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Business & Careers

  • Skilled Immigrant InfoCentre

    The Skilled Immigrant InfoCentre is an online and in-person resource centre that helps newcomers to Canada find the information they need to get a job, explore careers or start a business. All of our services and resources are free and are created by staff at Vancouver Public Library.

  • Small Business

    This guide contains resources that can help you to research, start, and grow a small business in British Columbia. Topics include business plans, registration and licensing, financing, market research, and more.

  • Small Business Programs

    Small Business Programs in the Community

  • Small Business Tours

    VPL can help with our free drop-in Small Business Tours!

  • Starting Your Business

    Resources to help you start a business in importing/exporting.

  • Statistics Canada

    The Canadian Goverment's national statistics database. Includes statistics on income and spending, demographics, consumer price index, economic indicators and more.

  • The Atlantic Magazine Archive: 1857-2014

    With more than 150 years of publication history, the subject coverage is diverse -- from politics, foreign affairs, business and economics, to culture and the arts.

  • US Major Dailies

    This collection provides full-text access to five of the most respected national and regional newspapers in the United States. Included are: Chicago Tribune, Los Angeles Times, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post.

  • Value Line

    Investment information and advice on 3,500 US stocks across 100 industries. Includes widely-followed, small and mid-cap companies and ETFs.

    Note: Resource offers unlimited simultaneous use.

  • WorkBC Employment Centres

    WorkBC Employment Services Centres are located across the province and offer client-centred, integrated services and supports for people who are unemployed or underemployed