"Over $2 trillion in business assets are at stake as the majority
of small business owners plan to exit their business over the next decade."

Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB), 2023

Develop a co-op

What do we do?

CoActive helps preserve your legacy, commitment to community and customer loyalty while helping you sell the business to your employees. Successful transitions could benefit from the Federal government’s Capital Gains Exemption and we are poised to work with your tax professionals, lenders and other trusted business advisors through this process. We offer feasibility analysis, financing assistance, business and succession planning and transition and incorporation as noted below.

Stages of a Business to Cooperative Conversion (BCC)

Who is CoActive?

CoActive was formed to bring a different solution to the obstacle of business owner retirement by creating opportunities for Employee-Owned Businesses to form and flourish under a collective approach to entrepreneurship. These business succession gaps are well documented and much research has been developed around Employee-Ownership in Canada. CoActive provides this service offering to bridge the gap between business and co-operative development in BC.

Daphane Nelson

Daphane Nelson

Business Developer
Daphane Nelson (she/her) is grateful to live in unceded Secwepemcúl’ecw, the land providing her family with nourishment, livelihood, and recreation in Kamloops, BC. Ms. Nelson has close to twenty years’ experience advising businesses as a lender, administrator, and most recently, small business and co-operative developer with CoActive Developments Worker Co-op and the Union Cooperative Initiative.
Marty Frost

Marty Frost

Cooperative Developer
Marty Frost (he/him) now makes his home on the unceded traditional territory of the Squamish, Tsleil Waututh, and Musqueam people, having moved from the Maritimes some 35 years ago. Since that time Marty has been engaged with the cooperative and non-profit world, in the area of enterprise development - as an employee and as a contracted developer.
Chris Galloway

Chris Galloway

Financial Analyst
Chris is a passionate co-operator who is currently an independent consultant who specializes in working with credit unions and cooperatives. Chris has a background in finance and worked in the financial cooperative sector in Canada for over ten years. He believes that growing the cooperative movement is one of the keys to the sustainability of communities and has been actively involved in providing cooperative development services for almost four years.

Resources

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Click here to link to the Co-op Convert Project Case Studies

Click here for Project Equity Ownership Stories

Click here to link to the Canadian Worker Co-op Federation website.

CoActive Partnerships

CoActive Developments Worker Co-op is a proud member of the Canadian Worker Cooperative Federation, the BC Co-op Association and works closely with many other partners within the Canadian cooperative and business development ecosystem.

The UCI is building an economy that works for all by supporting development, incubation, and operation of unionized co-ops. Our network provides community-sustaining jobs that are good for people and the planet.

A just and humane world starts with dismantling the inequitable practices that history designed and Louder Than Ten is here to make the future of organizations that embrace project management go up to eleven.

GIA was founded to serve new and established cooperatives by providing support for operations and governance that is grounded in the cooperative principles and values.

The Canadian Worker Co-operative Federation is a national, bilingual grassroots membership organization of and for worker co-operatives, related types of co-operatives, and organizations that support the growth and development of worker co-operatives.

The BC Co-op Association (BCCA) is the knowledge and resource centre for co-operatives in BC, where co-ops and credit unions come together to collaborate, network, get support, learn, and contribute knowledge to shape BC’s co-op movement.

Co-operators is a leading all-Canadian financial services co-operative helping Canadians build and grow their financial strength and security.  They offer multi-line insurance and investment products, services, and advice that’s personalized to your needs.

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