Abbreviations
Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (a Regional Development Agency)
Advisory Committee on Paperwork Burden Reduction
Advisory Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship
Aboriginal Entrepreneurship Program
Aboriginal Financial Institution
Agreement on Internal Trade
Advanced Manufacturing Partnership (United States)
Aboriginal Women Business Entrepreneurship Network
Alberta Women Entrepreneurs
Build in Canada Innovation Program
Business Development Bank of Canada
Business Expenditure on Research and Development
Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs and Energy, Germany
Business Women in International Trade
Canadian Dollar
Canada Accelerator and Incubator Program
Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency (a Regional Development Agency)
Canada Business Network
Canadian Chamber of Commerce
Canadian Council of Directors of Apprenticeship
Canadian-Controlled Private Corporation
Centres of Excellence for Commercialization and Research
Canada Economic Development Agency for the Regions of Quebec (a Regional Development Agency)
Canadian Federation of Independent Business
Community Futures Organisation
Community Futures Program
Certified General Accountants Association of Canada
Canada Job Fund
Canada Job Grant
Canadian Small Business Finance Program
Canada Revenue Agency
Digital Canada 150
Digital Technology Adoption Resources
Export Development Canada
Economic Development Organisation
Employment Insurance
Enterprise Investment Scheme (United Kingdom)
Employment Protection Legislation
Enterprise Resource Planning
Employment and Social Development Canada
Euro
Farm Credit Canada
Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario
(a Regional Development Agency)
Federal Economic Development Initiative for Northern Ontario (under Innovation, Science and Economic Development, a federal government department). FedNor is from a legal standpoint a regional development organisation that is part of ISED rather than a regional development agency.
Foreign Direct Investment
Global Affairs Canada
Gross Domestic Product
Global Entrepreneurship Monitor
Global Markets Action Plan
Goods and Service Tax
Higher Education Institution
Harmonized Sales Tax
Investment Canada Act
Information and Communication Technologies
Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada’s
Industrial Research Assistance Program
Immigration Refugees and Citizenship Canada
Innovation, Science and Economic Development, Canada (a federal government department, formerly Industry Canada)
Industrial Technology Advisor
Industrial and Technological Benefits
Investment Tax Credit
Industry Training Fund (Italy)
Longitudinal Employment Analysis Program
Business Angels Association of Scotland
Labour Sponsored Venture Capital Corporation
Lifetime Capital Gains Exemption
Multifactor Productivity
Maori Women’s Development Initiative
National Aboriginal Capital Corporations Association
National Angel Capital Organisation
Networks of Centres of Excellence
Non-Governmental Organisation
Newfoundland and Labrador Organization of Women Entrepreneurs
National Research Council
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
National Women’s Association Canada
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Office of Small and Medium Enterprises
Paperwork Burden Reduction Initiative
Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies
Programme for International Student Assessment
Private Sector Advisory Board
Public Services and Procurement Canada
Quebec Sales Tax
Research and Development
Royal Bank of Scotland
Canada-United States Regulatory Co-operation Council
Regional Development Agency
Supplier Advisory Committee
Small Business Capital Gains Rollover
Small Business Jobs Credit
Senate Standing Committee on Banking Trade and Commerce
Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme (United Kingdom)
Social Enterprise Northern Ontario
Survey of Employment, Payrolls and Hours
Scotland’s Enterprising Schools
Small and Medium-sized Enterprise
Scientific Research and Experimental Development tax credit
Standards Council of Canada
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada
Science Technology Engineering and Maths
Status of Women Canada
Trade Commissioner Service
Total early-stage Entrepreneurial Activity
Technology Transfer Office
United Nations Industrial Development Organisation
United States of America
Value Added Tax
Venture Capital Action Plan
Venture Capital Strategic Investment Plan
Women Business Enterprises Canada
Western Economic Diversification Canada (a Regional Development Agency)
Western Diversification Program
Women’s Enterprise Centre British Columbia
Women’s Enterprise Connect International Canada
Women’s Enterprise Centre of Manitoba
Women’s Enterprise Initiative
Women’s Enterprise Organizations of Canada
Women Entrepreneurs of Saskatchewan Inc.
Western Innovation Initiative