This guidebook supports rural communities, planners, practitioners, and other personnel with resident retention and attraction planning...

The BC Economic Development Association (BCEDA), in partnership with the Council for the Advancement of Native Development Officers...

Is Your Community Ready for Investment? BCEDA developed a self-assessed investment readiness scorecard for Indigenous communities to...

Thanks to a partnership with Destination BC, BCEDA is pleased to provide links to the following tourism resources: Digital Marketing...

Informed by First Nation – municipal partnerships across Canada, this tool will guide you as you create an effective Joint Working Group....

The toolkit guides CEDI First Nation and municipal partners into a positive and respectful way of working together on longer-term...

Cando Youth Connect is a platform to empower Indigenous Youth (18-35) and allies across Turtle Island to participate virtually to discuss...

B.C. is building a resilient and globally competitive tourism sector that fosters vibrant communities across the province. The fund...

Resources on Coast Funds and the Great Bear Rainforest including annual reports, approved projects, ecosystem-based management, land and...

The ITBC Tourism Roadmap is a resource for Indigenous tourism entrepreneurs, cultural keepers and Indigenous community leaders to...

The First Nations – Municipal Community Economic Development Initiative (CEDI) aims to improve the economic prosperity of participating...

The UAKN is a research network of urban Aboriginal communities, policy makers and academics, engaging in community driven research with...

Since 1999, the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Indigenous Services Canada have provided funding for the C2C program. In this time,...

This companion document to the Economic Development Toolkit provides a wide range of useful resources. Building from the content in the...

This toolkit has been developed to support Indigenous communities and Nations in participating in this extraordinary growth and to...

The Rural Economic Diversification and Infrastructure Program (REDIP) is a new grant launched by the Ministry of Jobs, Economic Recovery...

The Jobs and Growth Fund provides funding to businesses and organizations to help create jobs and position local economies for long-term...

The Tourism Relief Fund (TRF), administered by Canada’s regional development agencies and Innovation Science and Economic Development...

To support Indigenous economic development, the Province has Indigenous-specific information, resources and supports available.

Programs and services that support Indigenous businesses, develop land on reserve and assist in land management strategies. Indigenous...