A Canadian first, built for the people other programs miss.
Street Entrepreneurs 3.0 is a 16-week, 36-session hybrid program. We don't just teach business. We build them with you.
A Registered Business
Walk out of the program with a fully registered, operational business in your name. We handle the paperwork, you handle the vision.
A Business Plan
One you can actually use. Built with you over 16 weeks, not handed to you in a folder on day one.
Your Own Website
A custom website built by our team. Your brand, your products, your store. Live by week 12.
An Online Store
E-commerce ready, payment processing set up, ready to take your first order. Trained on how to run it.
Customer Tools
Customer management software, marketing tools, and the digital systems modern businesses run on. Free for the program duration.
Capital Pathway
Facilitated access to the FACE Black Entrepreneurship Loan Fund for graduates. Access to capital is part of the program, not an afterthought.
Who can apply
- You have been impacted by the criminal justice system. You or a loved one. We don't ask for paperwork.
- You have a business idea. Even if you don't know where to start. Especially then.
- You're 18 or older and based in Ontario.
- You can commit to 16 weeks. Sessions are hybrid: some online, some in person.
- If you are a Black, Canadian, this program is built around your community's experience.
50 spots.
Don't wait.
Free to apply. Free to participate. Stipends available for participants who qualify.
APPLY NOW (opens in new tab)What's included when you're in
Press resources
Booking interviews and statements.
For coverage of the program, interviews with the Co-Executive Directors, or accredited access to milestone events.
Project spokespeople
Refer a candidate to the program
Working with justice-impacted individuals through WCG Employment Ontario, community organizations, or reentry services? Refer them to the program. We'll take it from there.
REFER A CANDIDATE →Mentor, contract, or buy from a graduate
Forty new businesses launch through this program. Mentor a founder, contract a service from a graduate, or stock a graduate-led product line. Real economic participation.
PARTNER WITH US → (opens in new tab)Help fund the next stage
The program connects graduates to financial partners. Additional capital partners welcome. Our sponsorship deck is available on request.
REQUEST DECK →Support the model and its replication
Street Entrepreneurs 3.0 is the first program of its kind in Canada and is designed to be evidence-informed and replicable. Final reports, evaluation data, and replication briefs available post-program.
REQUEST INFO →By September 2026
Targets we're building toward, in partnership with funder, evaluation, and community.
business planning and operations
digital tools and networks
navigating uncertainty
Delivered by Urban Rez Solutions Social Enterprise.
For more than a decade, Urban Rez has supported Black, Indigenous, and racialized justice-impacted Canadians through programs that build relationships inside correctional facilities and provide continuity of support after release.
THE INSIDE-OUT FRAMEWORK
Urban Rez programs are different because they begin before release. We build relationships with participants while they are still inside, then provide structured support after. Continuity is the model.
CONTACT URBAN REZ
info@urbanrezsolutions.com
(647) 70-URBAN / 87226
Toronto, Ontario, Canada