Eligibility requirements
- all owners/applicants must be Canadian citizens or landed immigrants
- at least one owner/applicant has been operating or is about to work in Metro Vancouver, the Fraser Valley Regional District, Squamish/Whistler or Greater Victoria
- at least one owner/applicant can demonstrate experience in art/design or has taken a recognized course in art/design
- you can either be starting a creative enterprise or expanding an existing creative enterprise or operating an enterprise closely connected to design
- at least one owner/applicant is enrolled in, or is a graduate of, a self-employment business program or similar pre-entrepreneurial program or has had their business plan reviewed by an external business advisory resource (such as Small Business BC).