A non-profit organization that supports Black-owned businesses in the Hamilton area celebrates its fifth anniversary this week, and one of its leaders said the group wants to make an even bigger impact in Ontario and Canada.

Ashleigh Montague, co-founder of Blk Owned, said while they started in Hamilton, where most of the businesses they support are located, they've also partnered with organizations in the Niagara Region.

Montague said they are now ready to take Blk Owned even further.

"When I think years from now I am seeing more of a national impact," Montague told CBC Hamilton.

"Within the next three years, I see expanding geographically within Ontario, strengthening the reach that we have been able to foster over the last five years."

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