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  • 11. Co-operatives in Canada, 2020
    Stats in brief: 11-627-M2022026
    Description: This infographic uses administrative tax data to provide a visual representation of non-financial co-operatives in Canada in 2020. Presented data includes counts of co-operatives at the national and provincial levels, as well as financial and employment statistics.
    Release date: 2023-03-31
  • 12. Zombie firms in Canada
    Articles and reports: 36-28-0001202300300003
    Description: In Canada and other advanced economies, the share of zombie firms, defined as businesses that perform poorly over a long period of time without exiting, has been rising over the past few decades. Recent studies have shown that the share of zombie firms in Canada could potentially be the highest in the world. However, these studies for Canada are based only on publicly traded Canadian firms. This paper presents new evidence on zombification using not only publicly traded firms but also Canadian controlled private corporations, which make up a large proportion of businesses in Canada.
    Release date: 2023-03-22
  • 13. Characteristics of official language minority businesses and owners: Regional infographics
    Articles and reports: 89-657-X2023007
    Description: A series of infographics produced for Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED), presenting statistics on the number and characteristics of official language minority businesses and owners, for the regions represented by each of Canada's Regional Development Agencies (RDA).
    Release date: 2023-03-21
  • 14. Patenting activity of women-owned businesses in Canada
    Articles and reports: 36-28-0001202300200003
    Description: This article examines the patenting activity of women-owned businesses and compares it to that of men- and equally-owned businesses, and businesses where gender of ownership cannot be determined. It adds to the literature on the gender gap in patenting, as most of it has focused on women as researchers or inventors, and not as business owners.
    Release date: 2023-02-22
  • 15. Black Business Owners in Canada
    Articles and reports: 11F0019M2023001
    Description: This article examines the socioeconomic characteristics of Black business owners in Canada and compares them with the characteristics of White Canadians and people from other racialized groups. It also explores the characteristics of businesses based on the racial profile of owners.
    Release date: 2023-02-22
  • 16. Study: Black Business Owners in Canada
    Stats in brief: 11-001-X202305336905
    Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
    Release date: 2023-02-22
  • 17. Characteristics of Indigenous-owned businesses
    Articles and reports: 36-28-0001202201200004
    Description: In recent years, Statistics Canada has released data and analysis on business ownership by women and persons with disabilities. Furthermore, in an effort to continue to fill the information gap on business ownership by employment equity groups and better inform policy making, Statistics Canada has released, for the first time, time series on Indigenous-owned businesses by sex of ownership and other characteristics such as age of primary owner and province of operation.
    Release date: 2022-12-22
  • 18. Study: Immigrant women among board directors and officers: From admission in Canada to executive roles
    Stats in brief: 11-001-X202234236484
    Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
    Release date: 2022-12-08
  • 19. Identifying Indigenous Business Owners and Indigenous-Owned Businesses
    Articles and reports: 11-633-X2022008
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    In recent years, Statistics Canada has made available data on business ownership by individuals in employment equity groups, namely women and persons with disabilities. However, little is known about business ownership among the other two employment equity groups, Indigenous peoples and racialized groups. This article describes the methodology used to fill the data gap on Indigenous business owners and Indigenous-owned businesses and is based on a novel linkage between the Canadian Employer–Employee Dynamics Database (2018), the Census of Population (2001, 2006, 2016) and the 2011 National Household Survey.

    Release date: 2022-11-24
  • 20. Study: Identifying Indigenous business owners and Indigenous-owned businesses
    Stats in brief: 11-001-X202232836264
    Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
    Release date: 2022-11-24
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  • 1. Corporations Returns Act
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 2503
    Description: The purpose of the Corporations Returns Act is to collect financial and ownership information on corporations conducting business in Canada. This information is used to evaluate the extent and effect of non-resident control in the Canadian corporate economy.
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