Student Business was launched in 2001 by MR³ Montréal Relève, a non-profit organization formely knowned as Fonds Ville-Marie.

In the mid-90s, the business community of the Board of Trade of Metropolitan Montreal joined forces and created a committee to identify concrete actions required to promote school persistence and training.

The committee came to the following conclusion : it is important to facilitate the transition between school and the workplace. Student Business was launched to achieve this goal.