector	Crown Corporation	Métis Financial Corporation of BC
Public Sector	Crown Corporation	First Peoples’ Cultural Council
Public Sector	Sector-Specific Organization	Indigenous Economic Development Resources
Public Sector	Sector-Specific Organization	Burns Lake Native Development Corporation
Public Sector	Sector-Specific Organization	All Nations Trust Company
Public Sector	Sector-Specific Organization	Aboriginal Business and Community Development Centre
Public Sector	Sector-Specific Organization	Tribal Resources Investment Corporation
Public Sector	Sector-Specific Organization	New Relationship Trust
Public Sector	Sector-Specific Organization	Coast Funds
Public Sector	Sector-Specific Organization	Tale’Awtxw Aboriginal Capital Corporation
Public Sector	Sector-Specific Organization	Northern Development Initiative Trust
Public Sector	Sector-Specific Organization	City of Reconciliation (City of Vancouver)
Non-Profit Sector	Association	Native Fishing Association
Private Sector	Accelerator	Capilano University – Indigenous Digital Accelerator
Private Sector	Accelerator	The Fireweed Fellowship
Private Sector	Financial Institution	Nuu-chah-nulth Economic Development Corporation

Federal Funding Organizations

Sector	Sub-Sector	Organization
Public Sector	Ministry	Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada (CIRNAC)
Public Sector	Ministry	Indigenous Services Canada (ISC)
Non-Profit Sector	Association	National Aboriginal Capital Corporations Association (NACCA)
Non-Profit Sector	Association	Indigenous Tourism Association of Canada (ITAC)
Non-Profit Sector	Association	Canadian Council for Indigenous Business (CIBB)
Non-Profit Sector	Foundations	Indigenous Youth Roots
Non-Profit Sector	Network	Inuit Women in Business Network (IWBN)
Private Sector	Impact Investment Company	Raven Indigenous Capital Partners
Private Sector	Venture Capital	Indigena Capital

Manitoba Funding Organizations

Sector	Sub-Sector	Organization
Public Sector	Regional Development Agency	Dakota Ojibway Community Futures Development Corporation
Public Sector	Regional Development Agency	Northwest Community Futures Development Corporation
Public Sector	Regional Development Agency	Cedar Lake Community Futures Development Corporation
Public Sector	Regional Development Agency	Community Futures North Central Development
Public Sector	Regional Development Agency	Kitayan Community Futures Development Corporation
Public Sector	Sector-Specific Organization	First Peoples Economic Growth Fund Inc.
Public Sector	Sector-Specific Organization	Metis Economic Development Fund
Public Sector	Sector-Specific Organization	Louis Riel Capital Corporation
Public Sector	Sector-Specific Organization	Southeast Community Futures Development Corporation
Public Sector	Sector-Specific Organization	Tribal Wi-Chi-Way-Win Capital Corporation
Public Sector	Sector-Specific Organization	First Peoples Economic Growth Fund
Public Sector	Sector-Specific Organization	Indigenous Relations Division (City of Winnipeg)
Non-Profit Sector	Cooperative	Arctic Co-operative Development Fund

New Brunswick Funding Organizations

Sector	Sub-Sector	Organization
Public Sector	Ministry	Ministry of Indigenous Affairs
Private Sector	Financial Institution	NBAPC Equity Fund

Northwest Territories Funding Organizations

Sector	Sub-Sector	Organization
Public Sector	Ministry	Ministry of Executive and Indigenous Affairs
Public Sector	Sector-Specific Organization	Deh Cho Business Development Centre
Public Sector	Sector-Specific Organization	Thebacha Business Development Services
Public Sector	Sector-Specific Organization	Sahtu Business Development Centre
Public Sector	Sector-Specific Organization	NWT Métis-Dene Development Fund
Public Sector	Sector-Specific Organization	NWT On The Land Collaborative
Public Sector	Accelerator	EntrepreNorth
Private Sector	Financial Institution	Akaitcho Business Development Corporation

Nova Scotia Funding Organizations

Sector	Sub-Sector	Organization
Public Sector	Sector-Specific Organization	Ulnooweg Development Group Inc.

Nunavut Funding Organizations

Sector	Sub-Sector	Organization
Public Sector	Regional Development Agency	Kitikmeot Community Futures Inc.
Private Sector	Sector-Specific Organization	Baffin Business Development Corporation
Private Sector	Sector-Specific Organization	Kivalliq Business Development Centre
Non-Profit Sector	Association	Kakivak Association
Private Sector	Impact Investment Company	Atuqtuarvik Corporation

Ontario Funding Organizations

Sector	Sub-Sector	Organization
Public Sector	Sector-Specific Organization	Indigenous Tourism Ontario (ITO)
Public Sector	Sector-Specific Organization	Waubetek Business Development Corporation
Public Sector	Sector-Specific Organization	Rainy Lake Tribal Area Business & Financial Services Corporation
Public Sector	Sector-Specific Organization	Nishnawbe Aski Development Fund
Public Sector	Sector-Specific Organization	Two Rivers Community Development Centre
Public Sector	Sector-Specific Organization	Métis Voyageur Development Fund Inc.
Public Sector	Sector-Specific Organization	Tecumseh Community Development Corporation
Public Sector	Sector-Specific Organization	First Nations Agriculture and Financing of Ontario
Public Sector	Sector-Specific Organization	Ottawa Aboriginal Coalition
Public Sector	Sector-Specific Organization	Indigenous Affairs Office (City of Toronto)

Ontario Funding Organizations

Sector	Sub-Sector	Organization
Public Sector	Regional Development Agency	Wakenagun Community Futures Development Corporation
Public Sector	Ministry	Ministry of Indigenous Affairs and First Nations Economic Reconciliation

Quebec Funding Organizations

Sector	Sub-Sector	Organization
Public Sector	Sector-Specific Organization	Tewatohnhi’saktha Business Loan Fund
Public Sector	Sector-Specific Organization	Corporation de développement économique montagnaise
Public Sector	Sector-Specific Organization	Eeyou Economic Group / CFDC Inc.
Public Sector	Sector-Specific Organization	Société de crédit commercial autochtone
Non-Profit Sector	Cooperative	Coop de solidarité Nitaskinan

Saskatchewan Funding Organizations

Sector	Sub-Sector	Organization
Public Sector	Regional Development Agency	Visions North CFDC
Public Sector	Regional Development Agency	Beaver River Community Futures Development Corporation
Public Sector	Sector-Specific Organization	Northern Enterprise Fund Inc.
Public Sector	Sector-Specific Organization	Clarence Campeau Development Fund
Public Sector	Sector-Specific Organization	SaskMétis Economic Development Corporation
Public Sector	Sector-Specific Organization	Saskatchewan Indigenous Investment Finance Corporation (SIIFC)
Public Sector	Sector-Specific Organization	Saskatchewan Indian Institute of Technologies (SIIT)
Non-Profit Sector	Foundations	Saskatchewan Indian Equity Foundation Inc.
Non-Profit Sector	Foundations	Saskatchewan Indigenous Enterprise Foundation Inc. (SIEF)

Yukon Funding Organizations

Sector	Sub-Sector	Organization
Private Sector	Venture Capital	däna Näye Ventures

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