By Canadian Chamber of Commerce

Helping Business

Small Business Relief Fund Recipients

Jun 30, 2020 | 9:38 AM

With small businesses at the heart of Canadian communities and making up the backbone of our economy, supporting these owners is vital right now. That’s why the Canadian Chamber of Commerce and Salesforce created the Canadian Business Resilience Network Small Business Relief Fund, to provide 62 small Canadian businesses across the country with $10,000 grants to help their recovery efforts, including these Saskatchewan recipients:

• Firebird Business Consulting Ltd
• Orpheum Theatre Ltd
• SveinCo Developments

Today, we’re announcing all 62 winners, which you can view in full here.

More than 1100 small businesses across Canada applied to the relief fund. The recipients best demonstrated how the business will use the grant to change or innovate, how the change or innovation will sustain the business’s recovery and allow it to prosper, and how the grant will support the role each business plays in their community.

We’d be happy to arrange an interview with Perrin Beatty, President and CEO, Canadian Chamber of Commerce, who can speak to the endurance and resilience of Canadian small business owners, and different avenues for support available to SMBs across the country. If you’re interested in connecting with any of the recipients in Saskatchewan to learn how these grants will impact their businesses, we can also work to make that happen!

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The Canadian Chamber of Commerce announced that 3 deserving Saskatchewan businesses received the $10,000.00 grant from the ​Canadian Business Resilience Network Small Business Relief Fund​.

More than 1100 small businesses across Canada applied for the 62 grants available.

The province’s 3 recipients best demonstrated their financial strain, how the business will use the grant to change or innovate, how the change or innovation will sustain the business’s recovery and allow it to prosper, and how the grant will support the role each business plays in their community.

The successful recipients were:●Firebird Business Consulting Ltd, Saskatoon●Orpheum Theatre Ltd, Estevan●SveinCo Developments Ltd, Yorkton

The fund was managed by the Canadian Chamber of Commerce and made possible through the generosity of Salesforce ​(NYSE:CRM).

The funding was designed to help small businesses across the country stay afloat and support their recovery efforts, paying salaries, retrofitting their workplaces and acquiring technology to adapt their business model.

“Reviewing the applications was inspiring as it was heartbreaking, with so many deserving businesses to choose from. Alongside our heartfelt congratulations to the recipients, we sincerely wish we could have helped all the applicants. But today is a happy waypoint, not an end point, and we won’t stop finding new ways to help Canada’s businesses reopen and recover. We’re with you every step of the way,” said Perrin Beatty, President and CEO, Canadian Chamber.

“It has been incredible to see the resilience and innovation coming from Canada’s small business owners over the last few months. We know it hasn’t been easy, and are thrilled that we could help,” said Margaret Stuart, Canada Country Manager,Salesforce.

“The applicants have further demonstrated what we already knew to be true – that Canada is rich with innovative, entrepreneurial talent. We’re hopeful that these grants will provide essential support to small business owners as they get back to work. On behalf of Salesforce, I want to wish a sincere congratulations to all 62 recipients! We’re looking forward to following your road to recovery.”

A complete list of the winners can be found ​here​.About the Canadian Business Resilience NetworkSupported by the Government of Canada and led by the Canadian Chamber ofCommerce, the ​Canadian Business Resilience Network​ is a coordinated, business-led,inclusive campaign to help businesses emerge from this crisis and drive Canada’seconomic recovery.

In British Columbia the recipients were:

• Bold Promotions Inc
• DBA The Pencil Box ~ Coffee Talk Express
• DBA Silencing
• Fukasaku of Prince Rupert
• God’s Pocket Resort (2018) Ltd
• Greenscape Design & Decor Inc.
• Hoodoo Adventure Company Ltd
• Invati Yoga & Wellness Inc.
• Japanada Enterprises Inc.
• Kwa’lilas Hotel
• Royal Theatre