We’re the first – and only – Chamber of Commerce for women-identified and non-binary business owners in Canada.
As a chamber of commerce, we represent your needs with government. Our position gives us access to people who impact change.
That’s why your membership matters. The more of us there are, the harder we are to ignore. We fight for your interests everyday – you won’t find that anywhere else.
CanWCC is a national not-for-profit organization built to address the two biggest challenges faced by women entrepreneurs and business owners in Canada:
- Systemic barriers to success
- A lack of community connection
Though we offer a ton of benefits you won’t find anywhere else what makes us unique is our ability to effectively advocate on our members’ behalf as the first – and only – Chamber of Commerce for women business owners in Canada.
In 2015, CanWCC founder Nancy Wilson left the security of the corporate world behind in favour of the freedom, flexibility and possibility of entrepreneurship.
She hung her shingle as a freelance accountant serving women-owned businesses – but discovered quickly that being a woman entrepreneur in Canada came with some significant challenges and barriers.
She heard her own frustrations reflected back to her time and again through her clients – and couldn’t help but notice that they didn’t seem to translate to the male ‘experience’ of entrepreneurship.
At the same time, Nancy was looking for community – but found the vast majority of networking groups targeted to women were lacking in the substance she was looking for – real tools for growth and valuable connections that were useful for her business.
So she decided to do something about it – and, in 2018, The Canadian Women’s Chamber of Commerce (CanWCC) was born.
