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Enactus Canada
Enactus Canada is a national charity and the largest post-secondary experiential learning platform in Canada, based in Toronto. It empowers student leaders to create positive social, environmental, and economic impacts through entrepreneurial action.
Overview
What Enactus Canada does
What Enactus Canada is
Enactus Canada is a national charity and the largest post-secondary experiential learning platform in Canada, based in Toronto. It empowers student leaders to create positive social, environmental, and economic impacts through entrepreneurial action.
How it participates in the startup ecosystem
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Operational profile
Organization status and context
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- Operational status
- Active
- Organization type
- Community
- Founded
- Founded in 1987
- Approximate age
- About 39 years
- Structured capabilities
- Community
- Last reviewed
- April 10, 2026
Official channels
Find Enactus Canada elsewhere
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Capability profile
Enactus Canada as a community
Community overview
Enactus Canada is a national non-profit organization that engages students in entrepreneurial action to create social and environmental impact. Founded in 1975, it empowers students to develop their entrepreneurial skills while addressing social issues through innovative projects.
Community focus
Enactus Canada focuses on fostering social entrepreneurship among students, providing resources and support for student-led projects that aim to create positive social change. The organization emphasizes collaboration between academic institutions and businesses to enhance the entrepreneurial ecosystem in Canada.
Member value
Members gain access to resources, support for their projects, and opportunities to showcase their initiatives through competitions and collaborations with businesses and academic institutions.
Membership
- Pricing models
- free
Format and cadence
- Modality
- in-person
- Schedule
- rolling-admissions
- Commitment
- light
Availability
- Membership state
- Accepting
Audience and fit
- Audience
- Students
- Benefits
- mentorship and network-access
- Program types
- community and bootcamp
- Selection criteria
- open
Community activity
Events and activity
Enactus Canada hosts various events including a National Competition where students present their projects to judges, and Regional Competitions held across Canada to recognize local student initiatives.
Notable members
Enactus Canada collaborates with various universities and colleges across Canada, and has notable initiatives such as the Indigenous Fellowship Program and the PC Financial Resilience Project Accelerator.
Common questions
What to know about Enactus Canada
Upseed classifies Enactus Canada under the Community organization type. Its current public profile includes community capabilities.
Source and update disclosure
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Source basis
Public organization and program material, official websites, and structured Upseed records.
Last reviewed
April 10, 2026
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