Key Small Business Statistics - July 2012

Foreword

Key Small Business Statistics is a semi-annual publication that provides baseline data on the small business sector in Canada. This eighteenth edition updates data found in previous editions. The following sections have been updated with new data:

• How many businesses are there in Canada?
• How many businesses appear and disappear each year?
• Bankruptcy statistics
• How many people work for small businesses?
• How many jobs do small businesses create?
• How much do employees of small businesses earn?
• What is the contribution of small businesses to Canada's gross domestic product?
• How many people are self-employed?
• How has self-employment contributed to job creation?
• Do the self-employed work longer hours than employees?
• How many small business entrepreneurs are women?
• What is the contribution of small businesses to Canada's exports?