Impact of COVID-19 on small businesses in Canada, second quarter of 2021 - ARCHIVED

By the second quarter of 2021, the Canadian economy had experienced just over a full year of COVID-19. With the proportion of small businesses making up nearly all of the employer businesses in Canada, small businesses have a significant impact on the overall Canadian economy. This paper presents a portrait of the pandemic's impact on small businesses in the second quarter of 2021 and the expectations of these businesses moving forward. It involves an examination of the data produced by the Canadian Survey on Business Conditions.