Black Businesses
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Pitch contest aims to give Black entrepreneurs a business boostCanada's only Black Pitch Contest offers a prize of $25,000 to help Black entrepreneurs launch or accelerate their businesses, intentionally planned during Black History Month.PerspectivesFeb 6
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Black-owned businesses in Canada making lower profits than others: StatCanStatistics Canada says Black-owned businesses in Canada tend to be smaller and perform less well financially than businesses owned by white people or by other racialized groups.CanadaFeb 23, 2023
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Vancouver non-profit helps Black entrepreneurs build their businessesThe organization, Black Entrepreneurs and Businesses of Canada is holding a free Black Business Summit on Feb. 24 and 25 for everyone who is interested.PerspectivesFeb 2, 2023
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Toronto building plan to officially preserve, recognize Little Jamaica as Cultural DistrictThe city is inviting the community to co-author the plan by taking part in consultations, which would look at ways to preserve and rebrand the area and support its businesses.CanadaApr 28, 2021
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Virtual showcase to be held for African businesswomen in the MaritimesThey took on roles of teachers coupled with being mothers at home, with everything that is going on, and started businesses, Esonwune says.CanadaFeb 11, 2021
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‘It’s not just a fad’: Black-owned businesses lack support months after George Floyd movementHazel Antwi says support has come to a screeching halt during Ontario's second COVID-19 lockdown, and that may mean a swift end to her small family-owned shop.FeaturesFeb 3, 2021
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Coronavirus deals 2nd blow to businesses in Toronto’s construction-laden Little JamaicaToronto's Little Jamaica, already hit hard by years of heavy construction from the Crosstown LRT, has been dealt a second blow from the COVID-19 pandemic.CanadaAug 1, 2020
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Black businesses pop up in North End storefronts for ‘Taking BLK Gottingen’To mark the last weekend of Re-Open City, African Nova Scotian businesses are taking over North End storefronts to show and sell their work.CanadaJul 18, 2020
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Group launches campaign aimed at promoting local Black businesses in Halifax"It's a great initiative, and gives businesses a chance to really put their product out there to different people."CanadaJun 17, 2020
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