The City of Toronto and its partners can help Toronto-based, export-ready businesses enter new and emerging markets and become successful international traders in their specific business sector.
The City’s Trade & Investment team provides support businesses need, through:
Email export@toronto.ca to connect with City staff.
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Are you a Toronto business ready to scale globally and connect with top industry leaders?
Join the Team Toronto Trade Mission to Hannover Messe, the world’s premier platform for industrial transformation and innovation.
Taking place from April 20 to 24, Hannover Messe brings together more than 4000 exhibitors, 1600 speakers and 123 thousand attendees from more than 150 countries, showcasing innovations in automation, energy, industrial IT, research and development and more. As a delegate, you will gain global visibility, generate qualified leads and build strategic partnerships as part of Toronto’s innovation showcase on the world stage.
Submit your interest to join by January 30 at 4 p.m. Early submissions are encouraged. Space is limited.
Small and medium-sized businesses looking to build export capacity and accelerate growth in international markets can apply to the City’s Starter Company Plus Grant: Trade Accelerator stream. Recipient businesses receive targeted training and support from Canada’s top exporting advisors to help them scale up, develop and execute an export plan. Learn more.
Get access to representatives of the 10 cities with which Toronto has formal economic development relationships under the International Alliance Program, including Chongqing (China), Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam), Quito (Ecuador), Warsaw (Poland), and Kyiv (Ukraine).
Contacts, learning sessions, mentorship and resources are also available through the World Trade Center Toronto’s Trade Accelerator Program.