Eligibility requirements for the program require the business to be majority Indigenous-led (First Nation, Metis, Inuit) and either a new start-up business that was begun within the last year or a proposal of a new start-up business that will be launched within six months.
THUNDER BAY — Supporting Indigenous entrepreneurship and business growth is one of the pillars of the Community Economic Development Commission and for that reason, the Miinikaanan Badakidoon Grant Program has grown into its own entity.
Paul Pepe, manager of Tourism Thunder Bay, said the program began as a pilot project through a partnership with the Ontario Ministry of Indigenous Affairs and the CEDC, which worked with a variety of Indigenous partners on the development and delivery of the program. Miinikaanan Badakidoon, which means "to plant the seeds" in Anishnaawbe from the Lake Nipigon dialect, guides participants to complete a business plan and financial projections for their start-up, business, purchase, or expansion.
Also eligible are those who are expanding their existing business that has been operating for over a year to grow the operation beyond their current scope.
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