Lending a hand to your business.

Small businesses are an important part of Canada's economy, but they face unique challenges when they look for financing.

The Canada Small Business Financing Program helps you with you financing needs. Under the program, the Government of Canada makes it easier for small businesses to get loans from financial institutions by sharing the risk with lenders.

The program's main objectives are:
- to help new businesses get started and established firms make improvements 
  and expand
- to improve access to loans that would not otherwise be available to small businesses
- to stimulate economic growth and create jobs for Canadians

On average, the program helps small businesses access 10,000 loans worth more than $1 billion each year.

For more information check out www.ic.gc.ca/csbfa