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Resources for Alberta Businesses

Explore our free resources for small business owners and entrepreneurs in rural Alberta.

Small Business Guides

Simplify your start-up “to do’s” with these helpful guides. Join us and our partners at Business Link as we walk you through all the steps involved to turn your business idea into reality.

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Community Futures Lesser Slave Lake

Our Business Services & Loans

Frequently Asked Questions

Local Resources (Lesser Slave Lake Region)

A list of local resources that Community Futures Lesser Slave Lake uses to point business owners in the right direction.

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More Useful Resource Links

General Business Resources

  • Canadian Business and Industry - Canadian business supports and information

  • SME Direct - Gain access to a wealth of small business information available through Industry Canada.

  • Bplans.com -  Small Business Planning Centre offers an in-depth 'How To' start a business.

  • GoForth Institute - If you're looking to bolster your understanding of how to start, run or grow a successful and profitable business, learn GoForth Institute's 100 Essential Small Business Skills™ in only 10 hours conveniently delivered to your computer through streaming video and an option 400+ page resource curriculum book.

  • Entrepreneurs Kauffmann Foundations - Information on small business, finance, community development, international trade, entrepreneurship, enterprise development, and the economy.

  • Financial Performance Data - Market research data.

  • Workink - a dedicated space for job postings by equity employers* offering inclusive employment.

  • Invention information - Innovation, Science and Economic Development in Alberta

  • Canadian Intellectual Property

  • Parallele - Offered to French-speaking Alberta residents, our services are free and adaptable

Alberta Employment Resources

  • Alberta Export Expansion Program - Provides funding support to promote Alberta exports through outbound international business travel or bringing international buyers to Alberta.

  • Alberta Purchasing Connection (APC) - A convenient online tool for the tendering of public sector opportunities for goods, services and construction.

  • Alberta Self-employment Program  - supports unemployed and marginally employed individuals who have a viable business idea and require additional training to become self-employed.

  • Citizenship and Immigration Canada - Express Entry Information for Employers - You can fill labour market shortages permanently with skilled foreign nationals.

  • Film and Television Tax Credit - Offers a refundable Alberta tax credit certificate on eligible Alberta production and labour costs to corporations that produce films, television series and other eligible screen-based productions in the province.

  • Regional Economic Development Services (REDS) - Specialists with local knowledge of the economic opportunities and challenges facing Alberta’s regions.

Youth Entrepreneurship Resources

  • BDC Entrepreneurs First - Business Development Bank of Canada's entrepreneurship opportunities.

  • Futurpreneur - Assisting young entrepreneurs to get their ideas off the ground, Youth Business offers programs and services that allow them to achieve economic independence, develop self-confidence, and fulfill their goals of self-employment.

  • The Youth Entrepreneur's Network - An online community that supports the needs of young entrepreneurs from around the world as they attempt to build and thrive in their own businesses.

  • Aboriginal Youth Business Council - AYBC helping to try and meet the needs of Aboriginal youth in Canada.

Indigenous Business Resources

2SLGBTQIA+ Business and Inclusivity Resources

If you're starting, growing, or buying a business, we've got you covered!

We provide support, guidance, and loans for small businesses and startups.

CONTACT US

Address:   #229 3rd Ave NW, Suite 102

                  Slave Lake, AB, T0G 2A1

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Phone:      (780) 849-3232

Email:        info@cflslr.com

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COMMUNITIES SERVED

Communities we serve in our Lesser Slave Lake Region include Assineau, Atikameg, Big Prairie, Bigstone Cree Nation, Canyon Creek, Decrene, Desmarais, District 21 Métis Lesser Slave Lake Territory, District 22 Métis Wabasca Desmaris, Driftpile, Driftpile First Nation, East Prairie, East Prairie Métis Settlement, Enilda, Faust, Fawcett Lake, Gift Lake, Gift Lake Métis Settlement, Grouard, Grouard Mission, High Prairie, Joussard, Kapawe'no First Nation, Kinuso, Little Buffalo, Loon Lake, Loon River First Nation, Lubicon Cree Nation, Mitsue, Peavine, Peavine Métis Settlement, Peerless Lake, Red Earth Creek, Sandy Lake, Saulteaux, Sawridge First Nation, Slave Lake, Smith, Sucker Creek, Sucker Creek First Nation, Swan River First Nation, Trout Lake, Trout Lake First Nation, Wabasca, Wabasca-Desmarais, Wagner, Whitefish Lake First Nation, and Wide Water

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