Applications are now open for the Trade Accelerator Program.
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 for businesses through:
Email export@toronto.ca to connect with City staff.
Subscribe to the BusinessTO newsletter to receive weekly emails on funding opportunities and additional supports, including for export development and trade diversification.
The City offers a variety of foundational webinars designed to help you build your export knowledge, explore new global markets and strengthen your international trade approach. Learn more and register.
Small and medium-sized businesses looking to build export capacity and accelerate growth in international markets can apply to the City’s Trade Accelerator Program. 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 and apply by July 16.
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.