Financing

Aboriginal Business Development Fund: Aboriginal Financial Institutions

This page provides a list of Aboriginal financial institutions across Canada that provide credit to finance Aboriginal small business development.

Source: Government of Canada; Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada (AANDC)

All Nations Trust Company

Promotes Native Self-sufficiency through marketing financial resources and advisory services.

First Citizens Fund

The First Citizens Fund is a perpetual fund, created in 1969 to enhance culture, education and economic development opportunities for Aboriginal people in British Columbia.

Source: Government of British Columbia; Aboriginal Relations and Reconciliation

First Nations Agricultural Lending Association

First Nations Agricultural Lending Association provides agricultural credit to the Aboriginal farmers of British Columbia.

Funding

The Treaty Commission allocates negotiation support funding to First Nations so that they can prepare for and carry out negotiations on a more even footing with the governments of Canada and BC.

Source: British Columbia Treaty Commission

Grants and Community Initiatives Program

The Grants and Community Initiatives Program is interested in exploring ways to address the most compelling needs across BC and in this regard provides grants to registered charities and First Nations' public organizations.

Source: Vancouver Foundation

Gwaii Trust Society

Enhances environmentally sustainable social and economic benefits to the Haida Gwaii/Queen Charlotte Islands through the use of the fund.

Nechako–Kitamaat Development Fund Society

Supports sustainable economic activity in northern communities affected by the Kitimat-Kemano project and by the creation of the Nechako Reservoir.

Nuu–chah–nulth Economic Development Corporation

Assists the Nuu-chah-nulth to achieve economic and social independence through the contribution of financial assistance and advisory services to individual and tribal business development initiatives.

Tale'awtxw Aboriginal Capital Corporation

Provides small business financing and support services to Aboriginals in the traditional Coast Salish Nation Territories, as well as the Campbell River, Comox and Cape Mudge.

Tribal Resources Investment Corporation (TRICORP)

Facilitates the development of sustainable autonomy, resources, and economies for First Nations people by fostering a flexible investment fund which supports individual business initiative with the goal of economic self-reliance.

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