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Entering Canada's Defence Market: How to Get Started

The starting point for a company that has never sold to government and has just worked out that Canada's defence spending might apply to it.

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When
Thursday, September 17, 2026
10:00 to 11:00, Pacific Time (PCT)
Where
Online
Cost and entry
Free
Talk · Government & civic tech · Online

Anu’s take

'Defence market' reads as primes and twenty-year contracts, which is why most small companies never look twice. The Business Development Bank puts small and medium firms at 92 percent of the businesses already in the sector, and 40 percent of its jobs. This one is the map rather than the bid: who buys, how government and the primes buy differently, and where a supplier your size would sit underneath them.

Who’s involved

Export Navigator (their website, in a new tab)
123 Defence (their website, in a new tab)

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