At Startup Canada, we are on a mission to promote, inspire, educate, connect and give a voice to Canada’s entrepreneurs. Our employees are smart, professional, energetic, and driven by a passion to create the best programs and resources for entrepreneurs. Our culture of diversity, excellence...
Feature Blog by Jennifer Poole, Head of Growth and New Business Development, Publicize The search for pretty much everything these days starts with Google. As an industry newcomer, where you rank for your target audience’s most pressing queries can be the driving force behind the speed of...
Feature Blog by Jennifer Poole, Head of Growth and New Business Development, Publicize It’s pretty simple: stronger relationships with journalists mean greater chances of winning earned media. For a Canadian startup like yours, having strong bonds with a prominent industry journalist makes life much easier when you’re...
Startup Impact: SDG Pitch Competitions launched applications on October 28th, 2020 and received hundreds of applications from businesses across Canada that are making a real impact on our world. The two pitch competitions being held on November 24th and November 26th aim to highlight and...
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), also known as the Global Goals, were adopted by all United Nations Member States in 2015 as a universal call to action to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure that all people enjoy peace and prosperity by 2030. Everyone is...
Ottawa, ON - August 11, 2020 | This September as part of the fully-digital 2020 Canadian Export Challenge (CXC), Startup Canada is welcoming a number of prominent speakers to our regional “Entrepreneurs Going Global” panels. These public figures and community leaders were hand picked by Startup...
Startup Canada’s platform aims to amplify the messages of our community and make sure everyone's voices are heard no matter race, gender, or ethnicity. We recognize that some voices aren't being heard. We ask you to use your voices and platforms to come together in support...
June 1st, 2020, Ottawa | Startup Canada announces today the opening of online applications for the 2020 Canadian Export Challenge (CXC). CXC 2020, presented in partnership with UPS, the Trade Commissioner Service and Export Development Canada, along with Mastercard and Scotiabank, and powered by Google Canada, is...
May 11th, 2020, Ottawa | This September, UPS, the Trade Commissioner Service and Export Development Canada are collaberating with Startup Canada along with Mastercard and Scotiabank, to present the first nationwide, fully-digital pitch competition for Canadian exporters powered by Google Canada. Currently, COVID-19 has put entrepreneurs across the...
Startup Canada, Export Development Canada (EDC) and Business Development Canada (BDC) are coming together to support Canadian entrepreneurs amid COVID-19. We understand the difficulties many businesses are facing at this time and we want to help by answering your most pressing questions. Listed below is...