To build and grow a strong Canadian ecosystem that connects women-owned businesses to procurement opportunities through advocacy, certification, development, and promotion and helps corporations & governments to deliver on their supplier diversity commitments.
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WBE Canada certifies Canadian businesses 51% or more owned, managed and controlled by women, and helps them access opportunities with larger corporate and government buyers.
Access Larger Corporate and Public Buying Opportunities
Not ready for WBE Canada certification? We support all women-owned businesses through our Pathfinder program, resources, networking, and mentorship opportunities.
Access Businesses Best Practices & Prepare For Certification
Are you ready to build or expand your supplier diversity program? WBE Canada works with buying organizations and helps them connect with the verified women-owned businesses.
Engage More Women-Owned Businesses In Your Supply Chain
WBE Canada partners with organizations committed to success of Canadian business women.
Support the Success of Canadian Women-Owned Businesses
As Canada’s Trade policy has moved from defence to design, the government’s central mission is to double non-U.S. exports in the next decade. The question for 2027 is whether women-owned and women-led businesses are built into this pivot from the start.
READ MORECanada’s women entrepreneurs are thriving and contributing to Canada’s economic growth in ways we never imagined, due in part to organizations like WBE Canada and WEDO Canada (Women’s Entrepreneurship Day Organization).
READ MOREThe CIBC Biz Pitch Competition™, presented by CIBC Business Banking and WEKH (Women Entrepreneurship Knowledge Hub), is a national competition that celebrates Canadian entrepreneurs at every stage of business, from student innovators and start-ups to established business owners. The applications for the competition closed on August 31, 2026.
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Join the WBE Canada Team this month for our French and English Onboarding call. Whether you are newly certified or looking to stay connected with your community and refresh your team on the benefits of certification, our monthly Onboarding Calls are the best way to introduce yourself and stay connected.
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WBE-certified businesses are invited to join Export Development Canada (EDC) for an informative session on how to strengthen their export strategy and access the tools needed for global growth.
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Our National Conference & Tradeshow delivers critical business updates, conversations designed to rewire your mindset for success and unparalleled networking to get you in front of decision-makers, buyers and advocates of women-owned businesses.
READ MOREOur Corporate Members are leading organizations to support Canadian WBEs through procurement.
We acknowledge that we live, work, meet and travel on the traditional territories of Indigenous Peoples that have cared for this land, now called Canada, since time immemorial. These lands are either subject to First Nations self-government under modern treaty, unceded and un-surrendered territories, or traditional territories from which First Nations, Métis and Inuit Peoples have been displaced.
