Business Resources

Orillia & Area Lake Country is a Destination Marketing Organization (DMO) for the region encompassing Ramara and surrounding municipalities. All tourism-related businesses in the region are eligible for a free listing on their site as well as the opportunity to share events on their events calendar.

Regional Tourism Organization 7 (RT07) partners with tourism businesses and organizations to provide many programs (both assistance and funding) including video/image development, digital and social media advertising, storytelling, as well as assistance with developing small-scale tourism experiences, workforce recruiting and retention and free professional development opportunities for tourism staff.

The Orillia Area Community Development Corp (CDC) helps businesses start, grow and succeed through counselling and funding supports.

Tourism Simcoe County works with 16 member municipalities, the Province of Ontario, and varied tourism organization and stakeholders to develop and market Simcoe County as a visitor destination of choice.

The County of Simcoe Economic Development Office provides information regarding attraction, retention, and expansion of businesses and business opportunities within Simcoe County. 

The Henry Bernick Entrepreneurship Centre is a resource for entrepreneurs at various stages, across all industry sectors. They help students and community-based entrepreneurs validate their business ideas and grow existing businesses by connecting them with the tools they need to be successful.

The Orillia Area Community Development Corp (CDC) helps businesses start, grow and succeed through counselling and funding supports.

The Ramara Chamber of Commerce is a non-profit association for businesses in and around the Township of Ramara. Their mission is to "support and promote business in Ramara through the enhancement of economic and community prosperity."

Agilec Orillia provides various services to help job seekers, workers and employers.

Employment Ontario helps job seekers, workers, and employers with advice, grants and other services around public and private sector employment.

The Work in Simcoe County site includes local resources and job opportunities, as well as vital information to empower and inspire residents. Using an automated fetching tool to aggregate job listings from more than 20 popular job boards, career sites and new user-friendly features, the portal provides services for job seekers, students, parents and local government and helps to link residents with local opportunities.