Searching for Self-employment / Entrepreneurship

Support for women to start and scale up their business

• partnerships with organisations serving women
• counselling
• skill development
• networking
• peer mentoring
• peer lending

Network of Aboriginal Financial Institutions (AFIs)

• dedicated to stimulating economic growth for Canada's Aboriginal peoples by promoting and underwriting Aboriginal business development

AFIs provide business financing support to Aboriginal businesses, which can include:

• business loans
• financial consulting services
• aftercare
• start-up support

Financial services

• terms loans
• subordinate financing
• venture capital

Consulting services:

• business planning
• financial planning
• marketing research
• International Organization for Standardization (ISO) standards
• human resources
• technology and innovation
• business transition

Comprehensive employment and job search services

• assessment of skills, interests and experience
• job search strategies, including resume preparation
• information about careers and occupations, local labour market, employment and training opportunities
• on-the-job training, work experience, help in maintaining employment as well as information and referral to other employment and community services

Better Jobs Ontario

• skills training and financial support for laid-off workers
• help in identifying human resource skills requirements, matching of workplace needs to workers' skills, capabilities, interests and experience
• support for developing on-the-job training plans and monitoring of placements to support retention
• financial support for individual employers to purchase training for their employees
• available to small, medium and large businesses planning to deliver short-term training for existing or new employees

Services for employers

• help in identifying human resource skills requirements, matching of workplace needs to workers' skills, capabilities, interests and experience
• support for developing on-the-job training plans and monitoring of placements to support retention

Canada-Ontario Job Grant

• financial support for individual employers to purchase training for their employees
• available to small, medium and large businesses planning to deliver short-term training for existing or new employees

Program that strives to empower and guide youth with practical, hands-on, and experiential workshops

Perfect Pitch Competition:

• a bilingual competition that teaches youth the viability of entrepreneurship
• hosted at the University of Ottawa
• once accepted, youth can enter the competition and attend The Legacy Conference at no cost

Student-led programs, social enterprises, and events aimed to have impact based off the triple bottom line: social, environmental and financial

• volunteer opportunities available

Social enterprises:

• Sprout: enterprise following the corner store model and that offers fresh produce, seasonal recipes, and dry ingredient bundles (see separate record for details)
• Poly: social enterprise that manufactures small-scale plastic recycling systems for remote communities

Programs:

• Project F.L.Y.: practical, hands on, and experiential workshops for youth (see separate record for details)
• Tower Gardens: educational program that uses hydroponic towers as a learning tool to teach youth about nutrition, indigenous issues and entrepreneurship

Events:

• Legacy Conference: entrepreneurs teach students how they got started and give tactical advice on growing a business

Online service that helps businesses identify:

• which permits and licences they require
• how to obtain them

Employment Services

• helps Ontarians find sustainable employment

Services

• assessment of skills, capabilities, interests and experience
• job search strategies, including resume preparation
• information about different careers and occupations, the local labour market, employment and training opportunities
• on-the-job training and/or work experience and, in some cases, additional support to help maintain employment
• information and referrals to all Employment Ontario Funded Programs, including Second Career Program for laid-off workers
• information about, and referral to, other community services and supports
• Canada Ontario Job Grant

Comprehensive employment and job search services

• assessment of skills, interests, and experience
• job search strategies
• information about careers and occupations, local labour market, employment and training opportunities
• on-the-job training, work experience, help in maintaining employment
• information and referral to other employment and community services

Better Jobs Ontario
Skills training and financial support for laid off workers

• training program must demonstrate good job prospects
• financial support based on need, may include tuition, instructional costs, books, transportation and/or a basic living allowance

Services for employers

• help in identifying human resource skills requirements
• matching of workplace needs to workers' skills, capabilities, interests, and experience
• support for developing on-the-job training plans and monitoring of placements

Canada-Ontario Job Grant: financial support for individual employers to purchase training for their employees

• available to small, medium and large businesses

COVID-19 (19 Jul 2022): OES centres are again open to the public.

Comprehensive employment and job search services, including:

• assessment of skills, interests and experience
• job search strategies, including resume preparation
• information about careers and occupations, local labour market, employment and training opportunities
• on-the-job training, work experience
• help in maintaining employment
• information and referral to other employment and community services

Programs:

Better Jobs Ontario
Skills training and financial support for laid off workers

• training program must demonstrate good job prospects
• financial support based on need, may include tuition, instructional costs, books, transportation and/or a basic living allowance

Services for employers

• help in identifying human resource skills requirements
• matching of workplace needs to workers' skills, capabilities, interests and experience
• support for developing on-the-job training plans and monitoring of placements to support retention

Youth Job Connection

• paid pre-employment training
• job matching
• paid job placements with placement supports for participants and hiring incentives for employers
• mentorship
• education and work transitions supports

Youth Job Connection Summer

• summer job opportunities and part-time job placements during the year

Canada-Ontario Job Grant

• financial support for individual employers to purchase training for their employees
• available to small, medium and large businesses planning to deliver short-term training for existing or new employees

Hospitality and Food Service Worker Training Program

• Learn new skills and competencies for hospitality and food service work
• Create connections with the other individuals and build a network
• Benefit from a free learning experience with support for future jobs
• Guaranteed 30-hour placement
• Monetary supports throughout and upon completion of training

Provincial organization

• promoting the co-operative and social enterprise business models and supports for francophone economic development

Provides:

• advisory services
• online training to familiarize francophone co-operatives with the new information and communication technologies
• training programs for young entrepreneurs
• leadership camps
• resource centre

Information and tools for entrepreneurs to establish and expand their business

• range of services, including consulting, business information, training, and financial advice
• seminars and workshops on many business topics are held on a monthly basis
• consulting services for accounting, legal, and business matters

Canadian non-governmental organization providing social enterprise strategy, services and support

Services include:

• strategic consulting
• training & development
• networking
• procurement support

Entrepreneurial program

• for youth seeking employment and skills development opportunities

Food centre

• offers various food-based services for the community

Services includes

• community events
• volunteer opportunities
• community advocacy
• community kitchen
• youth entrepreneurial programming

EMPLOYMENT ONTARIO EMPLOYMENT SERVICES

Comprehensive employment and job search services

• assessment of skills, interests and experience
• job search strategies, including resume preparation and mock interviews
• information about careers and occupations, local labour market, employment and training opportunities
• on-the-job training, work experience
• help in maintaining employment
• information and referral to other employment and community services

Better Jobs Ontario
Skills training and financial support for laid off workers

• training program must demonstrate good job prospects
• financial support based on need, may include tuition, instructional costs, books, transportation and/or a basic living allowance

Services for employers

• help in identifying human resource skills requirements
• matching of workplace needs to workers' skills, capabilities, interests and experience
• support for developing on-the-job training plans and monitoring of placements to support retention

Canada-Ontario Job Grant

• financial support for individual employers to purchase training for their employees
• available to small, medium and large businesses planning to deliver short-term training for existing or new employees

EXPERICA 2.0

• mentoring program for internationally trained professionals
• up to 12 weeks of unpaid work placements in their field and intensive support with their job search

Employment integration

• Specifically designed to support ODSP recipients in their job search efforts and in maintaining their employment
• up to 12 weeks of unpaid work placements in their field and intensive support with their job search

Incorporated non-profit organization working for financial empowerment

OCLF arranges microloans to

• start, buy or expand a small business
• professional development
• increases employability

OCLF provides education in

• credit literacy
• entrepreneurship

Community-based employment and entrepreneurship hub

Entrepreneurship

• Youth entrepreneur - Workshops
• Events
• Resource library
• Online/digital marketplace: market13

Employment

• Professional internships: Work Integrated Learning Experiences
• Job Board
• Micro-credentials

Innovator13

• Makerspace
• Events and workshops
• Digital skills lessons

Additional services

• Calendar of activities
• Events/job fairs
• Volunteer opportunities
• Workspace rental

Builds community by strengthening the non-profit sector through a focus on building expertise, fostering collaboration and promoting volunteerism

• supports over 300 local non-profit organizations
• maintains detailed profiles of more than 12000 local volunteers
• assists individuals looking for volunteer opportunities
• assists member organizations in finding volunteers

Services:

• website where non-profits can post volunteer opportunities and search for volunteers
• training workshops and webinars
• customized workshops
• volunteer recruitment events (Volunteer Expo)
• volunteer recognition awards gala (VOscars)
• employer sponsored group volunteering program (VO Connect)
• community event calendar

Organization working towards economic and socio-cultural integration of the racial and ethnocultural francophone minorities of the Ottawa region

• provides services primarily in French to Francophone immigrants and newcomers to the region

Visit website or see separate listings for more details on programs and services

• La Boussole francophone: settlement services and employment services
• Collectivités accueillantes: community connections host program
• Vieillir en Santé: health education program for seniors
• Emploi-CESOC: help with employment research
• Vers la voie du Renouveau: services for francophone youth (12-18 years old) who are in trouble with the law
• income tax preparation assistance for low income individuals; prior and current year returns
• conversation groups in English and French
• technical and cultural support for economic integration of refugees and vulnerable newcomers: job search support, employment services, integrated support, financial literacy, entrepreneurship training, social enterprise training (pilot program until March 2019)

COVID19 (21 Apr 2020): During COVID-19, organisation is offering confidential virtual women's support group for individuals going through or having gone through domestic or family violence.


Support, mentorship, advocacy for survivors of domestic violence or abuse:

• Wellness support group
• Workshops: financial literacy, self care, wellness and recovery, nutrition, mental health
• Advocacy: community awareness campaigns to increase understanding of economic abuse, support development of new approaches to economic abuse, working with organisations to review existing systems, policies and procedures
• Policy influencing: highlight issue of economic abuse in responding to national policy consultations and working with stakeholders
• Mentorship for entrepreneurship
• Volunteer opportunities

Corporate programs and services:

Language training (Formation linguistique)

• individualized training of French as a second language for individuals preparing for the federal government's Second Language Evaluation and wanting to obtain the levels BBB, CBC, CCC

French for Federal Government Employees (FFFGE)

• French as a second language evening classes offered to government employees who wish to obtain the levels BBB, CBC, CCC

Information and training on Canadian entrepreneurship

• helps those interested in starting their own business to initiate their reflections in order to augment their possibility for a success social and economic integration

Website also available in arabic: http://info.collegelacite.ca/raed

Research and technology organization

• provides innovation support, strategic research, scientific and technical services

Research and Development (R&D) in:

• advanced electronics and photonics
• aerospace
• aquatics and crop resource development
• astronomy and astrophysics
• automotive and surface transportation
• construction
• digital technologies
• energy, mining and environment
• human health therapeutics
• meteorology
• medical devices
• nanotechnology
• ocean, coastal and river engineering
• security and disruptive technologies

Industrial Research Assistance Program (IRAP) :

• innovation and funding services
• helps accelerate the growth of a business through innovation and technology
• advisory services
• networking
• youth employment programs

Employment services

• individual strength-based counselling
• focus includes identifying and challenging barriers to employment, experience of loss, and adaptation to new work and cultural environment

Employment Assistance:

• member of the LASI World Skills employment program for new Canadians
• job search workshops
• workplace language training programs
• access to Federal Internship Program for Newcomers