The National Aboriginal Capital Corporations Association (NACCA) is the umbrella organization for a network of 50+ Indigenous Financial Institutions (IFIs) across Canada.
Over the last 35+ years, the IFI network has provided more than $3.2 billion to support economic development and the unique and specific needs of 50,000 Small and Medium Sized Enterprises (SMEs) loans in Indigenous communitiesall across Canada.
NACCA’s Board of Directors is 100% Indigenous, and all entrepreneurs supported by our IFI network are members of a First Nation, Métis, or Inuit community.
NACCA’S INDIGENOUS WOMEN’S
ENTREPRENEURSHIP INITIATIVE
Are you an Indigenous woman thinking of starting your own business?
We can assist you!
Entrepreneurship is a promising pathway for Indigenous women to create their own employment and independent sources of income.
NACCA and the Indigenous Financial Institutions (IFIs) offer financial support — including loans, grants & programming guidance — to Indigenous women entrepreneurs.
NACCA’S INDIGENOUS
GROWTH FUND
The Indigenous Growth Fund is a new, innovative fund created by NACCA that will leverage government investment to raise additional capital from institutional investors. The fund will make capital available to the Indigenous Financial Institutions (IFIs) to provide loans to new and expanding Indigenous businesses.
Latest Updates & Events
We’re back!! Indigenous Prosperity is Here To Stay.
Statement on National Indigenous Peoples Day – NACCA CEO Shannin Metatawabin
June 20, 2025 – Ottawa, ON, CANADA
We’re back.
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Collectively, Indigenous people are now an economic power to be reckoned with. The statistics show as much: the $56 billion that Indigenous businesses add to the Canadian economy each year, or tens of billions in assets held by Indigenous economic development corporations.
What brings it home for me though are the people. This past May, at the National Aboriginal Capital Corporations Association’s (NACCA) sixth annual Indigenous Prosperity Forum, I looked around the room at all the young Indigenous business owners attending. The youth were confident, ascendant. Digital creators, artisans, carpenters, business managers: all these young people have assumed their place in the broader economy, just as their ancestors intended.
Op-ED: Unlocking Indigenous Prosperity through Procurement: The First Nations Procurement Authority
June 18, 2025
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As a new session of Parliament begins, the government has ambitious plans for economic renewal, defence and infrastructure investment. Canada is preparing to rebuild, invest, and grow. But unless Indigenous businesses are directly included in government procurement, we’ll once again miss a generational opportunity.
Enter the First Nations Procurement Authority (FNPA), a new not-for-profit corporation created by five national Indigenous economic organizations on May 1, 2025. Its purpose is simple yet transformative, to certify, support, and connect genuine First Nations businesses with government and corporate buyers.
Not just another organization, the FNPA is Canada’s best chance yet to ensure that First Nation businesses can share in the over $23 billion that government spends on procuring goods and services annually. Continue reading