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Financing Your Small Business

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This guide will help you find the information you need to start a small business in British Columbia. You can use the menu buttons to move between sections of the guide.

One of the most important steps in starting and running a small business is securing adequate financing to keep your business going until you start breaking even.

According to Statistics Canada, the most common sources of financing for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) include:

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Statistics Canada, Survey on Financing and Growth of Small and Medium Enterprises, 2014

In British Columbia there are many options for financial support to help overcome the challenges of starting a new business.