Our Service Area
Incorporated in 1984, NADF opened for business in October 1987, offering a range of products and services that support Aboriginal business and economic development in northern Ontario.
NADF offers business supports services, commercial financing and leasing, business and resource sector support services to eighty-nine (89) First Nations communities in northern Ontario. Our services are also extended to Aboriginal entrepreneurs, businesses and organizations residing and operating in northern Ontario.
In 2002, NADF was designated as a Community Futures Development Corporation. Under this designation, NADF provides specific services to thirty-three (33) First Nation communities in the Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN). Those thirty-three (33) NAN communities are underlined in the list below.



