Toronto Business Directory

⚪ - Canadian Federation of Independent Business

The Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) is the country’s champion of small business. With over 97,000 members, we’re Canada’s largest non-profit organization devoted to creating and supporting an environment where your business can succeed. Across Canada, we advocate for small business with politicians and decision-makers. As a non-partisan organization, we influence public policy based on our members’ views, ensuring that you have a chance to affect the laws and policies that impact your business.

URL : www.cfib-fcei.ca

⚪ - Destination Toronto

Destination Toronto’s mandate is to reflect the breadth and diversity of Toronto’s people, places and culture to inspire residents and visitors to meet, visit and explore our city. Operating in partnership with the City of Toronto and the Greater Toronto Hotel Association, Destination Toronto markets and promotes the city to attract visitors and major meetings and events, and supports local businesses to maximize the opportunities of the visitor economy.

URL : www.destinationtoronto.com

⚪ - Insurance Brokers Association of Ontario

A not-for-profit, membership-based organization acting on behalf of Ontario’s insurance brokerages, large and small. Our collective strength allows us to shape industry strategy and regulation, build on the quality of the broker profession, raise public awareness of the broker value proposition and advocate for brokers and consumers across Ontario.

URL : www.ibao.org

⚪ - Ontario Business Improvement Area Association

Ontario Business Improvement Area Association (OBIAA) is renowned and respected across Ontario and beyond, as a dynamic and sustainable, highly-functioning organization, providing leadership, advocacy and world-class resources. OBIAA is a catalyst for positive community and economic change, enabling growth in Ontario BIAs. The Association supports and advocates on behalf of its members through the building and nurturing of strong relationships and partnerships.

URL : www.obiaa.com

⚪ - Ontario Chamber of Commerce

The Ontario Chamber of Commerce (OCC) is the indispensable partner of business and Canada’s largest, most influential provincial chamber. It is an independent, non-profit advocacy and member services organization. The OCC has 60,000 members, including large multinational corporations, small-to-medium-sized enterprises, labour unions, postsecondary institutions, non-profits, associations and close to 150 chambers of commerce and boards of trade.

URL : www.occ.ca

⚪ - Ontario Motor Vehicle Industry Council

As a regulator, we exist to protect car buyers and enhance registrant professionalism. Car buyers should know they are protected and that dealers and salespersons will operate with honesty, integrity and fairness. We are dedicated to ensuring a fair and well-informed vehicle sales marketplace by effectively overseeing dealers and salespersons. This involves routine inspections of Ontario’s 8,000 dealerships and 30,000 salespeople, maintaining a consumer complaint hotline, and diligently pursuing investigations and legal actions when instances of industry misconduct or illegal sales (such as curbsiding) arise.

URL : www.omvic.ca

⚪ - Ontario Real Estate Association

For 100 years, OREA has supported our nearly 100,000 REALTOR® Members in building strong communities across Ontario. Our vision: Helping Ontario REALTORS® succeed in building stronger communities. Our mission: To support Ontario REALTORS® in helping people find a great place to call home, work and thrive. There are nearly 100,000 REALTOR® Members who take up this mission for Ontarians every day.

URL : www.orea.com

⚪ - Toronto Association of Business Improvement Areas

The Toronto Association of Business Improvement Areas (TABIA) is the umbrella organization of Toronto’s 84 BIAs who in turn represent over 90,000 business and property owners. To promote strong, successful and effective BIAs in the City of Toronto. To encourage joint initiatives and collaboration that are mutually beneficial to groups within the BIA on issues and projects, including studies and research in marketing. To encourage and facilitate the exchange of information, experiences and ideas among BIAs through such means as our website, newsletters, seminars, workshops for the benefit of the BIA and their individual members. To assist BIA’s in pooling their resources to achieve the maximum benefit possible. To provide advocacy, to influence policies affecting BIAs, and to obtain support funds and services for BIAs from all levels of government, institutions, agencies and other organizations. To protect the interest of BIAs in government tourism policies and in the implementation of those policies.

URL : www.toronto-bia.com