Documentation centre

• Guides
• Links
• Legal and regulatory
• Questions and answers
• Reports and statistics

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Guides

Borrowers

• About the program
• CSBFP Pamphlet (PDF, 1 page, 347 KB)

Lenders

• Bulletins
• CSBFP Guidelines
• Forms for lenders
• Lenders Designation Policy
• Loan Approval—Key requirements checklist
• Presentation: Understanding the Program
• Presentation: Making a Loan
• Presentation: Realizing on a Loan

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Links

• Find a lender near you (Financing Map)
• Informations for Canadian Businesses
• The Business Benefits Finder

Legal and regulatory

• Canada Small Business Financing Act (Department of Justice Canada)
• Canada Small Business Financing Regulations (Department of Justice Canada)

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Questions and answers

• Frequently asked questions for small business
• Frequently asked questions for lenders

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Reports and statistics

Overview and Highlights

• Overview and Highlights 2021–22
• Overview and Highlights 2020–21
• Overview and Highlights 2019–20
• Overview and Highlights 2018–19
• Overview and Highlights 2017–18
• Historical Data tables

Annual reports

• Canada Small Business Financing Act—Annual Report 2015–16

Comprehensive reviews

• Comprehensive Review Report (2014-2019), October 2020

Evaluations

• Canada Small Business Financing Program Evaluation Report ( CSBFP ), October 2019

Other reports

• SME Profile: Canada Small Business Financing Program borrowers, March 2023
• Canada Small Business Financing Program: Economic impact analysis, July 2019
• CSBFP : Cost-Benefit Analysis, May 2019
• CSBFP Awareness and Satisfaction Study Final Report, August 2018
• Incrementality Study of the CSBFP , March 2018
• CSBFP Lender Awareness and Satisfaction Study, March 2018
• SME Profile: CSBFP Program Borrowers, March 2016
• Key Risk Factors in the CSBF Portfolio, July 2013