Business Planning
The Co-operatives Secretariat has a co-operative business planning tool: http://www.coop.gc.ca/COOP/display-afficher.do?id=1233690809895&lang=eng
The Government of Canada Business InfoSource Service Centre provides business planning information and templates: http://www.canadabusiness.ca/eng/86/
The Ontario Co-op Association has a guidebook that explains the structure of a business plan and how to prepare one for your co-op: Co-op business plan Basics (pdf)