The Small Business Accelerator (www.sba-bc.ca ) launched in November 2010 to serve BC's small business community and its service providers. One of its highlights is an information "launch pad" that can help entrepreneurs, or existing small-business owners, successfully start a new business in BC. They have created (nearly) 100 guides on a number of different industries and business ideas, including a guide for non-profit businesses.
You can work through the guide to generate strategies for accessing reliable business information for your business development. The guide can also offer a launching point as you embark on your secondary market research. While doing your own primary market research will ensure you get the exact data you need, it is usually very time consuming and expensive. Believe us -- it is well worth your time to learn how to find publicly available statistics and data first.
Click here to see the guide or go to http://www.sba-bc.ca/guide/not-profit-nonprofit-accelerator-guide