This document is intended to help business owners design their own research instrument, which can be used to gather market research information from their customers or others in their marketplace.

Canadian Industry Statistics presents and analyses industry data on a number of economic indicators using the latest annual data sources from Statistics Canada.

http://www.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/cis-sic.nsf/eng/home

Our mission is to help Canadian companies involved with the exports of goods and services reap the benefits of Internet E-Commerce and to provide innovative Internet business-to-business applications via our web site, which can help expand global reach and maximize export sales.

http://www.export.ca/default.asp

Canada Post's Householder Counts and Maps help Direct Marketers to target their audiences by providing information on the counts of houses, apartments, farms and businesses throughout Canada, along with associated Forward Sortation Area (FSA) and Letter Carrier Walk (LCW) maps.

Now that you are thinking about starting your own business, have you considered your chances of survival? Before you get started, you should be aware of the statistics on small business survival and failure.

http://www.canadabusiness.ca/eng/guide/2009/

Choose the name for your business carefully. It will precede you wherever you go!

http://www.canadabusiness.ca/eng/guide/1280/

Entrepreneurs often report that getting financing is the most challenging aspect of starting a business. There are both government and private sector sources of financing that you can tap into to get your business off the ground.

http://www.canadabusiness.ca/eng/125/142/

Helping entrepreneurs with disabilities build their business future

Western Canadians who have a disability can access a network of business professionals and a world of resources through WD’s Entrepreneurs with Disabilities Program (EDP).

If you decide to start a new business, you will need to spend some time developing your business idea. One of the greatest advantages of being an entrepreneur is being able to work on something that interests you and that you are passionate about. Unfortunately, passion does not always translate into profits.

 Since 1998 FormSite.com has helped people build professional online html forms and web surveys. We have over 100 pre-built forms that you can customize for registrations, reservations, secure orders, customer surveys and payment collection.

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