Small Businesses COVID-19 Financial Advice and Training

The Government of Ontario is investing over $2 million through the Ontario Together Fund towards providing small businesses with free, tailored financial advice and online training to help them pivot their business model and navigate to the new landscape during COVID-19.

The Ontario Government is granting $2,040,000 to support Ontario’s 47 local Small Business Enterprise Centres (SBEC).

This is part of Ontario’s 2020 budget and the Ontario Main Street Recovery Plan.

Find Your Local Small Business Enterprise Centre (SBEC)

The Ontario local Small Business Enterprise Centres (SBEC) are listed alphabetically below with links to their appropriate contact information:

• Barrie – Small Business Centre of Barrie, Simcoe County and Orillia
• Belleville – Small Business Centre
• Bracebridge – Muskoka Small Business Center
• Brampton – Brampton Entrepreneur Centre
• Brantford – Brantford-Brant Business Enterprise Resource Centre
• Brockville – Leeds and Grenville Small Business Enterprise Centre
• Bruce County – Business to Bruce, Bruce County
• Cambridge – Waterloo Region Small Business Centre
• Chatham – Small Business Centre
• Cobourg – Business & Entrepreneurship Centre Northumberland
• Collingwood – South Georgian Bay Small Business Enterprise Centre
• Cornwall – Cornwall Business Enterprise Centre
• Essex – WindsorEssex Small Business Centre
• Goderich – Huron Small Business Enterprise Centre
• Guelph – Guelph-Wellington Business Enterprise Centre
• Haileybury – Enterprise Temiskaming
• Hamilton – Hamilton Business Centre
• L’Orignal – Prescott-Russell Entrepreneurship Centre
• Kenora – Northwest Business Centre
• Kingston – Kingston Economic Small Business Development Centre
• Kitchener – Waterloo Region Small Business Centre
• Lindsay – Kawartha Lakes Small Business & Entrepreneurship Centre
• London – Small Business Centre
• Markham – Markham Small Business Centre
• Mississauga – Mississauga Business Enterprise Centre
• Newmarket – York Small Business Enterprise Centre
• Niagara Falls – Niagara Falls Small Business Enterprise Centre
• North Bay – The Business Centre – Nipissing Parry Sound Inc.
• North York – Enterprise Toronto
• Oakville – Halton Region Small Business Centre
• Orangeville – Orangeville & Area Small Business Enterprise Centre
• Ottawa – Invest Ottawa
• Owen Sound – Grey County Business Enterprise Centre
• Parry Sound – The Business Centre – Nipissing Parry Sound Inc.
• Pembroke – Enterprise Renfrew County
• Peterborough – Business Advisory Centre
• Renfrew – Enterprise Renfrew County
• Richmond Hill – Richmond Hill Small Business Enterprise Centre
• Sarnia – Business Enterprise Centre of Sarnia-Lambton
• Sault Ste. Marie – Millworks Centre for Entrepreneurship
• Scarborough – Enterprise Toronto
• Smiths Falls – Small Business Advisory Centre
• St. Catharines – Catharines Enterprise Centre
• St. Thomas – Elgin/St. Thomas Small Business Enterprise Centre
• Stratford – Stratford Perth Centre for Business
• Sudbury – Regional Business Centre
• Thunder Bay – Thunder Bay & District Entrepreneur Centre
• Timmins – Business Enterprise Centre
• Toronto – Enterprise Toronto
• Vaughan – Vaughan Business Enterprise Centre
• Waterloo – Waterloo Region Small Business Centre
• Whitby – Business Advisory Centre Durham
• Windsor – WindsorEssex Small Business Centre
• Woodstock – The Small Business Centre

Learn More About the Main Street Recovery Plan

Small businesses with under 100 employees may be eligible for up to $1,000 in government grants towards purchasing PPE, as well as support for mental health initiatives, adapting your business online, and more. Learn more about the Ontario Digital Main Street program.

Download the Government Funding Checklist from Ryan to set your startup or entrepreneur business up for successful funding applications down the road.