Finance your Ontario business.

Need a loan to finance your small business in Ontario? Small business loans can help you buy new equipment, renovate your business, or grow it through marketing and advertising.

Use Ontario government loans

to expand, or even launch, your small business. Small business loans from the Ontario or Canadian government can be yours simply by applying. After being turned down by his bank, Ontario's Keith Robinson obtained a $100,000 loan from the Atikokan Economic Development Corporation to buy equipment as well as a building and property to house his canoe fabricating business.

How to get your own small business loan.

To get government loans for your Ontario small business, call 1-800-658-9792 to learn which funding programs are available and what you need to include when you apply. Application cut-offs vary from program to program, and an important deadline may be passing this month. The sooner you prepare your Ontario small business loan application, the better your chances. (See who's received Ontario loans in our Ontario loan recipients section.)

See how these Ontario small businesses did it...
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$30,000 Government-Backed Loan Helps Thunder Bay, ON Furniture Retailer Open New Outlet
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Below are the latest news for Ontario as of March 10, 2010