Company Program

Junior Achievement’s In-School Company Program provides students in Grades 9-12 with the opportunity to explore organizing and operating an actual business enterprise. The Company Program is designed as an educational resource to complement and enhance high school curricula and is designed to be flexibly delivered in classrooms by a teacher in approximately 12 weeks. All program materials are provided by Junior Achievement free of charge to students and schools. Company Program is available in English or French.

Through the program students will gain an understanding of the significance of entrepreneurship and innovation in today’s economy, discover the risks and rewards of starting a business, solve real business challenges, learn to incorporate and capitalize by selling shares, produce and market a product or service, use an excel based record keeping tool to record sales and finances, and more.

Students will not only learn about how businesses function, they also will learn about the structure of the Canadian economic system and the benefits it provides. The program is a great fit in many classes, especially within the O2 program, Entrepreneurship, Business, and Economics courses.