PARO Centre for Women's Enterprise

15 agreements worth $24,456,606 from 6 departments and 11 programs. Recipient type as recorded: Not-for-profit organizations and charities. Location as recorded: Thunder Bay, ON; VANIER, ON; THUNDER BAY, ON.

Also recorded as: PARO Centre for Women's Enterprise|PARO Centre for Women's Enterprise; PARO CENTRE FOR WOMEN'S ENTERPRISE | PARO CENTRE FOR WOMEN'S ENTERPRISE; PARO Centre for Women's Enterprise | PARO Centre for Women's Enterprise; PARO CENTRE FOR WOMEN'S ENTERPRISE.

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Total agreement value: $24.5M
$24,456,606
Agreements: 15
Programs: 11
distinct program names
Departments and agencies: 6

By fiscal year

2009-10$500K
2010-11$335K
2011-12–
2012-13$1.6M
2013-14–
2014-15–
2015-16–
2016-17–
2017-18–
2018-19$3.0M
2019-20$2.8M
2020-21–
2021-22$493K
2022-23$5.0M
2023-24$4.6M
2024-25$2.9M
2025-26$3.2M
2026-27–

By department or agency

Federal Economic Development Agency for Northern Ontario4 agreements$11.6M47.5%
Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada4 agreements$6.9M28.2%
Women and Gender Equality Canada3 agreements$3.4M13.9%
Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario2 agreements$2.5M10.1%
National Research Council Canada1 agreement$50K0.2%
Employment and Social Development Canada1 agreement$4K0.0%

Largest agreements

15 of 15

#	Agreement	Value
1	514950 Thunder Bay, ON Women Entrepreneurship Strategy Ecosystem Fund · Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada · Contribution, starts 2023-04-01 Government record 033-2023-2024-Q2-514950 · data	$4.6M $4,571,259 originally $2.7M
2	514531 Thunder Bay, ON Northern Ontario Development Program - 2011 · Federal Economic Development Agency for Northern Ontario · Contribution, starts 2022-11-01 Government record 200-2022-2023-Q2-066 · data	$3.2M $3,236,674
3	900427 THUNDER BAY, ON Northern Ontario Development Program · Federal Economic Development Agency for Northern Ontario · Contribution, starts 2025-11-01 Government record 200-2025-2026-Q4-031 · data	$3.2M $3,226,303
4	511815 Thunder Bay, ON Northern Ontario Development Program - 2011 · Federal Economic Development Agency for Northern Ontario · Contribution, starts 2019-03-01 Government record 000-2021-2022-Q3-0022 · data	$3.0M $3,024,486
5	Collaboration for Transformation: Scaling Impact for Systemic Change for Women Entrepreneurs Thunder Bay, ON Women's Program · Women and Gender Equality Canada · Contribution, starts 2024-07-01 Government record 001-2024-2025-Q1-00005 · data	$2.2M $2,187,383
6	512194 Thunder Bay, ON WES Ecosystem Fund - Regional · Federal Economic Development Agency for Northern Ontario · Contribution, starts 2019-04-01 Government record 200-2021-2022-Q4-011 · data	$2.1M $2,124,149
7	1001604 VANIER, ON Jobs and Growth Fund (JGF) · Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario · Contribution, starts 2022-04-01 Government record 062-2022-2023-Q2-00120 · data	$1.7M $1,732,200
8	509920 Thunder Bay, ON FedNor · Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada · Contribution, starts 2012-11-01 Government record 033-2012-2013-Q3-509920 · data	$1.5M $1,500,000
9	1017043 VANIER, ON Regional Innovation Ecosystem (RIE) · Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario · Contribution, starts 2024-04-01 Government record 062-2024-2025-Q1-00080 · data	$750K $750,000
10	Empower-F: PARO Capacity Building for Furure and for the Women's Movement Thunder Bay, ON Department for Women and Gender Equality · Women and Gender Equality Canada · Contribution, starts 2019-07-02 Government record GC-2019-2020-Q2-021 · data · 2 records combined	$723K $722,793
11	504207 Thunder Bay, ON FedNor · Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada · Contribution, starts 2009-11-15 Government record 033-2009-2010-Q3-504207 · data	$500K $499,887
12	Collaboration for Rural Recovery and Resilience Thunder Bay, ON Women's Program · Women and Gender Equality Canada · Contribution, starts 2021-10-01 Government record 001-2021-2022-Q3-00126 · data	$493K $493,090
13	508891 Thunder Bay, ON FedNor · Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada · Contribution, starts 2011-01-01 Government record 033-2010-2011-Q4-508891 · data	$335K $334,585
14	(no title in the record) Thunder Bay, Ontario (no program name in the record) · National Research Council Canada · Contribution, starts 2012-07-05 Government record GC-2012-Q2-20643 · data	$50K $50,000
15	CSJ2018-PARO Centre For Women's Enterprise (Thunder Bay--Rainy River) Thunder Bay, ON Youth - Canada Summer Jobs · Employment and Social Development Canada · Contribution, starts 2018-05-07 Government record 141-2018-2019-Q1-06328 · data	$4K $3,797

By program

Northern Ontario Development Program - 2011Federal Economic Development Agency for Northern Ontario, 2 agreements$6.3M25.6%
Women Entrepreneurship Strategy Ecosystem FundInnovation, Science and Economic Development Canada, 1 agreement$4.6M18.7%
Northern Ontario Development ProgramFederal Economic Development Agency for Northern Ontario, 1 agreement$3.2M13.2%
Women's ProgramWomen and Gender Equality Canada, 2 agreements$2.7M11.0%
FedNorInnovation, Science and Economic Development Canada, 3 agreements$2.3M9.5%
WES Ecosystem Fund - RegionalFederal Economic Development Agency for Northern Ontario, 1 agreement$2.1M8.7%
Jobs and Growth Fund (JGF)Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario, 1 agreement$1.7M7.1%
Regional Innovation Ecosystem (RIE)Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario, 1 agreement$750K3.1%
Department for Women and Gender EqualityWomen and Gender Equality Canada, 1 agreement$723K3.0%
(no program name in the record)National Research Council Canada, 1 agreement$50K0.2%
Youth - Canada Summer JobsEmployment and Social Development Canada, 1 agreement$4K0.0%