Youth Programs

High School Business Plan Competition - no longer being funded.

The Summer Company program provides hands-on business training and mentoring – together with awards of up to $3,000 – to help enterprising young people start up and run their own summer business.

Summer Company is coordinated and delivered at the community level through the government's Small Business Enterprise Centres by way of business mentoring groups. Business mentoring groups consist of volunteer business advisors from the local community.

If successful, a student receives:

An award of up to $1,500 in May/June to help with business start-up costs, and a $1,500 award in September upon the successful completion of their Summer Company business and returning to school;
A minimum of 12 hours of business training;
An opportunity to regularly meet with a local business mentoring group for support and advice on operating their summer business.

Use the link below to learn more:  www.ontario.ca/summercompany