Business Development Bank of Canada

At BDC, we know business owners. We’ve been working with them for more than 75 years. We know their challenges and we understand their needs. And we want them to grow and succeed.

We support small and medium-sized businesses in all industries and at every stage of growth with money and advice. We are the Business Development Bank of Canada. We are BDC.

We help create and develop strong Canadian businesses through financing, advisory services and capital, with a focus on small and medium-sized enterprises.

• We support entrepreneurs in all industries and at all stages of development from business centres across Canada and online at bdc.ca.
• We’re committed to the long-term success of Canadian entrepreneurs and we understand that a business is more than just dollars and cents.
• We complement the role played by private-sector financial institutions and have been serving Canadian entrepreneurs since 1944.
• We are a financially sustainable Crown corporation and we operate at arm’s length from our sole shareholder, the Government of Canada.

BDC is the B Corp movement’s national partner in Canada and presents the B Impact Assessment  – the world’s most widely used ESG tool for entrepreneurs – to thousands of business owners each year. It does so via events and workshops, such as B Corp 101 and Getting to 80.

B Corporations are recognized as a force for good, meeting high standards of social and environmental performance, accountability, and transparency. The B Corp global community includes nearly 5,000 businesses in 77 countries and 153 industries.

BDC offers

Financing

Business loans for projects and working capital to protect cash flow.

Advisory Services

Practical solutions and objective advice to help growing businesses successfully address a wide range of challenges and opportunities.

Corporate Financing

Business loans for large businesses with complex needs.

Wholesale Financing

Indirect and syndicated financing solutions provided through or alongside financial institutions and other private sector lenders.

Cleantech Practice

Equity and commercial loans for high potential cleantech firms.

BDC Capital offers

BDC Capital—a subsidiary of BDC—offers a full spectrum of specialized financing, including venture capital, growth and business transition capital and growth equity.

Venture Capital

Money for innovators looking to transform their business ideas into successful companies.

Growth & Transition Capital

Money for established or high-growth companies looking to finance a new project or business transition.

Growth Equity Partners

Minority equity investments for mid-market growth companies looking to grow exponentially.