Wallace McCain Institute · Since 2006
Grow Bigger, Faster With Your Peers
Peer-based programs for entrepreneurial leaders across Atlantic Canada, and a lifelong community of the leaders who've been through them.
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- Atlantic business leaders
- 645
- People employed
- 18K+
- Annual revenue
- $2.6B+
The Order of WMI
Your alumni community, in one place
The member portal is home base for WMI alumni. Sign in to stay close to your cohort and the wider community of Atlantic leaders around it.
Events & The Gathering
Register for sessions and The Gathering, and keep your tickets in one place.
The member directory
Look up fellow alumni, see what they're working on and message them directly.
The content library
Resources, recordings and reading from WMI, ready whenever you need them.
Events
Where the community meets
Programs
Find the program for your role
Sixteen peers, moderated by entrepreneurs, meeting in a retreat setting. Groups keep meeting long after the first year.
ELP
Entrepreneurial Leaders Program
Owner · CEO · Founder · President
For business owners who are the majority shareholders and visionaries pushing their company to new heights.
$12,500 + HSTLearn more
SEP
Strategic Executives Program
COO · VP · General Manager · Executive Director
For senior executives connecting the vision of the leader to the work plans of the team.
$8,500 + HSTLearn more
ECHO
Family Business Program
Family business member
For members of multi-generational family businesses who may eventually take over the company.
$8,000 + HSTLearn more
Our purpose
“…gives entrepreneurs in our region what they need to succeed.”
Wallace & Margaret McCain
The Wallace McCain Institute was founded in 2006 with a generous gift from Wallace and Margaret McCain. Our vision is to be the catalyst that inspires entrepreneurial leaders in the economic transformation of the Greater Atlantic Area.
Our historyReady to apply?
See who each program is for, what it costs and when applications close, then apply online.
Know someone who should be here?
Nominate an entrepreneurial leader from Atlantic Canada. Our team follows up with them directly.