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

By the third quarter of 2021, the Canadian economy had experienced 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 are an important role in employing Canadians and are a significant driver towards economic recovery. This paper presents a portrait of the pandemic's impact on small businesses in the third 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.