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  • 1. Analysis on small businesses in Canada, first quarter of 2023
    Articles and reports: 11-621-M2023003
    Description: With the proportion of small businesses making up nearly all of the employer businesses in Canada, small businesses are an important role in employing Canadians and are a significant driver towards economic recovery. This article provides insights on the expectations of small businesses as well as the unique conditions faced by these businesses in the first quarter of 2023. It involves an examination of the data produced by the Canadian Survey on Business Conditions.
    Release date: 2023-03-23
  • 2. A profile of businesses in rural Canada, 2020
    Articles and reports: 21-006-X2023001
    Description:

    This analysis is based on the Rural Canada Business Profiles (RCBP) which is a database built from business tax returns. With several breakdowns available along the theme of rural and urban areas, the RCBP version released by Statistics Canada on January 13, 2023, provides data for 2020. Future updates of the RCBP, expected to be produced on an annual basis, will add more recent years as fresh data become available. The RCBP could be a useful and timely analytical tool in efforts to gain insights on trends and transformations in the rural business environment just as the economy enters the post-pandemic period.

    Release date: 2023-01-13
  • 3. Exploring the business dynamics of self-employed child care service providers
    Articles and reports: 36-28-0001202200800003
    Description:

    Child care in Canada is essential for supporting paid employment for parents, particularly women who do the majority of child care work. This paper examines the characteristics and evolution of the population of small home daycares and their operators that are ubiquitous throughout Canada. It fills an information gap in the current understanding of the child care market in Canada by providing information about the entrepreneurs that run home child cares, their families and their incomes.

    Release date: 2022-08-24
  • 4. A profile of businesses in rural Canada, 2017 to 2019
    Articles and reports: 21-006-X2022003
    Description:

    This article presents a profile of small and medium businesses in rural Canada, comparing them to their urban counterparts. The reference period for the article is the three years beginning in 2017 and ending in 2019. The characteristics discussed are business counts and average and total annual revenues. These are presented by rural and urban area, size of business, i.e., small or medium, industry, and geographic location (Canada, regions, provinces and territories).This analysis is based on data from the Rural Canada Business Profiles (RCBP) dataset, whose first version, covering 2017 to 2019, inclusive, was released by Statistics Canada on February 4, 2022.

    Release date: 2022-03-11
  • 5. Analysis on small businesses in Canada, first quarter of 2022
    Articles and reports: 11-621-M2022004
    Description:

    With the proportion of small businesses making up nearly all of the employer businesses in Canada, small businesses are an important role in employing Canadians and are a significant driver towards economic recovery. This article provides insights on the expectations of small businesses as well as the unique conditions faced by these businesses in the first quarter of 2022. It involves an examination of the data produced by the Canadian Survey on Business Conditions.

    Release date: 2022-03-03
  • 6. Starting a business in a pandemic: The experiences of businesses created during COVID-19
    Articles and reports: 36-28-0001202100700004
    Description:

    Using the monthly estimates of business openings and closures, this article examines new businesses (entrants) created during the pandemic and the associated employment. It compares business formation that took place in 2020 compared to the 2015 to 2019 period, and contrasts employment created by entrants to that of established businesses (incumbents) and employment destruction occurring from closing businesses and shrinking incumbents.

    Release date: 2021-07-28
  • 7. Use of the Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy program by employer businesses in 2020
    Articles and reports: 36-28-0001202100600006
    Description:

    The purpose of this article is to provide information on how the Government of Canada’s Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy (CEWS) program has been used by employer businesses, how the usage differs by industry and business size, and characteristics of businesses who used the CEWS. This information can help Canadians better understand the impact of the COVID-19 health crisis on Canadian businesses and how businesses made use of government’s financial supports.

    Release date: 2021-06-23
  • 8. Who are the Men and Women Entering Business Ownership in Canada?
    Articles and reports: 11F0019M2021002
    Description:

    This study analyzes the determinants of entry into business ownership (defined as ownership of private incorporated businesses). Entrants into business ownership are defined as individuals who were primarily business owners in 2016, but not in 2015. An individual can become an entrant by starting an enterprise or acquiring shares of an existing private enterprise. Using a matched employer–employee database over the 2011-to-2016 period for approximately 24 million individuals, this study assesses the role of factors including personal characteristics, labour market experience and family characteristics.

    Release date: 2021-03-08
  • 9. Impact of COVID-19 on businesses majority-owned by visible minorities, third quarter of 2020
    Articles and reports: 45-28-0001202000100090
    Description:

    Different communities in Canada have been impacted in various ways by the COVID-19 pandemic. Using the data from the Canadian Survey on Business Conditions, a comparison was made to assess the impact of COVID-19 on businesses majority-owned by visible minorities. Differences were noted in certain areas: these businesses were more likely to experience a decrease in revenue, have less liquidity, be unable to take on more debt, and be approved for funding or credit. This article further explores the impacts these businesses are experiencing during these unprecedented times.

    Release date: 2020-11-25
  • 10. Innovation in Immigrant-owned Firms in Canada
    Articles and reports: 11F0019M2020009
    Description:

    The main objective of this paper is to determine whether the immigration status of the owner of a small or medium-sized enterprise (SME) affects the likelihood of a company implementing an innovation. This paper uses data from a survey of Canadian small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in 2011, 2014 and 2017, and asks whether immigrant-owned SMEs were more likely to innovate during the three years prior to the survey than those owned by Canadian-born individuals.

    Release date: 2020-06-09
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  • 1. Analysis on small businesses in Canada, first quarter of 2023
    Articles and reports: 11-621-M2023003
    Description: With the proportion of small businesses making up nearly all of the employer businesses in Canada, small businesses are an important role in employing Canadians and are a significant driver towards economic recovery. This article provides insights on the expectations of small businesses as well as the unique conditions faced by these businesses in the first quarter of 2023. It involves an examination of the data produced by the Canadian Survey on Business Conditions.
    Release date: 2023-03-23
  • 2. A profile of businesses in rural Canada, 2020
    Articles and reports: 21-006-X2023001
    Description:

    This analysis is based on the Rural Canada Business Profiles (RCBP) which is a database built from business tax returns. With several breakdowns available along the theme of rural and urban areas, the RCBP version released by Statistics Canada on January 13, 2023, provides data for 2020. Future updates of the RCBP, expected to be produced on an annual basis, will add more recent years as fresh data become available. The RCBP could be a useful and timely analytical tool in efforts to gain insights on trends and transformations in the rural business environment just as the economy enters the post-pandemic period.

    Release date: 2023-01-13
  • 3. Exploring the business dynamics of self-employed child care service providers
    Articles and reports: 36-28-0001202200800003
    Description:

    Child care in Canada is essential for supporting paid employment for parents, particularly women who do the majority of child care work. This paper examines the characteristics and evolution of the population of small home daycares and their operators that are ubiquitous throughout Canada. It fills an information gap in the current understanding of the child care market in Canada by providing information about the entrepreneurs that run home child cares, their families and their incomes.

    Release date: 2022-08-24
  • 4. A profile of businesses in rural Canada, 2017 to 2019
    Articles and reports: 21-006-X2022003
    Description:

    This article presents a profile of small and medium businesses in rural Canada, comparing them to their urban counterparts. The reference period for the article is the three years beginning in 2017 and ending in 2019. The characteristics discussed are business counts and average and total annual revenues. These are presented by rural and urban area, size of business, i.e., small or medium, industry, and geographic location (Canada, regions, provinces and territories).This analysis is based on data from the Rural Canada Business Profiles (RCBP) dataset, whose first version, covering 2017 to 2019, inclusive, was released by Statistics Canada on February 4, 2022.

    Release date: 2022-03-11
  • 5. Analysis on small businesses in Canada, first quarter of 2022
    Articles and reports: 11-621-M2022004
    Description:

    With the proportion of small businesses making up nearly all of the employer businesses in Canada, small businesses are an important role in employing Canadians and are a significant driver towards economic recovery. This article provides insights on the expectations of small businesses as well as the unique conditions faced by these businesses in the first quarter of 2022. It involves an examination of the data produced by the Canadian Survey on Business Conditions.

    Release date: 2022-03-03
  • 6. Starting a business in a pandemic: The experiences of businesses created during COVID-19
    Articles and reports: 36-28-0001202100700004
    Description:

    Using the monthly estimates of business openings and closures, this article examines new businesses (entrants) created during the pandemic and the associated employment. It compares business formation that took place in 2020 compared to the 2015 to 2019 period, and contrasts employment created by entrants to that of established businesses (incumbents) and employment destruction occurring from closing businesses and shrinking incumbents.

    Release date: 2021-07-28
  • 7. Use of the Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy program by employer businesses in 2020
    Articles and reports: 36-28-0001202100600006
    Description:

    The purpose of this article is to provide information on how the Government of Canada’s Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy (CEWS) program has been used by employer businesses, how the usage differs by industry and business size, and characteristics of businesses who used the CEWS. This information can help Canadians better understand the impact of the COVID-19 health crisis on Canadian businesses and how businesses made use of government’s financial supports.

    Release date: 2021-06-23
  • 8. Who are the Men and Women Entering Business Ownership in Canada?
    Articles and reports: 11F0019M2021002
    Description:

    This study analyzes the determinants of entry into business ownership (defined as ownership of private incorporated businesses). Entrants into business ownership are defined as individuals who were primarily business owners in 2016, but not in 2015. An individual can become an entrant by starting an enterprise or acquiring shares of an existing private enterprise. Using a matched employer–employee database over the 2011-to-2016 period for approximately 24 million individuals, this study assesses the role of factors including personal characteristics, labour market experience and family characteristics.

    Release date: 2021-03-08
  • 9. Impact of COVID-19 on businesses majority-owned by visible minorities, third quarter of 2020
    Articles and reports: 45-28-0001202000100090
    Description:

    Different communities in Canada have been impacted in various ways by the COVID-19 pandemic. Using the data from the Canadian Survey on Business Conditions, a comparison was made to assess the impact of COVID-19 on businesses majority-owned by visible minorities. Differences were noted in certain areas: these businesses were more likely to experience a decrease in revenue, have less liquidity, be unable to take on more debt, and be approved for funding or credit. This article further explores the impacts these businesses are experiencing during these unprecedented times.

    Release date: 2020-11-25
  • 10. Innovation in Immigrant-owned Firms in Canada
    Articles and reports: 11F0019M2020009
    Description:

    The main objective of this paper is to determine whether the immigration status of the owner of a small or medium-sized enterprise (SME) affects the likelihood of a company implementing an innovation. This paper uses data from a survey of Canadian small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in 2011, 2014 and 2017, and asks whether immigrant-owned SMEs were more likely to innovate during the three years prior to the survey than those owned by Canadian-born individuals.

    Release date: 2020-06-09
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