Useful Resources
Government/Procurement Links
Beyond Defence: Securing Opportunities for all Kinds of Canadian Businesses with the U.S. DoD
How to enter the US DoD market successfully for Canadian businesses.
Find programs and services to help your business grow.
Business Permit and Licence Information
Streamlining your business permit and licensing experience.
Information about Government of Canada procurement for Canadian businesses, as well as government buyers, materiel managers and procurement specialists.
Canada's Arctic Foreign Policy
This resource provides insight into Canada’s strategic approach to Arctic sovereignty, sustainable development, and international collaboration.
Home for doing business with the Government of Canada, where you will find a new suite of online procurement services.
Canadian Commercial Corporation
Canada's government to government contracting agency that supports Canada and Canadian businesses to build successful commercial relationships with governments around the world.
Industrial and Technological Benefits Policy: Value Proposition Guide introduced in 2014 to provide guidance to industry on the Government of Canada's approach to leveraging economic benefits under the Industrial and Technological Benefits (ITB) Policy.
Get financial support and personalized advice to connect with potential foreign partners, pursue new business opportunities abroad or attract foreign investment into Canadian communities.
Contract opportunities are procurement notices from federal contracting offices. Anyone interested in doing business with the government can use this system to search opportunities. Opportunities include pre-solicitation notices, solicitation notices, award notices, and sole source notices.
ExploreIP: Canada's IP Marketplace
An online resource for businesses to explore possible licensing and collaboration opportunities with public sector patent holders.
Fraud Tips and Advice for Your Business
Protect your business from fraud — What Canadian businesses should watch for
Free, e-procurement platform, exclusively for Canadian companies containing over 1M opportunities. There is a excellent primer video on the registration page that captures all the features.
Gov’t of Canada International Trade
International trade and investment exporting, importing and investing in Canada and foreign markets.
Halifax-Class Modernization/Frigate Life Extension (HCM/FELEX)
The Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) is in the midst of its most intensive and comprehensive period of fleet renewal in its peacetime history, touching upon all elements of the fleet.
The Indigenous Business Directory (IBD) is an online directory that allows procurement officers and the private sector to identify Indigenous businesses.
Information Toolkit for Suppliers: How to Obtain a Security Clearance
This information toolkit provides quick and easy access to resources and tools designed to help your organization obtain a security clearance with Public Services and Procurement Canada's Contract Security Program (CSP).
The toolkit goes through the steps that your organization and employees must follow before bidding or working on a federal government contract with security requirements. Under each step, you will find links to online resources, guides, videos and training materials.
These resources and tools will give your organization and employees practical advice on how to complete security screening activities and forms, and comply with CSP requirements.
ISED Overview of the Canadian Marine Industry (2018)
Developing relevant, quality, and timely marine industry strategic information, to brief policy and industry decision makers.
A new, online resource for businesses to explore possible licensing and collaboration opportunities with public sector patent holders.
Guides small and diverse businesses through Canada's federal procurement process and helps them access procurement opportunities.
Repair, Refit and Maintenance Projects
Learn about recent repair, refit and maintenance projects, including in service support contracts, awarded by the National Shipbuilding Strategy, under its third pillar.
Seizing Opportunity – Developing Winning Proposals
How to pick the right opportunity and build winning proposals.
Winning Contracts with Foreign Governments
How to mitigate risk, improve your competitive positioning, win sales with government buyers.
Marine Industry Media Links
Canada's leading defence magazine.
Professional journal examining a wide range of maritime security issues from a Canadian perspective.
Canada's only independent monthly defence magazine. We cover industry, news, policy, and history. Since 1988.
Defence Security and Innovation Magazine.
Magazine at the heart of the maritime industry.
Journal of the maritime industry.
Canada's leading trade media that serves the Canadian defence and security industries with timely news and information that keeps senior executives in government, industry, and military up-to-date on trends, policy changes, and technology impact to help them do their job better.
Industry Links
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Other Links
Canadian Naval Technical History Association
The Canadian Naval Technical History Association is made up of a group of volunteers, many of whom are retired Naval Engineers. A prime purpose of the CNTHA is to make its information available to researchers and casual readers alike.
Canadian War Museum; History of the Royal Canadian Navy
Canada's naval history.
The up-to-date, accurate information you need to travel safely and securely.
An online training module for global participants interesting in learning about how to work with DARPA.
A site dedicated to the men and women of the Royal Canadian Navy and the ships they lived and served in.
List of Naval Museums and Historic Sites
Telling Canada's heroic stories of the sea.
Fine Canadian archive and collection of marine books, our art gallery, ship models and displays.
Shipbuilding history, construction records of U.S. and Canadian shipbuilders and boatbuilders.
The Royal United Services Institute of Nova Scotia
The Royal United Services Institute of Nova Scotia provides a forum for the study, promotion and debate of defence, security and safety affairs.
An online training module for global participants interesting in learning about how to work with DARPA.
Arctic Links
The Arctic Economic Council is an independent organization that facilitates Arctic business-to-business activities and responsible economic development.
The Canadian Ice Service's mission is to provide the most timely and accurate information about ice in Canada's navigable waters. We work to promote safe and efficient maritime operations and to help protect Canada's environment.
International Maritime Organization
United Nations specialized agency with responsibility for the safety and security of shipping and the prevention of marine and atmospheric pollution by ships. IMO's work supports the UN SDGs.