SME Research and Statistics
Latest report releases
- Designing the Venture Capital Catalyst Initiative
- Comparing Measures of High-Growth Enterprises: A Canadian Case Study (February 2017)
- Performance Measurement Framework
- Venture Capital Action Plan Performance Metrics
- A Comparison of the Performance of Female-Owned and Male-Owned Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (November 2016)
- SME Profile: Co-operatives in Canada
- SME Profile: Canada Small Business Financing Program Borrowers (March 2016)
- SME Profile: Tourism Industries in Canada (March 2015)
SME in Canada
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Definition
Small: 1-99 employees;
Medium: 100‑499 employees;
Large: 500 employees and more; -
Number of businesses with employees on payroll in 2015
Small: 1,143,630 (97.9%)
Medium: 21,415 (1.8%)
Large: 2,933 (0.3%)
Total: 1,167,978
Source: Statistics Canada, Business Register, December 2015 -
Number of private sector employees in 2015
Small: 8,167,701 (70.5%)
Medium: 2,293,057 (19.8%)
Large: 1,130,134 (9.8%)
Total: 11,590,892
Sources: Statistics Canada, Labour Force Survey (LFS); and calculations by Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada -
Debt financing requests by SMEs in 2015
Request rate: 23.0%
Approval rate: 88.0%
Source: Credit Conditions Survey, 2015 -
Contribution to gross domestic product (GDP)
Small businesses account for about 30 percent of Canada's GDP, while medium-sized businesses account for 9 percent
Source: KSBS
Latest releases or updates
Key Small Business Statistics
Special Edition
Determinants of Entrepreneurship in Canada: State of Knowledge Updated:
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Biannual Survey of Suppliers of Business Financing
Survey on Financing and Growth of Small and Medium Enterprises
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