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)

Atuqtuarvik Corporation

Provides leadership in the provision of lending services and programs in an efficient manner to viable Inuit businesses whose owners are capable, committed and motivated.

Community Adjustment Fund (CAF) in the North

This page provides an overview of the CAF, which aims to provide economic stimulus to create or maintain jobs in and around communities affected by the global recession.

Source: Government of Canada; Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency (CanNor)

Hunter Support Program – Nunavut Tunngavik Incorporated

It offers full-time hunters equipment such as boats, motors, all-terrain vehicles and snowmobiles up to a maximum value of $12,000 per hunter. It gives out heavy-duty industrial sewing machines to women's groups, too.

Source: Nunavut Arts and Crafts Association

Kitikmeot Economic Development Commission (KEDC)

Nunavut Business Credit Corporation (NBCC)

Nunavut Economic Developers Association (NEDA)

Organization made up of the Economic Development Officers who work in the territory's 25 communities and other individuals who are involved in economic development in Nunavut.

Nunavut Sivummut Progam

Help provide jobs and income to Kitikmeot Inuit by providing financial assistance to establish and expand viable Inuit-owned businesses in the region.

Source: Kitikmeot Economic Development Commission (KEDC)

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