Financing Statistics - December 2009

Special edition of Key Small Business Statistics

Table of content

• Preface
• Highlights
• SMEs Covered in the Survey
• Introduction
• SME Marketplace
  • How many businesses are there in Canada?
  • What is the distribution of SMEs by sector and by size of firm?
• Financing Activity of SMEs
  • How many SMEs request debt financing?
  • Who are the key suppliers of debt financing to SMEs?
  • What are the intended uses of debt financing?
  • How many SMEs request lease financing?
  • Who are the key suppliers of lease financing to SMEs?
  • How much venture capital financing was received by Canadian firms?
• Access to Financing
  • What sources of financing are used by SMEs at different stages of development?
  • How do SMEs apply for debt financing?
  • Which documents and types of collateral were requested by debt suppliers?
• SME Business Owner Characteristics
  • Demographic trends in Canadian entrepreneurship
  • Women entrepreneurs
  • Young entrepreneurs
  • Visible minority entrepreneurs
  • New immigrant entrepreneurs
  • Aboriginal entrepreneurs
  • Cooperatives
• Appendix: Summary Tables