HBDC - Highwood Business Development Corporation

Links

Business		Government
Youth	Community Economic Development	Communities

Aboriginal Business Service Network	www.cbsc.org/absn
Agri-Food Trade Service	www.atn-riae.agr.ca
Alberta Opportunity Company	www.afsc.ca/
Business Development Bank	www.bdc.ca
Business Link Business Service Centre	www.canadabusiness.ca/alberta/
Canadian Cattlemen’s Association	www.cattle.ca
Canadian Association of Family Enterprise	www.cafenational.org/
CanadaOne - Guide to Start a Small Business	www.canadaone.com
Doing Business On-Line	www.canbus.com
Interactive Business Planner	www.cbsc.org/ibp
Marketing Magazine	www.marketingmag.ca
Mini E-Future Centres	www.e-future.ca
Quicken Small Business Centre	www.quicken.ca
The Canadian Industrial Innovation Centre	www.innovationcentre.ca
The Self Start Program	www.selfstart.ca
Vulcan Business Development Society	www.vulcanbusiness.ca

Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada	www.agr.ca
Alberta Agriculture, Food and Rural Development	www.agric.gov.ab.ca
Alberta Community Development	www.cd.gov.ab.ca
Alberta Economic Development	www.alberta-canada.com
Alberta Human Resources & Employment	www.gov.ab.ca/hre
Alberta Municipal Affairs	www.municipalaffairs.gov.ab.ca/
Canada Customs and Revenue	www.ccra-adrc.gc.ca
City of Calgary	www.calgary.ca
Canadian Rural Information Service	www.rural.gc.ca/cris/
Canadian Rural Partnership	www.rural.gc.ca
Broadband for Rural and Northern Development	broadband.gc.ca
Canada’s Innovation Strategy	www.innovationstrategy.gc.ca
Culture Canada	http://culturecanada.gc.ca/
Smart Communities	www.smartcommunities.ncat.org
The Atlas of Canada	atlas.gc.ca/site/index.html
Citizenship and Immigration Canada	www.cic.gc.ca
Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade	www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca
Government of Alberta	www.gov.ab.ca
Government of Canada	www.gc.ca
Human Resources and Skills Development Canada – Alberta/NWT	www1.servicecanada.gc.ca
Human Resources and Skills Development Canada	www.hrsdc.gc.ca/en/home.shtml
Human Resources and Employment Workshops	http://employment.alberta.ca/cps/rde/xchang/hre/hs.xsl/2450.html
Statistics Canada	www.statcan.ca
Strategis Canada	strategis.ic.gc.ca/
Western Economic Diversification	www.wd.gc.ca

Business

Youth Resource Network of Canada	www.youth.gc.ca
Canadian Youth Business Foundation	www.cybf.ca
Junior Achievement	www.jacan.org
Junior Achievement of Southern Alberta	www.jasouthalberta.org
Canadian Rural Information Service	www.agr.ca/rural_e.phtml
4H Alberta	www1.agric.gov.ab.ca/$department/ deptdocs.nsf/all/4h948?opendocument
Cattle Industry	www.cattle.ca

Community Economic Development Networks

Brandon University Rural Development Institute	www.brandonu.ca/organizations/RDI
Canadian Rural Restructuring Foundation	www.crrf.ca/
Community Futures Alberta	www.cfna.ca
Economic Developers Association of Alberta	www.edaalberta.com
Economic Developers Association of Canada	www.edac.ca
Pan Canadian Community Futures Network	www.communityfutures.ca
The Canadian Community Economic Development Network	www.innovationstrategy.gc.ca
The Community Economic Development Centre	www.sfu.ca/cedc/
The Land Centre	www.landcentre.ca
The New Rural Economy	nre.concordia.ca/

Regional Information Sites

Alberta Chamber of Commerce	www.abchamber.ca
Alberta First	www.albertafirst.com
Calgary Advantages	www.calgaryadvantages.com
Calgary Economic Development	www.calgaryeconomicdevelopment.com
Calgary Regional Partnership	www.calgaryregion.ca
Municipal Profiles	www.municipalaffairs.gov.ab.ca/cfml/profiles/
Municipal World	www.municipalworld.com
MuniLink Alberta Urban Municipalities Association	www.munilink.net
MuniMall	www.munimall.net

Tourism Resources

Alberta Country Vacations	www.albertacountryvacations.com
Canadian Sport Tourism Alliance	www.canadiansporttourism.com
CANtravel	www.cantravel.ab.ca
Explore Alberta	www.explorealberta.com
Grand Alberta Trail	www.grandealbertatrail.com
The Cowboy Trail	www.thecowboytrail.com
Tourism Education Materials	www.msue.msu.edu
Travel Alberta	www.travelalberta.com
Tourism Together – Travel Alberta	www.tourismtogether.com

Municipal District of the Foothills	www.mdfoothills.com
Municipal District of Willowcreek	www.mdwillowcreek.com
Town of High River	www.highriver.ca
High River Chamber of Commerce	www.highriverchamber.com
Town of Okotoks	www.okotoks.ca
Okotoks Chamber of Commerce	www.okotokschamber.ca
Town of Nanton	www.town.nanton.ab.ca
Town of Turner Valley	www.turnervalley.ca
Town of Black Diamond	www.town.blackdiamond.ab.ca
Millarville	www.millarville-ab.com
Town of Vulcan	www.town.vulcan.ab.ca
Vulcan County	www.vulcancounty.ab.ca
Village of Longview	www.village.longview.ab.ca/
Village of Milo	www.telusplanet.net/public/vilmilo