# CBDC First-time Entrepreneur Loan

**Type:** Grant
**Category:** Other Programs
**Funding Amount:** Up to CAD 150,000 CAD
**Eligible Regions:** Nova Scotia; Newfoundland and Labrador; New Brunswick; Prince Edward Island
**Official Source:** https://www.cbdc.ca/en/programs/cbdc-first-time-entrepreneur-loan

## About This Program

Atlantic Canada start-up loan

## Details

If you're a new entrepreneur with a Startup Business and live in a rural community in Atlantic Canada, you may be eligible for a First-Time Entrepreneur Loan from your Community Business Development Corporation (CBDC). The CBDC First-Time Entrepreneur Loan offers up to $150,000 to qualified borrowers in Atlantic Canada. It’s available to sole proprietors, limited companies and partnerships (when majority control is resides with the new entrepreneur).

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