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
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)
Questions and answers
Reports and statistics
Overview and Highlights
- Overview and Highlights 2024–25
- Overview and Highlights 2023–24
- Overview and Highlights 2022–23
- Overview and Highlights 2021–22
- Overview and Highlights 2020–21
- Overview and Highlights 2019–20
- Historical Data tables
Comprehensive reviews
- Comprehensive Review Report (2019-2024), February 2025
- Comprehensive Review Report (2014-2019), October 2020
Evaluations
Other reports
- Canada Small Business Financing Program: A Firm-Level Economic Impact Analysis, November 2024
- Borrower Awareness and Satisfaction Study 2023-2024, August 2024
- Incrementality Study of the CSBFP , May 2024
- Canada Small Business Financing Program: Cost-benefit analysis ( CSBFP ), March 2024
- SME Profile: Canada Small Business Financing Program borrowers, March 2023
- CSBFP Lender Awareness and Satisfaction Study, March 2018
- Key Risk Factors in the CSBF Portfolio, July 2013