Business Plans & Market Projections
Video resources
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- IBIS World This link opens in a new window In-depth industry reports on over 400 Canadian industries including competitors, statistics, ratios, trends, outlook and much more.
- Statista This link opens in a new window Insights and facts across 600 industries and 50+ countries. Search by keyword, or browse the top men for reports including Industry Reports, Dossiers (collection of statistics), Consumer Market Outlook, Industry Outlook and much more. Export a business plan for an industry and region that you can customize.See video on this page, 'Statista', for more information on using Statista to prepare a business plan.
- SimplyAnalytics This link opens in a new window Generate custom maps and tabular reports using demographic, business and marketing data from Canadian sources including Statistics Canada, Dun & Bradstreet Canada, Environics, and CensusPlus 2016. Up to 5 users at a time. Users will be prompted to sign up for an account, but this is not required. Sign in as guest for this option.
- Business plan videos. LinkedIn Learning. Writing, creating, preparing business plans.
Toolkits, templates & plans
- Bplans. Templates, checklists & more. Includes 500 sample business plans for many different industries.
- Business Plan Template. BDC. Blank templates to complete.
- Prepare For Your Business Plan. Google Applied Digital Skills.Research and organize information to prepare to write a business plan.
- futurpreneur A "national, non-profit organization that provides financing, mentoring and support tools to aspiring business owners aged 18-39." Includes How-Tos and Templates".
- MaRS Startup Toolkit Strategy, fundraising, company building, sales, marketing, recruiting and more.
- Business, Workplace, and Economy. Government of Ontario. "Find the resources you need to do business, work, and invest in Ontario", includes "Search for a business name registered with the Ontario Ministry of Government Services.", "Small Business Access" and "Students and Young Entrepreneurs".
Market projections
- SME Benchmarking Tool. Financial Performance Data. Government of Canada..View financial data based on industry averages. "With Financial Performance Data you can view financial data based on industry averages, with an option to include your own income statement and balance sheet information in the report."
