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1. Use of advanced or emerging technologies, by industry and enterprise size
Table: 27-10-0367-01
Geography: Canada, Geographical region of Canada, Province or territory
Frequency: Occasional
Description:
Percentage of enterprises that used specific types of advanced or emerging technologies, by North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code and enterprise size, based on a one-year observation period. Advanced technologies include material handling, supply chain or logistics technologies; design or information control technologies; processing or fabrication technologies; clean technologies; security or advanced authentication systems; business intelligence technologies; and other types of advanced technologies. Emerging technologies include nanotechnology, biotechnology, geomatics or geospatial technologies, artificial intelligence (AI), integrated Internet of Things (IoT) systems, blockchain technologies, and other types of emerging technologies.
Release date: 2024-04-30
2. Reasons for not adopting or using advanced technologies, by industry and enterprise size
Table: 27-10-0368-01
Geography: Canada, Geographical region of Canada, Province or territory
Frequency: Occasional
Description:
Percentage of enterprises that did not adopt or use advanced technologies for specific reasons, by North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code and enterprise size, based on a one-year observation period. Reasons for not adopting or using advanced technologies include not convinced of economic benefit; difficulty in obtaining financing; high cost of advanced technologies; investment not necessary for continuing operations; lack of technical skills required to support this type of investment; organizational culture too inflexible; decisions made by parent, affiliates or subsidiary businesses; lack of technical support or services (from consultants or vendors); lack of information regarding advanced technology; difficulty in integrating new advanced technologies with existing systems, standards and processes; other reasons for not adopting or using advanced technologies; and adoption or use of advanced technologies not applicable to this business’s activities.
Release date: 2024-04-30
3. Clean technology use, by industry and enterprise size
Table: 27-10-0369-01
Geography: Canada, Geographical region of Canada, Province or territory
Frequency: Occasional
Description: Percentage of enterprises where the use of clean technologies was related to environmental protection, sustainable resource management or adapted goods, by North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code and enterprise size, based on a one-year observation period. Environmental protection includes air and environment protection or remediation; waste management, reduction or recycling; and water or wastewater treatment. Sustainable resource management includes alternative fuels; non-emitting energy supply; bio-products; smart grid; energy storage; energy management and efficiency improvements; water management or recycling; agriculture, aquaculture, forestry or biodiversity improvements; and sustainable mining. Adapted goods include energy-efficient transportation, energy-efficient equipment or appliances, and advanced or lightweight materials.
Release date: 2024-04-30
4. Businesses with affiliates abroad, by industry and enterprise size
Table: 33-10-0149-01
Geography: Canada, Geographical region of Canada, Province or territory
Frequency: Occasional
Description:
Percentage of enterprises that had affiliates abroad, by North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code and enterprise size, based on a one-year observation period.
Release date: 2024-04-30
5. Most important long-term strategies, by industry and enterprise size
Table: 33-10-0153-01
Geography: Canada, Geographical region of Canada, Province or territory
Frequency: Occasional
Description:
Percentage of enterprises for which specific long-term strategies were the most important, by North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code and enterprise size, over the next five years. The most important long-term strategies include main focus on good or service positioning, main focus on low-price and cost leadership, and good or service positioning and low-price and cost leadership are equally important.
Release date: 2024-04-30
6. Strategic focus regarding goods or services (products), by industry and enterprise size
Table: 33-10-0154-01
Geography: Canada, Geographical region of Canada, Province or territory
Frequency: Occasional
Description:
Percentage of enterprises for which specific statements best described their strategic focus regarding goods or services (products), by North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code and enterprise size, over the next five years. Statements that best described enterprises’ strategic focus regarding goods or services (products) include maintain sales of existing goods or services, expand the sales of existing goods or services, introduce new or significantly improved goods or services regularly, and don’t know.
Release date: 2024-04-30
7. Types of products (goods or services) sold, by industry and enterprise size
Table: 33-10-0158-01
Geography: Canada, Geographical region of Canada, Province or territory
Frequency: Occasional
Description:
Percentage of enterprises that sold only goods, only services or both goods and services, by North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code and enterprise size, based on a one-year observation period.
Release date: 2024-04-30
8. Production or manufacturing of goods sold, by industry and enterprise size
Table: 33-10-0159-01
Geography: Canada, Geographical region of Canada, Province or territory
Frequency: Occasional
Description:
Percentage of enterprises that produced or manufactured any of the goods that they sold, by North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code and enterprise size, based on a one-year observation period.
Release date: 2024-04-30
9. Services offered to complement the sale of goods, by industry and enterprise size
Table: 33-10-0166-01
Geography: Canada, Geographical region of Canada, Province or territory
Frequency: Occasional
Description:
Percentage of enterprises that offered specific services to complement the sale of goods, by North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code and enterprise size, based on a one-year observation period. Complementary services include after-sales maintenance or repair, installation or implementation, training or technical support, after-sales condition monitoring or quality control, customization, distribution or transportation, leasing or rental agreements, and other services.
Release date: 2024-04-30
10. Expansion of capacity for services to complement the sale of goods, by industry and enterprise size
Table: 33-10-0167-01
Geography: Canada, Geographical region of Canada, Province or territory
Frequency: Occasional
Description:
Percentage of enterprises that expanded capacity for specific services to complement the sale of goods, by North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code and enterprise size, based on a three-year observation period. Complementary services include after-sales maintenance or repair, installation or implementation, training or technical support, after-sales condition monitoring or quality control, customization, distribution or transportation, leasing or rental agreements, and other services.
Release date: 2024-04-30

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1. Use of advanced or emerging technologies, by industry and enterprise size
Table: 27-10-0367-01
Geography: Canada, Geographical region of Canada, Province or territory
Frequency: Occasional
Description:
Percentage of enterprises that used specific types of advanced or emerging technologies, by North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code and enterprise size, based on a one-year observation period. Advanced technologies include material handling, supply chain or logistics technologies; design or information control technologies; processing or fabrication technologies; clean technologies; security or advanced authentication systems; business intelligence technologies; and other types of advanced technologies. Emerging technologies include nanotechnology, biotechnology, geomatics or geospatial technologies, artificial intelligence (AI), integrated Internet of Things (IoT) systems, blockchain technologies, and other types of emerging technologies.
Release date: 2024-04-30
2. Reasons for not adopting or using advanced technologies, by industry and enterprise size
Table: 27-10-0368-01
Geography: Canada, Geographical region of Canada, Province or territory
Frequency: Occasional
Description:
Percentage of enterprises that did not adopt or use advanced technologies for specific reasons, by North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code and enterprise size, based on a one-year observation period. Reasons for not adopting or using advanced technologies include not convinced of economic benefit; difficulty in obtaining financing; high cost of advanced technologies; investment not necessary for continuing operations; lack of technical skills required to support this type of investment; organizational culture too inflexible; decisions made by parent, affiliates or subsidiary businesses; lack of technical support or services (from consultants or vendors); lack of information regarding advanced technology; difficulty in integrating new advanced technologies with existing systems, standards and processes; other reasons for not adopting or using advanced technologies; and adoption or use of advanced technologies not applicable to this business’s activities.
Release date: 2024-04-30
3. Clean technology use, by industry and enterprise size
Table: 27-10-0369-01
Geography: Canada, Geographical region of Canada, Province or territory
Frequency: Occasional
Description: Percentage of enterprises where the use of clean technologies was related to environmental protection, sustainable resource management or adapted goods, by North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code and enterprise size, based on a one-year observation period. Environmental protection includes air and environment protection or remediation; waste management, reduction or recycling; and water or wastewater treatment. Sustainable resource management includes alternative fuels; non-emitting energy supply; bio-products; smart grid; energy storage; energy management and efficiency improvements; water management or recycling; agriculture, aquaculture, forestry or biodiversity improvements; and sustainable mining. Adapted goods include energy-efficient transportation, energy-efficient equipment or appliances, and advanced or lightweight materials.
Release date: 2024-04-30
4. Businesses with affiliates abroad, by industry and enterprise size
Table: 33-10-0149-01
Geography: Canada, Geographical region of Canada, Province or territory
Frequency: Occasional
Description:
Percentage of enterprises that had affiliates abroad, by North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code and enterprise size, based on a one-year observation period.
Release date: 2024-04-30
5. Most important long-term strategies, by industry and enterprise size
Table: 33-10-0153-01
Geography: Canada, Geographical region of Canada, Province or territory
Frequency: Occasional
Description:
Percentage of enterprises for which specific long-term strategies were the most important, by North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code and enterprise size, over the next five years. The most important long-term strategies include main focus on good or service positioning, main focus on low-price and cost leadership, and good or service positioning and low-price and cost leadership are equally important.
Release date: 2024-04-30
6. Strategic focus regarding goods or services (products), by industry and enterprise size
Table: 33-10-0154-01
Geography: Canada, Geographical region of Canada, Province or territory
Frequency: Occasional
Description:
Percentage of enterprises for which specific statements best described their strategic focus regarding goods or services (products), by North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code and enterprise size, over the next five years. Statements that best described enterprises’ strategic focus regarding goods or services (products) include maintain sales of existing goods or services, expand the sales of existing goods or services, introduce new or significantly improved goods or services regularly, and don’t know.
Release date: 2024-04-30
7. Types of products (goods or services) sold, by industry and enterprise size
Table: 33-10-0158-01
Geography: Canada, Geographical region of Canada, Province or territory
Frequency: Occasional
Description:
Percentage of enterprises that sold only goods, only services or both goods and services, by North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code and enterprise size, based on a one-year observation period.
Release date: 2024-04-30
8. Production or manufacturing of goods sold, by industry and enterprise size
Table: 33-10-0159-01
Geography: Canada, Geographical region of Canada, Province or territory
Frequency: Occasional
Description:
Percentage of enterprises that produced or manufactured any of the goods that they sold, by North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code and enterprise size, based on a one-year observation period.
Release date: 2024-04-30
9. Services offered to complement the sale of goods, by industry and enterprise size
Table: 33-10-0166-01
Geography: Canada, Geographical region of Canada, Province or territory
Frequency: Occasional
Description:
Percentage of enterprises that offered specific services to complement the sale of goods, by North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code and enterprise size, based on a one-year observation period. Complementary services include after-sales maintenance or repair, installation or implementation, training or technical support, after-sales condition monitoring or quality control, customization, distribution or transportation, leasing or rental agreements, and other services.
Release date: 2024-04-30
10. Expansion of capacity for services to complement the sale of goods, by industry and enterprise size
Table: 33-10-0167-01
Geography: Canada, Geographical region of Canada, Province or territory
Frequency: Occasional
Description:
Percentage of enterprises that expanded capacity for specific services to complement the sale of goods, by North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code and enterprise size, based on a three-year observation period. Complementary services include after-sales maintenance or repair, installation or implementation, training or technical support, after-sales condition monitoring or quality control, customization, distribution or transportation, leasing or rental agreements, and other services.
Release date: 2024-04-30

Analysis (81)

Analysis (81) (0 to 10 of 81 results)

1. Women-owned small and medium-sized enterprises in Canada: Exporting story
Articles and reports: 36-28-0001202400400005
Description: The participation of women-owned businesses in exports is important for policies aiming to ensure that the benefits of international trade reach all groups. Women-owned small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Canada are as likely to export as those owned by men, and their export intensity (exports as a share of total sales) was not significantly different. This article examines factors related to the exporting success of women-owned small and medium-sized enterprises in Canada.
Release date: 2024-04-24
2. Economic and Social Reports April 2024
Stats in brief: 11-001-X202411522588
Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
Release date: 2024-04-24
3. The Business and Community Newsletter
Journals and periodicals: 11-632-X
Description: The newsletter offers information aimed at three main groups, businesses (small to medium), communities and ethno-cultural groups/communities. Articles and outreach materials will assist their understanding of national and local data from the many relevant sources found on the Statistics Canada website.
Release date: 2024-03-21
4. Canadian Survey on Business Conditions first quarter 2024
Stats in brief: 11-001-X202405723725
Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
Release date: 2024-02-26
5. Analysis on small businesses in Canada, first quarter of 2023
Articles and reports: 11-621-M2023003
Description: 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 article provides insights on the expectations of small businesses as well as the unique conditions faced by these businesses in the first quarter of 2023. It involves an examination of the data produced by the Canadian Survey on Business Conditions.
Release date: 2023-03-23
6. A profile of businesses in rural Canada, 2020
Articles and reports: 21-006-X2023001
Description:
This analysis is based on the Rural Canada Business Profiles (RCBP) which is a database built from business tax returns. With several breakdowns available along the theme of rural and urban areas, the RCBP version released by Statistics Canada on January 13, 2023, provides data for 2020. Future updates of the RCBP, expected to be produced on an annual basis, will add more recent years as fresh data become available. The RCBP could be a useful and timely analytical tool in efforts to gain insights on trends and transformations in the rural business environment just as the economy enters the post-pandemic period.

Release date: 2023-01-13
7. Exploring the business dynamics of self-employed child care service providers
Articles and reports: 36-28-0001202200800003
Description:
Child care in Canada is essential for supporting paid employment for parents, particularly women who do the majority of child care work. This paper examines the characteristics and evolution of the population of small home daycares and their operators that are ubiquitous throughout Canada. It fills an information gap in the current understanding of the child care market in Canada by providing information about the entrepreneurs that run home child cares, their families and their incomes.

Release date: 2022-08-24
8. A profile of businesses in rural Canada, 2017 to 2019
Articles and reports: 21-006-X2022003
Description:
This article presents a profile of small and medium businesses in rural Canada, comparing them to their urban counterparts. The reference period for the article is the three years beginning in 2017 and ending in 2019. The characteristics discussed are business counts and average and total annual revenues. These are presented by rural and urban area, size of business, i.e., small or medium, industry, and geographic location (Canada, regions, provinces and territories).This analysis is based on data from the Rural Canada Business Profiles (RCBP) dataset, whose first version, covering 2017 to 2019, inclusive, was released by Statistics Canada on February 4, 2022.

Release date: 2022-03-11
9. Analysis on small businesses in Canada, first quarter of 2022
Articles and reports: 11-621-M2022004
Description:
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 article provides insights on the expectations of small businesses as well as the unique conditions faced by these businesses in the first quarter of 2022. It involves an examination of the data produced by the Canadian Survey on Business Conditions.

Release date: 2022-03-03
10. Impact of COVID-19 on small businesses in Canada, fourth quarter of 2021 Archived
Stats in brief: 45-28-0001202100100043
Description:
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 article provides insights on the expectations of small businesses as well as the specific realities faced by these businesses in the fourth quarter of 2021. It involves an examination of the data produced by the Canadian Survey on Business Conditions.
Release date: 2022-01-06

Reference (5)

Reference (5) ((5 results))

1. Statistics Canada's Business Surveys Archived
Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 61F0019X19990025579
Geography: Canada
Description:
The Unified Enterprise Survey (UES) incorporates several annual business surveys into an integrated survey framework. It aims to ensure Statistics Canada receives consistent and integrated data from many types and sizes of businesses, with enough detail to produce accurate provincial statistics. This year, 17 industry surveys are included in the UES, as well as two cross-industry surveys of large enterprises.
Release date: 1999-06-25
2. Survey on Financing and Growth of Small and Medium Enterprises
Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 2941
Description: The survey is designed to find out what kinds of financing small and medium enterprises are using, and to collect information on recent attempts to obtain new financing. The survey also collects information on barriers to growth, the financial position of small and medium enterprises, the characteristics of ownership and the extent to which the enterprise is involved in innovation and intellectual property.
3. Financial Performance Data
Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 5028
Description: The Financial Performance Data present selected revenue, expense, profit and balance sheet items as well as financial ratios on small business in Canada.
4. Survey of Regulatory Compliance Cost
Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 5093
Description: This survey provides data on the current cost of regulatory compliance for small and medium-sized businesses in meeting key information obligations imposed by various levels of government.
5. Survey of Business Incubation
Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 5095
Description: The survey mandate is to collect and benchmark vital information on the business incubator sector of the Canadian economy. The information is critical in assessing the business incubator sector and in developing programs to support them.

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