Community Futures Development Corporations

Community Futures Development Corporations (CFDCs) support community economic development by assisting Ontario’s rural communities to strengthen and diversify their economies.

CFDCs are community-based, not-for-profit organizations that are each run by a board of local volunteers. They are staffed by professionals who encourage entrepreneurship and the pursuit of economic opportunities.

With 37 offices in rural Southern Ontario and 24 in Northern Ontario, CFDCs are well positioned to offer local solutions to local needs. The Government of Canada provides funding to a total of 61 CFDCs.

CFDCs offer the following services:

  • Access to capital
  • Business services
  • Support for community economic development



To learn more about Community Futures Development Corporations visit the Ontario Association of CFDCs website.


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THE BIZ BUZZ

  • Directors Needed

    The Centre For Business and Economic Development is looking for Board Members in the Georgian Triangle. Lending to Small Business owners, the Centre For Business is a not-for-profit organization whose mandate is to support small businesses which create jobs in our communities. The Centre For Business has been operating for 27 years. Service is provided [...]

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    One of the best support systems you can use to drive your business development, is to have a mentor. In fact, “I’ve discovered that most top executives have mentors,” says Faye Ego, local entrepreneur and member of The Centre For Business Mentoring Program.

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    The Centre For Business offers loans up to $150,000 to eligible clients who have been unsuccessful in getting a loan from traditional lending institutions.

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We’re a high tech business that manufactures acoustic sensors for the aerospace, defense and medical industries…The Centre gave us the support and capital we needed.”

– Eswar Prasad
Sensor Technology Ltd., Collingwood